Asia Cast for Thursday 31st January
In this Bulletin
- Contaminated Chinese dumplings puts child into coma
- 15 people dead after Yangtze river crash and
- Losses caused from Chinas snowstorm could exacerbate inflation
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Ten Japanese fell extremely ill, including a child who fell into a coma, after eating Chinese-made dumplings contaminated with insecticide, police and health officials said Wednesday.
Japan Tobacco Inc said its [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 30th January
- Burmese protestors charged;
- Europe’s leaders to discuss economic stability; and
- China’s Prime Minister apologises for snow problems.
In what is seen as an act of provocation, ten Burmese activists have been charged over the countrywide anti-government demonstrations last August.
The activists – including prominent pro-democracy leader Min KO Naing – are accused of making illegal statements [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 29th January
In this Bulletin
- Brutal ethnic fighting continues in Kenya
- China on rare red alert
- Illegal exploitation of rare minerals have resulted in severe pollution
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Once again ethnic fighting has taken place in Kenya on Sunday as witnesses and Red Cross officials reported brutal attacks by members of President Mwai Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe on other ethnic [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 28th January
In this Bulletin…
- Indonesia’s former President dies;
- Indonesia to host UN anti corruption conference; and
- China facing transport chaos due to snow storms.
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Indonesia’s former President Suharto, has died from multiply organ failure at the age of 86, and is to be buried shortly in Central Java.
Suharto ruled with an iron first for 32 years and [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 27th January
In this Bulletin…
- Pakistan defends nuke protection policy;
- Japan’s Prime Minister warns of risks to world economy; and
- Eighteen rail workers killed in China.
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Pakistani security officials have issued a statement insisting that there was no danger of the country’s nuclear arsenal falling into the hands of Islamic extremists.
Pakistan is believed to have between 30 and [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 26th January
In this bulletin …….
-Renegade Tamil rebel jailed in the UK
-Hunan Property Owners Bashed whilst Protesting and
-Sulfuric Acid Leak, Poisons Thousands in Hunan
Colonel Karuna, a former leader of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, has been sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment by a UK court for identity fraud.
Late last year, Colonel Karuna was arrested in London for [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 25th January
In this Bulletin…
- Italian Prime Minister resigns;
- Gore challenges lawmakers; and
- China’s economy reaches fastest growth rate in 13 years.
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After losing a confidence vote in the Senate, Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano.
Analysts said the demise of the 61st government since World War Two should not hurt the [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 24th January
In this Bulletin
- Japenese gangster admits to killing Mayor
- Thaksin Shinawatra’s wife pleads not guilty and
- Heavy snow in China kills at least 16 people
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In Japan, an alleged gangster has admitted to shooting the mayor of Nagasaki last April.
Tetsuya Shiroo, 60, shot Itcho Ito near an election campaign office in the city on 17 April.
On [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 23rd January
In this bulletin ….
-Bird Flu still a Threat
-Palestinians Blow up Border Wall and
-Heath Ledger found dead in U.S
Experts and officials have said that the world cannot afford to be complacent about the H5N1 bird flu virus, despite its failure to trigger a human pandemic four years after sweeping across most of Asia.
The latest outbreaks in [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 22nd January
In this Bulletin
- 37 pilgrims Dead and 40 injured after bus loses control
- Three Killed in Kenya Clashes with Opposition Defiant
- The Medias in Mainland China appeal to abolish the department of “Urban Management Officer”
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In southwestern India, a bus carrying pilgrims to Hindu shrines lost control and drove of a steep hill Sunday night, [...]
