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 ********************************** 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 ********************************** 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 [...]
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. ******************** 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 [...]
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. ******************** 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 [...]
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 [...]
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. ******************** 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 [...]
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 ********************************** 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 [...]
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 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” ********************************** In southwestern India, a bus carrying pilgrims to Hindu shrines lost control and drove of a [...]
