Asia Cast for Monday 31st March
In this Bulletin…
- Australia will seek temporary membership of UN Security Council;
- North Korea threatens to attack South Korea; and
- the Human Rights torch arrives in the US.
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During his tour of the US, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has confirmed that Australia will seek to become a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council.
Mr [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 30th March
In this Bulletin
- Zimbabwe’s Opposition Claims Win on Early Results
- Cities worldwide come together for Earth hour
- Dalai in his open letter to Chinese people stated: will never split-up
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Cities worldwide come together in a global campaign to highlight the waste of electricity and the threat of climate change.
The environmental group WWF has urged governments, businesses [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 29th March
In this Bulletin
- Evidence accumulates that the Chinese regime orchestrated Tibetan riots
- Beijing Petitioners Welcome the Human Rights Torch and
- Dalai Lama discards a series of allegations
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Evidence is accumulating that the Chinese regime orchestrated violence in Lhasa in order to discredit the peaceful protests of Buddhist monks.
According to the Dalai Lama’s Chinese translator, Ngawang Nyendra, [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 28th March
In this Bulletin
– Tibetan Monks disrupt media visit
- Opponents Say Mugabe Undermining Election and
- Sources at British Spy Agency Confirm Tibetan Claims of Staged Violence
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Tibeten monks have interrupted a tour of Lhasa by foreign journalists.
Foreign journalists were expelled from Tibet at the height of the unrest, but on Wednesday China allowed a group of [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 27th March
In this Bulletin
-Two bodies recovered from devastating collision
-Chinese Troops Won’t Guard Torch in Canberra and
-Eviction of thousands of households to build a lake
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South Korea is reported to be planning to confront North Korea for the first time on its human rights record, indicating a harder line from Seoul’s new government.
Reports quoting unnamed officials say the [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 26th March
In this Bulletin…
- Aid not getting to Afghanistan;
- Pervez Musharraf swears in Pakistan’s new Prime Minister; and
- China under pressure from UN over Tibet.
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A group of 94 aid agencies has confirmed that as much as $10 billion US dollars in aid promised to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban has still to be delivered.
The [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 25th March
In this Bulletin
-Iraq Seen as More Stable Than Afghanistan
-Former Advisor to Party General Secretary Claims Regime Staged Lhasa Incident and
-Bhutan Nation’s First Democratic Government Elected
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According to a report published on Tuesday, Iraq has emerged as a more stable country than Afghanistan. Reasons being thanks to lower violence, the presence of a large U.S.-led international force [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 24th March
In this Bulletin…
- Baghdad’s Green Zone under attack;
- Cheney warns Israeli-Palestinian peace will be a painful process; and
- China’s fights to protect image ahead of Olympics.
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Police have said that at least 17 people have been killed in a number of rocket attacks on Baghdad’s fortified “Green Zone”.
The attacks were part of a wider increase in [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 23rd March
In this Bulletin…
- US military attack Iraqi suicide bombing network;
- Taiwan’s Nationalist Party win election; and
- China welcomes failed UN referendum on Taiwan.
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After a suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi army barracks in Mosul north of Baghdad, US military in Iraq says its forces have raided what it has called a ’suicide bombing network’ in Diyala [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 22nd March
In this Bulletin…
- UN envoy says the world must pay attention to Somalia;
- Taiwan voting for next President; and
- China under pressure from US and Germany.
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Special UN envoy, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallahm, has told the UN Security Council that the international community must overcome its reluctance to get involved in Somalia and help put an end to [...]
