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New Zealand eager to play as Rugby World Cup host (AP)
september 02, 2011by latadmin
AP – Ox and his mates are hitting the road to watch their beloved All Blacks play in the Rugby World Cup, making a trip they’ve been working on for months.
Turkey expels Israeli diplomats after U.N. report (Reuters)
september 02, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador and suspended military cooperation with the Jewish state on Friday after a U.N. report on the deaths of nine...
India’s West Bengal becomes ‘Paschim Banga’
september 02, 2011by latadmin
The Indian state of West Bengal will now be known as “Paschim Banga” after state lawmakers voted unanimously in favour of the name change on Friday, despite...
Chinese bloggers question official’s suicide
september 02, 2011by latadmin
Tens of thousands of Internet users have gone online to question reports in China’s state-run media saying an anti-corruption official found dead with 11 stab...
Hong Kong drops plan to import rare whales
september 02, 2011by latadmin
A Hong Kong theme park has dropped a contentious plan to buy and import rare wild-caught beluga whales, in a decision lauded Friday by conservationists who had protested...
China censors Ai Weiwei’s Newsweek essay
september 02, 2011by latadmin
Chinese censors have removed an essay by Ai Weiwei in which the dissident artist strongly criticises the country’s government and justice system from the latest...
Restrict Doling Out Jail Remissions
september 02, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has proposed that jail sentence cuts should only be handed out to those convicts who blow the whistle on graft scandals....
Sri Lanka imposes new laws to hold terror suspects (AP)
september 01, 2011by latadmin
AP – Sri Lanka will still detain hundreds of terror suspects and outlaw the defeated rebel Tamil Tiger group despite lifting wartime emergency laws, an official...
Pakistan, US struggle to define their relationship (AP)
september 01, 2011by latadmin
AP – In the aftermath of the secret U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden, Pakistani officials want a detailed agreement spelling out U.S. rules of engagement inside...
Japan PM picks fiscal hawk Okada as finance minister: report (Reuters)
september 01, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has picked a like-minded fiscal conservative, Katsuya Okada, as finance minister in his cabinet due to be...
