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Asia Cast for Monday 28th July

In this Bulletin……….

- Tibetan protestor arrested in Nepal;
- Fujian, China braced for Typhoon Fung-Wong;and
- Qantas to inspect oxygen bottles after 747 Emergency.

But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Since March this year, Tibetans have staged numerous protests in Nepal.

On July 25, over 100 Tibetans protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, shouting dissent over China’s rule of Tibet.

The protestors were subsequently rounded up into police cars by Nepalese police, according to Voice of America.

Human Rights Watch has claimed that the arrests are a result of pressure from the Chinese communist regime on Nepalese officials.

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And now for the rest of today’s Asia Cast
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Typhoon Fung-Wong is expected to make a second landfall in southeastern China early Tuesday, coming ashore in China’s Fujian Province, south of the city of Fuzhou, as a Category 1 storm with winds of at least 75 mph.

Fujian authorities evacuated about 275,000 people on Sunday as the storm approached, State media reported. More than 50,000 fishing boats returned to harbor.

Government offices and schools in Taiwan closed ahead of the storm’s landfall early Monday, authorities said, according to Taiwan’s state media

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At least three people were killed and 50,000 people had to be evacuated when a river overflowed in the western Japanese city of Kobe, a police official said.

A motorist was buried under a mudslide in the city of Toyama, although he was rescued and suffered only broken bones, officials said.

As much as 120 millimetres of rain per hour fell overnight in some parts of the Hokuriku region, facing the Sea of Japan (East Sea).

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An agreement has been reached with the Philippines Government negotiators and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, this being an important step towards the final settlement of one of south-east Asia’s most intractable conflicts.

The Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front have been meeting for years to try to get a lasting peace agreement.
While some other issues are still to be settled, the land deal is seen as a vital breakthrough in helping end the rebels’ battle for self-rule that has cost over 100,000 lives and left the south of the country mired in poverty.

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Qantas was ordered on Sunday to check all oxygen bottles on its fleet of Boeing 747s after investigators said an exploding oxygen bottle might have ripped a hole in a Qantas 747, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Manila.

Australia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) said Qantas had agreed to inspect oxygen bottles on its fleet of 747s. The airline has about 30 of the Boeing model.

The Qantas aircraft made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after part of its undercarriage blew off, triggering a loss in cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne.

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