Asia Cast for Tuesday 1st January
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To give our wonderful SOH volunteer staff a well-deserved break, only the written script for Asia Cast will be provided on 1st of January 2008.
In this Bulletin…
- Billions celebrate the New Year;
- Kenya spirals into chaos; and
- North Korea fails to meet nuclear deadline.
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Asia Cast for Tuesday 1st January
In this Bulletin
- Kenya riots death toll rises
- Colombia Hostage Deal Close to Collapse
- More than 20,000 Military Officers appeal in China
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North Korea has failed to meet a deadline to disclose details of its nuclear programme by the 31st of December.
Pyongyang had pledged to provide a detailed declaration of its nuclear activities by 31 [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 31st December
In this Bulletin…
- Pakistan’s opposition party names Bhutto’s son and husband as joint leaders;
- Violence breaks out in Kenya after Kibaki wins a second term; and
- Monday marks the handover of Darfur to a joint UN – African Union peacekeeping force.
Benazir Bhutto’s opposition party has named her son and husband to succeed the slain opposition [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 30th December
In this Bulletin…
- Kenya’s election count halted amidst chaos;
- Benazir Bhutto’s party to consider new leader; and
- China’s and Japan’s leaders enjoy a game of ball with each other.
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Election officials in Kenya have halted the election count as violent protests cause chaos at the offices of the electoral commission.
Officials suspended the count until Sunday. The [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 29th December
In this Bulletin…
- Tensions rise in Pakistan in the wake of Bhutto assassination;
- Israeli and Palestinian leaders restart peace talks; and
- the death toll from the Indonesian landslides reaches one hundred and twenty.
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Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto – the first woman PM in an Islamic state – was assassinated yesterday in a suicide bombing.
Ms [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 28th December
In this bulletin ….
-China AIDS activist detained
-Pakistan accuses Al-Qaeda of killing Bhutto and
-Hong Kong to elect leader by 2017
Hu Jia, a prominent AIDS and human rights campaigner has been detained by Chinese police accusing him of subversion, in an apparent bid to stifle dissent ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
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Asia Cast Thursday 27th December
In this bulletin…
- Landslides leave up to 81 dead or missing in Indonesia
- Boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam
- Japanese Prime Minister to boost ties with China
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On Wednesday landslides and floods caused by torrential rains have left up to 81 people dead or missing in Indonesia’s Central Java province.
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Asia Cast for Wednesday 26th December
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To give our wonderful SOH volunteer staff a well-deserved break, only the written script for Asia Cast will be provided on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of December.
In this Bulletin…
Afghan’s government to expel UN workers,
Taiwan ramps up defence budget, and
South Korean authorities arrest those responsible for the Country’s worst oil spill.
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Asia Cast for Tuesday 25th December
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To give our wonderful SOH volunteer staff a well-deserved break, only the written script for Asia Cast will be provided on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of December.
In this Bulletin…
- Billions around the world come together to celebrate Christmas,
- Human rights groups warn of increasing child abductions in the Congo, and
- Thailand’s newly [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 24th December
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Christmas break, only the written script is provided for
Asia Cast for the 24th, 25th, 26th . Merry Christmas to the world.
From all at SOH globally.
In this bulletin
- China continues it’s ferocious censorships
- North Korea still balking; and
- A historical decision by Nepal
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