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
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Several hundred Tibetan exiles have been arrested in Kathmandu the capital of Nepal.
The Tibetans, members of the refugee community, were demonstrating near Chinese diplomatic buildings.
Tibetan exiles and a police [...]
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
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North Korea is facing a severe food crisis, a UN agency has warned.
The situation there was “clearly bad and getting worse”, a senior World Food Programme [...]
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.
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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 during his visit Beijing.
Darling said [...]
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
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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 easy to solve deep economic [...]
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.
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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 troubled area near Sudan’s western [...]
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.
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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 of a presidential poll held [...]
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.
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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 election results.
Human rights organisations and [...]
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.
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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 2,500.
The disruption at the No. [...]
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
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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 bloodshed.
No results have emerged of [...]
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.
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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 that human rights abuses were being [...]
