Asia Cast for Fri 20th July
-Fears of power shortages in Tokyo
- Washington forum predicts collapse of Chinese Communist Party and
-Moscows refusal to extradite sparks row with Britain
There are fears of power shortages in Tokyo, as the scale of the earthquake damage to the country’s biggest nuclear power station becomes clear.
The government reportedly wants the Kashiwazaki plant, which contributes about 12% [...]
Asia Cast Thursday 19th July
-Transformer explosion rocks Manhattan
-Plane crash in Brazil
-A flying dragon shot by security cameras in China
A transformer exploded in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, creating a roar and a huge plume of smoke, sending pedestrians fleeing from the area in scenes reminiscent of the September 11th attacks.
Police at the scene said 15 to 20 people had been [...]
Asia Cast Wednesday 18th July
-Japan Quake Stirs Nuclear Fears, Displaces Thousands
-Brazilian Plane Crashes with 176 Aboard, and
-400 landowners threatened by Chinese Officials
In Japan¡ªOfficials at the world’s biggest nuclear power plant said on Tuesday there had been more minor radiation leaks after an earthquake in Japan that killed nine people and forced thousands from their homes.
The latest admissions by [...]
Asia Cast Tuesday 17 July
-Bush to offer $190 million in Palestinian aid
-Iran TV shows detained Iranian-Americans
-human rights film festival debuts in Washington.
President George W. Bush on Monday will offer new support for the Fatah-led government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, marking a higher profile effort to resolve the Middle East conflict.
U.S. officials have said that Bush will [...]
Asia Cast Monday 16th July
A strong earthquake in north-western Japan has killed at least five people and injured more than one hundred and fifty.
The quake of preliminary magnitude six point eight struck off the coast, some two hundred and sixty kilometres northwest of Tokyo.
A number of houses were damaged, and a fire started at the nuclear plant. But officials [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday the 15th
China has suspended imports from several key United States meat suppliers after months of international scrutiny over the safety of Chinese food and drugs.
Officials said they had found salmonella and growth-enhancers in several imported United States chicken products.
Last year, fifty one deaths in Panama were blamed on medicine tainted with Chinese chemicals and, this year, [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 14th July
A Chinese student group at Columbia University posted a statement on its Web site on Wednesday that calls for the “execution” of “anyone who offends China.” The statement makes clear that “anyone” refers to those who practice Falun Gong.The publishing of this statement is the latest and most extreme instance of attacks by the Columbia [...]
Asia Castfor Friday 13th July
Pakistan¡’s President Pervez Musharraf, speaking in a televised address to the nation, says he is determined that extremism and terrorism will be eradicated in the country.He was speaking after officials reported seventy five bodies had been found after the siege at the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad.
For months Muslim clerics and students had been defying [...]
Asia Cast Wednesday 11th July
A U.S. aircraft carrier is heading to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet area of operations, which includes the Persian Gulf, but the Pentagon said on Tuesday there had been no decision to increase naval power in the region.U.S. defence officials said the deployment of the USS Enterprise was a routine measure to replace one of [...]
Asia Cast Thursday 12th July
A new movement has surfaced in Southern California, but it will probably reach all the way to Beijing by next August when the Olympics begin.
This movement began in the heart of its founder Kai Chen, during the dark days of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Chen tells the story of 15 kids that were packed up [...]
