Asia Cast for Friday 18th April
In this Bulletin – Tibetans arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal – No Flemish government members to attend Olympic opening ceremony and – Ten thousand enterprises closed down or have moved away ****************************** Several hundred Tibetan exiles have been arrested in Kathmandu the capital of Nepal. The Tibetans, members of the refugee community, were demonstrating near Chinese [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 17th April
In this Bulletin – Six high school students and one teacher killed by flash flooding – Chinas 21% steep rise in food prices and – Two thousand police seizes temple in Mangkang Tibet **************************** North Korea is facing a severe food crisis, a UN agency has warned. The situation there was “clearly bad and getting [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 16th April
In this Bulletin… – Britain makes pitch for China’s investment; – Plane crash kills 33 in Congo; and – UN Secretary General calls for justice on anniversary of Pol Pot’s death. ******************** Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, yesterday made a pitch for China’s $200 billion state investment fund to invest in the UK [...]
Asia Cast for Tuesday 15th April
In this Bulletin – Berlusconi Sweeps Back to Power in Italy Election – Chinese Rally in Ottawa and – China’s overtakes US as the World’s biggest polluter *********************** Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be [...]
Asia Cast for Monday 14th April
In this Bulletin… – Darfur marks five years of violence; – Haiti’s Government falls; and – China accuses media of being too critical. ******************** Rebels in war torn Darfur said on Sunday that they had attacked an army base in West Darfur, killing a large number of soldiers in a renewal of fighting in the [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 13th April
In this Bulletin… – South Africa’s president calls for patience in Zimbabwe; – Taiwan’s VP meets with Hu Jintao; and – Malaysia’s PM may step down. ******************** South African President Thabo Mbeki has told reporters that Zimbabwe’s election stalemate is not a crisis and its electoral commission must be given time to release the results [...]
Asia Cast for Sunday 12th April
In this Bulletin… – Zimbabwe approaches breaking point; – Taiwan’s VP to meet with Hu Jintao; and – Former Communist Party chief jailed. ******************** Zimbabwe’s political opposition Movement for Democratic Change called a general strike on Friday after officials said President Robert Mugabe would snub a regional summit called to discuss increasing violence over delayed [...]
Asia Cast for Friday 11th April
In this Bulletin… – American Airlines cancels another 933 flights; – Nepal’s elections labelled a success; and – Argentina prepares to receive Olympic Torch Relay. ******************** American Airlines has confirmed that it cancelled 933 flights Thursday as it continued to reinspect wiring on MD-80 aircraft, raising the number of flights scratched since Tuesday to nearly [...]
Asia Cast for Thursday 10th April
In this Bulletin – 54 Burmese migrants suffocated to death – Confusion as San Francisco Olympic Torch Run Starts and – China’s TV Economy Program Pulled off Air *********************** Zambia on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of southern African leaders to discuss Zimbabwe, as fears grew in the region that an election deadlock would provoke [...]
Asia Cast for Wednesday 9th April
In this Bulletin… – Rudd criticized for comments on Tibet; – Polls close in South Korea; and – Human Rights poem relay starts in Canada. ******************** Senior Chinese Government officials have criticized Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd over comments he made yesterday about Chinese actions in Tibet. In Washington, Mr Rudd said it was clear [...]
