Asia Cast for Wednesday, 30th April 2008
I’m Denis Wu with Asia cast.
In this Bulletin…
- Sharif and Zardari to discuss reinstatement of judges;
- EU and Serbia strengthen ties; and
- China counts down to Olympics.
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Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif has left for Dubai for urgent talks with coalition partners on the fate of Pakistan’s sacked judges.
With the month-old government’s deadline to reinstate the [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 29th April
In this Bulletin
- Zimbabwe’s presidential election results to start today
- Massive train accident kills 70 and
- Chinese communist regime strengthens internet blockade
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Results are due to start later today for verification of Zimbabwe’s presidential Election a month after the vote, now that a partial recount has ended, an election official says.
The wait for the March 29 [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 27th April
In this Bulletin…
- Iranian Conservatives claim Parliamentary majority;
- Mugabe set to lose majority rule in Zimbabwe; and
- The Dalai Lama welcomes invitation to talks with China.
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Conservative party representatives in Iran have claimed about 80 percent of the 82 parliamentary seats in the country’s runoff election held on Friday.
Election official, Mohammad Forouzandeh, told the country’s semi-official [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 26th April
In this Bulletin…
- Ukraine remembers Chernobyl disaster;
- A bomb kills 23 in Sri Lanka; and
- Activist Groups say they will protests against Olympic sponsors.
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Ukraine has held a memorial to pay homage to victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe.
Chernobyl called the disaster – the world’s worst nuclear accident -a “planetary drama.
Asia Cast for Friday 25th April
In this Bulletin…
- China to meet with Dalai Lama;
- The US accuses Syria of building nuclear reactor; and
- Rice price hikes spark unrest across the region.
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China’s state run media, Xinhua News Agency, confirmed today that Chinese officials will meet representatives of the Dalai Lama.
China have consistently denounced the Dalai Lama as a traitor and blamed [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 24th April
In this Bulletin
- Pro-China demonstrators assaults people as torch passes through Canberra
- Jailed Chinese Mongolian Dissident Claims Torture and
- Ganzi Tibetans forced to hold the national flag, leading one Tibetan to commit suicide
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The presence of over 500 police and a steel fence sealing off parts of the city meant that Canberra’s Olympic torch relay was [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 23rd April
In this Bulletin…
- Chinese arms shipment may be recalled;
- UN official announces escalated death toll in Darfur; and
- US health officials confirm new evidence of drug contamination in China.
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A ship carrying weapons destined for Zimbabwe may return to China after being prevented from unloading in South Africa, a Chinese official has said.
Zambia’s president has called [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 22nd April
In this Bulletin
- Heavy Security takes place as Torch arrives in Kaula Lumpur
- Over 80 Die in Mogadishu Fighting, Rights Group Reports
- Four hundred more monks arrested from Lhasa’s Sera Monastery
Asia Cast for Monday 21st April
In this Bulletin…
- 81 killed in Somalia;
- Chinese arms shipment leaves South African waters; and
- Protests continue in China.
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Chairman of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Organisation, Sudan Ali Ahmed, has confirmed that 81 people had been killed in the past 24 hours in Somalia in some of the heaviest clashes in months.
Somali Islamist insurgents [...]
Asia Cast for Saturday 19th April
In this bulletin
- Pope Benedict promotes human rights
- Mugabe spreads hate in speech to supporters; and
- The human rights torch relay reaches Tianjin China
In a speech given at the Park East Synagogue, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged worshippers to “continue building bridges of friendship” with ethnic and religious groups in their neighbourhoods.
His visit to the synagogue, [...]
