Indonesian President given Australian guitar at start of visit The Daily Telegraph Australia | INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will pen his next pop album on an Australian guitar. | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has presented the President, who has a well-known musical bent, with the Australian handmade Maton acoustic guitar to celebrate his three-day visit. | Dr Yudhoyono recentl...
Dalai Lama speech to appeal to elite in Tibet to visit communities of exiled Tibetans DNA India | Beijing: Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans. | In an address marking 51 years since he fled into exile after a failed uprising against Chines...
Taiwan issues travel warning for Thailand m&c | Taipei - Taiwan on Wednesday issued a travel warning for Thailand as anti-government protestors planned weekend demonstrations in and around Bangkok. | The Foreign Ministry urged Taiwan travellers to cancel trips to Thailand unless they were necess...
Dalai Lama asks Tibetan officials in China to visit exiles m&c | New Delhi - Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday marked the 51st anniversary of a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule by inviting Tibetan officials serving in China to visit exiled communities to understand their situation. | Ma...
No US intent to force North Korean regime change, ambassador says m&c | Seoul - The US ambassador to South Korea said Wednesday that the United States had no intention of forcibly ousting the North Korean government, news reports said. | Ambassador Kathleen Stephens said her country 'has no hostile intent towards the p...
ANALYSIS: So long, ambassador, and thanks for all the cash m&c | Phnom Penh - Beijing's ambassador to Cambodia returned home this week after four years in the post. Her time in the South-East Asian country was certainly lucrative for Cambodia: During Zhang Jinfeng's stint, China became the country's largest fore...
In Chinatown, politics of old country still spark The Boston Globe | Boston's Chinatown memorial to the Tiananmen Square massacre sits at the shaded edge of a children's playground in Mary Soo Hoo Park, a fenced gathering place just outside the neighborhood's famous gateway. | When it was installed more than 20 year...
Aid group attacked in northwest Pakistan 5 dead The Boston Globe | ISLAMABAD-Gunmen attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people working for the organization, police said. | The attackers hurled grenades during the attack on World Vision, a large Christ...
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UK minister urges push for Afghan peace Khaleej Times LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taleban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbours ...
Law Bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi From Election CBS News New Election Law Bars Myanmar Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi From Election | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruli...
David Miliband to seek Afghanistan political drive BBC News | Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to call on the Afghan government to work harder to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban. | At a lecture in the US, he is...
Asia markets little changed as China exports surge The Boston Globe | HONG KONG-Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade. | The region's major indexes were largely mixed as many markets fluctuated for the second day in a row. Oil prices hove...
Sonia Gandhi hails historic vote on women in India The Times | After two days of chaotic scenes in India's parliament, its upper house has overwhelmingly approved a historic bill that would reserve one third of seats in the national and state legislatures for women. | Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister, descri...
New law bans Aung San Suu Kyi from elections in Burma The Times | A new election law unveiled by Burma's ruling military ealier today bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and could force her own political party to expel her. | The Political Parties Registration Law, publis...
Meralco asks ERC to slash generation rate Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has petitioned government regulators for approval to lower the generation charge for March, claiming that the sudden increase in the generation charge might be too much for consumers. | Meralco said because of higher generation costs, the generation charge has increased by P1.8298 per kilowatt...
Philippines catches recovery wave Asia Times | By Jennee Grace U Rubrico | MANILA - As the global economy shifts from crisis to recovery, the business processing outsourcing (BPO) industry is sparking new demand and buoying employment and investment in the Philippines, where it is one of the country's most important industries. | BPO firms in the Philippines are hiring new personnel on expect...
