Kumari Mayawati, a daughter of so-called untouchables and India's most maverick politician, heads the country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, through a bold and inventive political coalition.
Threat of "no-fun" Olympics (Sunday, 20 July 2008) Posted by: Gaofei (Hits: 1) Just three weeks before the Beijing Olympics, concerns are growing that China’s sweeping security measures could end up sucking all the fun out of the world’s biggest sports fest.
Pre-Olympic jitters are almost a tradition but a Chinese visa crackdown that has sent visitor numbers plunging, heightened security checks, dire warnings of terrorist attack and curbs on Beijing night life have led to some observers dubbing the 2008 Olympics the “no-fun Games”.
Japan-South Korea island row escalates (Saturday, 19 July 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 7) South Korea has rejected a Japanese proposal to hold bilateral talks on the status of a disputed group of islets in the Sea of Japan, roughly halfway between the two countries (Dokdo or Takeshima).
Thai insurgents "call ceasefire" (Friday, 18 July 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 11) A spokeman claiming to represent all the main insurgent groups in Thailand has announced a unilateral ceasefire. It is the first time since the separatist conflict in which 3,000 people have died, flared up four-and-a-half years ago
United Nations to end Myanmar aid flights (Sunday, 20 July 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 1) The United Nations is to end aid flights to Myanmar at the beginning of August while the official ceremony marking the assassination of General Aung San has been a low-key one whith no foreign diplomats for the first time
Philippine expands Muslim region (Saturday, 19 July 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 9)
Government and rebel negotiators in the Philippines have agreed to expand a Muslim autonomous region in the country's south.
The agreement follows secret talks in Malaysia between government officials and representatives from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Hermogenes Esperon, a senior adviser to the Philippine president, told reporters
Anwar : Sex claims are vendetta (Friday, 18 July 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 10) Malaysia's de facto opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim has said police has no case against him to prove that he sodomised a male aide, saying the allegations are part of a "personal vendetta" against him
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