- Friday, July 9, 2010, 2:03
- Asia
Pakistani court orders reopening corruption cases against president's father
ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) -- The Lahore High Court ordered reopening of the corruption cases against Hakim Ali Zardari and former land acquisition controller Hashim Babar, local TV channels reported Tuesday.
Hakim Ali Zardari, father of the incumbent Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, was charged with misuse of power and resorting to corruption, thereby minting the treasury, the private Samaa ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 2:03
- Asia
Death toll from S Kyrgyzstan violence rises to 214
BISHKEK (Xinhua) -- The death toll from violence in southern Kyrgyzstan had risen to 214, with 2,137 others injured, the country's health ministry said on Tuesday.
Among the fatal victims, 166 were from Osh and 48 from nearby Jalalabad region, according to the information center of the Ministry.
A Xinhua reporter in Osh said that local authorities had decided ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 2:02
- Asia
Woman suicide bomber wounds 18 in E Afghan province
KABUL (Xinhua) -- A woman suicide bomber blew herself up in the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, wounding 18 people including three police, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
"A woman suicide bomber blew herself up in Shigal district and targeted police checkpoint on Monday evening. As a result, three policemen and 15 civilians were ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 2:02
- Asia
No six-party talks before addressing warship sinking: S Korean FM
SEOUL (Xinhua) -- The six-way talks aimed at ridding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of its nuclear programs would not resume before addressing the sinking of a South Korean warship currently blamed on Pyongyang, South Korea's top diplomat said Tuesday
"As North Korea (DPRK) has been found to be responsible for the sinking of the ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 2:02
- Asia
Roadside bomb wounds provincial council member in W. Afghanistan
HERAT, Afghanistan (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb organized by militants wounded the head of the provincial council and his son in Afghanistan's western Farah province on Tuesday.
"The incident occurred at 07:30 a.m. local time. As a result, Nazir Khidmat the head of Provincial Council of Farah province and his son were injured," deputy to provincial governor's administration ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 2:02
- Asia
Australian police to destroy thousands of illegal weapons
SYDNEY (Xinhua) -- Australian police have seized thousands of "absolutely frightening" illegal weapons in New South Wales (NSW) that will be destroyed.
At a weapons disposal facility in Sydney on Tuesday, police displayed a range of illegal weapons seized or surrendered during a three-week period.
Along with firearms of various shapes and sizes, there were swords, stun guns, pen knives, ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:59
- Asia
Election campaign rallies not breach emergency decree: official
BANGKOK (Xinhua) -- Election candidates can hold campaign rallies in capital Bangkok for the by-election in Constituency 6 next month though the emergency decree is still in force, Thawil Pliensri, National Security Council (NSC) secretary- general, said Tuesday, the Nation online reported.
The candidates would not be regarded as breaching the emgency decree if they do not use the ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:57
- Asia, World
Thai Ambassador to UN Office chosen as new UNHRC president
BANGKOK (Xinhua) -- Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Thailand's Ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva was named on Monday as the newest President of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Nation online reported.
The UNHRC is the panel formed in 2006 to tackle human rights violations worldwide.
Sihasak, who was the candidate of the panel's Asian members, has ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:55
- Asia
32 members of banned outfit arrested in eastern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani police and law enforcement agencies Tuesday launched a crackdown against the activists of banned religious outfits in eastern Pakistan, arresting 32 members of banned organizations, the private Samaa TV reported.
The report said that law enforcement agencies' personnel raided various locations in the cities of Gujranwala, Wazirabad and Nowshehra Warkanin in Pakistan's eastern ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:55
- Asia
Relief aid flowing in quake-affected Papua, Indonesia
JAKARTA (Xinhua) -- Tents, foods, medicines and others relief assistance have been sent to remote Papua in easternmost of Indonesia after strong quake killed 17 people and devastated the area, official said here Tuesday.
The authorities have used helicopters to deliver the relief aid as the geographical condition has made it difficult to send it through land, spokesman of National ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:54
- Asia
Indonesia to boost creative industry
JAKARTA (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government attempted to boost the country's creative industry by supporting both promotion and financial facilitation to improve the sector's contribution to the national economy, local media reported here Tuesday.
Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying that the government would help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the creative industry ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:54
- Asia
Thai gov't may amend some rules under emergency decree for byelection campaign
BANGKOK (Xinhua) -- The Center for Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) is ready to consider if some rules under the emergency decree needs to be amended to facilitate a byelection campaign of candidates, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday.
It is still essential for the government to maintain ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:54
- Asia
One drowned, 14 missing when trawler capsizes at Malacca Straits
KUALA LUMPUR (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian woman drowned and 14 others are missing after an Indonesian trawler capsized at 12 nautical miles from Port Dickson in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Port Dickson district police chief Baljeet Singh confirmed with Xinhua on Tuesday that there were 22 passengers on board the trawler that capsized.
He said that ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:53
- Asia
Cambodia, Vietnam launch new building material company
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's local company Mong Reththy Group and Vietnam's state mining company Vinacomin have launched a 5-million-U.S. dollar building material company in Preah Sihanouk province called Vinacomin-Reththy, local media reported on Tuesday.
Mong Reththy, senator of Cambodian People's Party, was quoted as saying by The Cambodia Daily that the company, which officially started business last Friday in ...
- Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:53
- Asia, World
East Timorese President inspects South Australia's environment site
CANBERRA (Xinhua) -- East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on Tuesday inspected a South Australian (SA) environment program as part of his five-day Australian tour.
Ramos-Horta visited the site of the state government's Million Trees Program in the Onkaparinga River National Park south of Adelaide with SA Environment and Conservation Minister Paul Caica on Tuesday.
Ramos-Horta was examining the environmental programs ...
