Archive for June, 2008

Asia Cast for Monday 30th June

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Monday, June 30th, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin….
- Beichuan province, China, under quarantine again due to a serious plague;
- Japan Anti-G8 Summit Protesters Scuffle With Police; and
- North Korea government agrees to allow more international help to feed it’s people.
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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News from Beijing, in order to achieve the standard of a [...]

Asia Cast for Sunday 29th June

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Sunday, June 29th, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin….
- Report claims Beijing will run out of water in ten years;
- Rioters torch police building in south-west China; and
- A highly toxic pesticide found on sunken ferry in the Philippines.
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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According to a report by Canadian non-government organization Probe International, serious water shortages [...]

Asia Cast for Saturday 28th June

Posted by Karen Chang on Saturday, June 28th, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Guangdong faces the most serious power shortage in 30 years;
- Counting begins after “sham” presidential election in Zimbabwe; and
- The price of oil jumps to a record new high.
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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According to Hunan sources, Sun Pinghua of Yueyang city was kidnapped on March 18 [...]

Asia Cast for Friday 27th June

Posted by Trevor Piper on Friday, June 27th, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin…
- North Korea destroys cooling tower at nuclear facility;
- Beijing’s ‘green’ Olympics accused of drying up region; and
- Natural disaster network to be set up in Asia Pacific region.
But first, here’s our original SOH news direct from China
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Two Chinese F-8 fighters are reported to have collided in mid-air during a training exercise over [...]

Asia Cast for Thursday 26th of June

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Thursday, June 26th, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin….
- International Telecom Charity forced out of Burma;
- China’s rare fish symbolizing the Olympic rings died suddenly; and
- Survivors of the fatal ferry crash in the Philippines found washed ashore on island.
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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On June 23 Public Security Bureau of Shuangyashan City, China mobilized hundreds [...]

Asia Cast for Wednesday 25th June

Posted by Trevor Piper on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Oxfam says biofuels are dragging 30 million people into poverty;
- Tibet reopened to foreigners; and
- China’s housing market bubble set to burst .
But first, here’s our original SOH news direct from China
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The latest statistics from China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs show that the number of people reported missing or killed after last [...]

Asia Cast for Tuesday June 24th

Posted by mikewebb on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Free thinking lost in China;
- Chinese civil rights campaigner denounces Chinese Communist Party; and
- Oil prices maintained by speculation

 
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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According to sources in Sichuan , Fei Xiu, head of the Law Firm under the Justice Bureau of Yibing City has used public property [...]

Asia Cast for Monday 23rd June

Posted by jamesxu on Monday, June 23rd, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin…
- Residents are outraged by 30% slash of public transport in Beijing;
- Oil powers seek tonic to record prices in Jeddah; and
- Ferry capsizes in the Phillipines,more than 800 missing;
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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With the Polluted air and sandy weather casting a shadow on the Beijing Olympic [...]

Asia Cast for Sunday 22nd June

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin…
-Cantonese officials caught making forged notes;
-Olympic torch relay began its Tibetan leg under tight security at Luobulinka; and
-Man Accused of Attacking Falun Gong Practitioner in Brooklyn Arrested.
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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Reported by Reuters, Shichuan Du river weir police on June 21st arrested and beat several parents of [...]

Asia Cast for Saturday 21st June

Posted by Karen Chang on Saturday, June 21st, 2008
 
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In this Bulletin…
- China increases price of electricity and refined oil;
- Flash floods and landslides triggered by typhoon kills 12; and
- Extreme floods, storms increasing in North America
But first, here is our original SOH news direct from China
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According to Mainland Chinese source, the PRC State Development and Reform Commission issued a notice that the price [...]