Asia Cast for Tuesday 11th March
In this Bulletin – Storm Batters France and Britain, Killing Two – India banns exiled Tibetans protest march and -Chinese Spectacular’ Opens in Prague to Both Praise and Interference ******************************* A massive storm battered southern Britain and northern France on Monday, killing two people. The storm, which began late on Sunday, brought down trees and [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 10th March
In this Bulletin… – Malaysian PM rejects calls to resign; – Pakistan to have coalition government; and – Chinese authorities foil two terrorist attacks. ******************** Despite his party, the National Front, losing its two-thirds majority in parliament in Saturday’s elections, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he will not resign. The National Front did [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 9th of March
In this Bulletin… – Burma rejects call forum observers; – New laws reduce death sentences in China; and – Malaysia’s ruling party facing defeat. ******************** Burma’s military government has rejected a UN proposal to send independent observers to May’s referendum on a new constitution, claiming observers would impinge on Burma’s sovereignty. The proposal was made [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 8th March
In this bulletin -Tel Aviv University Shuts Down Art Exhibit Due to Chinese Embassy Pressure -Don’t Party Along With the Olympic Games and -Thousands of workers in Guangzhou go on strike Due to the pressure from the Chinese government, the Tel Aviv University shut down The Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance art exhibit that was held on [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 7th March
In this Bulletin… – Sri Lanka criticised over forced disappearances; – Eight killed in Gaza shooting; and – Three suspected bombers arrested in Manila. ******************** According to US group Human Rights Watch, Sri Lanka’s government is one of the world’s worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances. An HRW report accuses security forces and pro-government militias of [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 06th March
In this Bulletin – Australians caught up in terrifying hostage drama – Venezuela Mobilizes Forces to Colombia Border – Outbreak of measles claims 21 lives in two months ****************************** Yesterday, ten Australian tourists were caught up in a terrifying hostage drama, when a man armed with a bomb held them captive on a bus in [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 5th March
In this Bulletin… – OPEC to maintain current output; – China’s National People’s Congress commences; and – the US concerned over China’s military activity. OPEC Ministers currently gathered in Vienna have resisted last-minute pressure from the United States to pump more oil, and decided to hold output steady. OPEC has said triple-digit oil prices have [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 04th March
In this Bulletin – Huge dust storm hits East Asia again – China Reports Big Rise in Food-Poisoning Deaths – Sister of a human rights activist receives warning ****************************** In the Bay of Bengal twenty migrants from Bangladesh and Burma have been found dead from starvation and dehydration on a wooden trawler. Sri Lanka’s navy, [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 3rd March
In this Bulletin… – Protestors stand down in Armenia; – Suicide attack in Pakistan kills 40; and – Jose Ramos-Horta’s shooter surrenders.. ******************** As tensions reached breaking point after the Armenian government declared a state of emergency and mobilized the army to deal with protestors, the opposition has ended a standoff with riot police in [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 2nd of March
In this Bulletin… – Armenia declare state of emergency; – Chemical Ali to be executed; and – China and the US set up hotline. ******************** Armenian President Robert Kocharyan declared a state of emergency in the capital on Saturday and vowed to deploy troops against opposition protesters after riots in which at least one person [...]
