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. ******************** During his tour of the US, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has confirmed that Australia will seek to become a temporary member of [...]
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 *********** Cities worldwide come together in a global campaign to highlight the waste of electricity and the threat of climate change. The environmental [...]
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 ************ Evidence is accumulating that the Chinese regime orchestrated violence in Lhasa in order to discredit the peaceful protests of Buddhist monks. According to the [...]
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 ***************************** 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 [...]
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 ************************ 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. [...]
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. ******************** 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 [...]
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 ********************************* 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 [...]
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. ******************** 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 [...]
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. ******************** 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 [...]
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. ******************** 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 [...]
