S Korea president sacks ministers (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: Zia (Hits: 6) South Korea's president has sacked three cabinet ministers in the wake of protests over US beef imports.
Violence and prurience in 19th Century China a hit on Amazon.com (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: tomcarter (Hits: 6) Lloyd Lofthouse rivals his wife/famed authoress Anchee Min with his impressive debut My Splendid Concubine, tracing the true-life exploits of Sir Robert Hart, the celebrated expatriate credited for bringing old China into the 20th century. A thought-provoking examination of attitudes, prejudices and cultures; rife with the entertainingly explicit dalliances of a single white man adrift in China.
Underinvesting in the future (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: linsi (Hits: 5) .........SINGAPORE: South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore have over 40 years averaged roughly the highest consistent economic growth rates in the world. All but Korea have steadily accumulated massive surplus savings and foreign reserves...All four economies have costly housing but high home-ownership rates. So even at the family level, the value of the future workforce is not given its due.
Thaksin trial opens in Thailand (Wednesday, 09 July 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 2)
Thailand's supreme court has begun proceeding against Thaksin Sginawatra, the former prime minister ousted in a coup nearly two years ago. If conviced, Thaksin and his wife could face more than ten years in prison
Kashmir leader quits in land row (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: Zia (Hits: 5) The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has resigned following the withdrawal of a key coalition partner.
E Timor police move on students (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: Zia (Hits: 3) Police in East Timor's capital, Dili, have fired tear gas into the grounds of the national university and arrested several students, reports say.
Bomb rocks India embassy in Kabul (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: Zia (Hits: 6) A suicide bomber has rammed a car full of explosives into the gates of the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital, killing 41 people and injuring 141.
Rice prices now stable (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: linsi (Hits: 2) ......Metro Manila have already stabilized, the cost of the grain in other regions have already dropped by as much as P2 per kilo as of last weekend....PRICES of commercial rice have stabilized -- or even decrease by as much as P2 a kilo -- all over the country, despite the start of the July-September lean months, the Department of Agriculture said yesterday.
The musical toilet from Japan (Tuesday, 08 July 2008) Posted by: Zia (Hits: 8) As Japanese industry becomes more efficient, its designers are thinking up new ways of using power.
Suicide bomb hits Palistan police (Monday, 07 July 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 11) At least fourteen policemen are killed by a suicide bomb in Pakistan's capital, a year on from the bloody ending of the Red Mosque siege
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