Asia Cast for Saturday 9th February
In this bulletin ….. -Turks set to ease headscarf ban; -Credit crunch to top Japantalks -Japan PM angry over Sumo death The Turkish parliament is expected to modify the country’s constitution to ease the ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in universities. The issue is deeply divisive in Turkey, where the state is strictly secular, [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 8th February
In this Bulletin… – India warns of economic slow-down; – NATO defends Afghanistan operations; and – the Human Rights Torch Relay arrives in Ghana. ******************** India’s Finance Minister has warned of lower-than -expected growth last year, explaining that the Government expects its economy to grow by 8.7% in the financial year ending March – the [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 07th February
In this Bulletin – U.S., UK Say Allies Must Share Afghan Combat Burden – Dissident from Hangzhou, China sentenced to four-year imprisonment and – Landslide kills 2, and 5 still missing on the Indonesian Island of Java ********************************** In Thailand, the King has sworn in a new cabinet packed with allies of Thaksin Shinawatra, the [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 6th Febrauary
In this Bulletin… – US imposes sanctions to pressure Myanmar’s junta; – Tension in Serbia over EU membership; and – A Hong Kong journalist released from jail. The US Government has imposed financial sanctions against a business tycoon linked to Burma’s military rulers, in an attempt to put further pressure on the ruling military junta. [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 5th February
In this Bulletin – Islamic Militants Kill 5 in the Philipines – China Not Prepared for Weather Crisis and – Human Rights defender Hu Jia Officially Arrested The oldest surviving member of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has appeared in court for the first time. Nuon Chea, who was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 4th February
In this Bulletin… – Sri Lanka to mark 60 years of independence; – Global Human Rights Torch received in Mumbai; and – Belgium’s Olympic Committee censors Olympic athletes. ******************** Sri Lanka has organised a large-scale military parade in the capital, Colombo, to mark the 60th anniversary of national independence. The anniversary comes as fighting has [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 03rd February
In the Bulletin – Gunman kills five in US shopping store; – Rebels in Chad advance on Presidential palace; and – Taiwan to hold referendum on joining the UN. ******************** US police are searching for a lone gunman who killed five females inside a clothing store at a suburban shopping centre in the United States. [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 2nd February
In this Bulletin – A peace deal to end bloodshed in Kenya – Female Bombers Kill 72 at Baghdad Pet Markets and – Chinese petitioner forced to stand up for over fifty days *********************************** A former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the Kenyan government and opposition parties have reached a four-point plan to end the [...]
