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JANUARY 2008
1 JANUARY
A leading Tamil member of Sri Lanka parliament, T. Maleswaran, has been shot dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7166560.stm
2 JANUARY
Pakistani elections are delayed until February 18, because of the violence and chaos that followed the assassination of Benazir Bhutto http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/default.stm
Thai Princess Galyani Vadhana, elder sister of king Rama IX died http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/
article_1384154.php/Princess_Galyani_Vadhana_kings_elder_sister_dies
4 JANUARY
North Korea pledged to strenth its "war deterrent", days after it missed a year-end deadline for declaring its nuclear activities http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7171096.stm
6 JANUARY
Lt Gen Orakzai, governor of Pakistan restive North West Frontier Province, has resigned http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7173324.stm
8 JANUARY
The president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, escapes unhurt after an attempted knife attack http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7176434.stm
Sri Lankan minister for nation-building dies in blast http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7176207.stm
10 JANUARY
South Korea's constitutional court has given the go ahead to probe into fraud allegations against president elec Lee Myun-bak http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/91499403-F359-432C-8696-
39A51D5F375D.htm
After serious setbacks in recent months, LTTE said they are prepared to fully implement the terms of 2002 ceasefire http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7180761.stm
12 JANUARY
In Taiwan KMT win landslise victory and Chen Shui-bian resigns as PDP chairman http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7184448.stm
13 JANUARY
Thousands in an Hong Kong march demanding democracy for 2017 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FE442529-6F7D-406D-8075-
4AE1D4B25EEB.htm
Manmohan Singh is doing the firstIndian Prime Minister visit to China since five years http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7185620.stm
14 JANUARY
New elected South Korea president proposes new inter-Korean summit, but in Seoul http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8238FFE4-EBD2-443B-837D-
9C2F7E745F68.htm
Malawi cuts ties with Taiwan http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3260D66F-9692-4C62-8006-
5C06AAC3175D.htm
15 JANUARY
In the Philippines, Muslim separatists walk away from the signing of a deal with the government http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4E390039-EDF4-4F34-B163-
27054BE15CE2.htm
17 JANUARY
Malaysian Islamic party still wants amputations and stonings http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22703337/
18 JANUARY
Pro-Thaksin party, PPP, is clear of fraud. That clears the way of it to form a coalition government
21 JANUARY
Since the military seized power in September, a new elected parliament meets in Thailand http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7199647.stm
27 JANUARY
Death of ex-dictator of Indonesia Suharto (1966-1998) http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/27/asia/suharto.php http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/10B56482-1218-40E1-A244-
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28 JANUARY
Thaksin ally Samak Sundaravej,leader of the People Power Party, is elected new Thailand's Prime Minister http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7212516.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7212682.stm
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APRIL 2008
1 APRIL
Indian police rejects a demand of the identification of around 1,000 graves in Kashmir http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325001.stm
5 APRIL
China activist Hu Jia id condemned to jail for three,and a half years for talking to foreign medias http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F76EC0FD-EE9D-4654-9AA8-
57FE6EB6A034.htm
6 APRIL
In Sri Lanka, at least 14 people, including Highways minister Jeralrej Fernandopulle, are killed in a suicide bombing http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7332952.stm
8 APRIL
In the Philippines, nine military officers have been sentenced to jail for taking part in a failed coup plot against president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A577B1AC-388A-4AFF-A918-
1B5F019985C0.htm
9 APRIL
North Korea has reached an agreement on compensation in exchange for providing full details of its nuclear programmeshttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9B7F28C5-1C60-484D-8103-
29315D5A0E37.htm
South Korea's Grand National Party (GNP) wins an overall majority by a narrow margin in parliamentary electionshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7337841.stm
New Burma constitution is published and will be put to a national referendum on 10 Mayhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7338815.stm
10 APRIL
Burhannuddin Abdullah, Indonesian bank governor is arrested in connection with the misappropriation of $11mhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4FE91BDD-0950-4EA4-9934-
E9F6AE673744.htm
In Nepal, people vote in elections that will decide the future of the direction of the countryhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7339813.stm
11 APRIL
In China, the former Shanghai Communist Party boss is sentenced to 18 years in jail for corruptionhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/36175D57-4BC8-4754-B282-
4BA2FC829D6D.htm
Malaysia’s embattled Prime Minister Abbdullah Badawi says he would discuss a transition whith his deputy Najib Razakhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7343945.stm
Japan extends economic sanction on North Korea for another six months, citing the lack of a breakthrough over Pyongyang nuclear programs and its past abductions of Japanese citizenshttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9AF30C1F-7EDB-46ED-A2B6-
BF95E4E2DDC4.htm
12 APRIL
During the Boa Forum, in Hainan (China), President Hu Jintao meets Taiwan vice-president Vincent Siew. It is the highest-level contact since 1949 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7343945.stm
14 APRIL
Dhaka-Calcutta passenger train resumes after 43 years http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7345724.stm
Ex former vice-prime minister Anwar Ibrahim marks the end of his five-year ban to be involved in politics by a large gathering forbidden by police http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4DA7C63E-64AF-4B0C-B226-
7DA35F639AFA.htm
15 APRIL
After,more than four years of talks, Japan and Asean complete inking a free trade dealhttp://www.asianewsnet.net/biz.php?aid=16295
16 APRIL
In Malaysia, the Makkal Osai Daily, a leading Tamil-language newspaper, critical to the government is banned http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/
A1Story20080416-60264.html
17 APRIL
After two months in Australia where he has been in hospital after to be wounded in a killing attempt, President Ramos-Horta comes back to East Timorhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BA4049AD-004F-4D32-9DCC-
685C323829C2.htm
19 APRIL
In China, beginning of several days of demonstrations with protestors demanding a boycott of French products after the olympic torch in Paris. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7356107.stm
Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February, has appeared in a vodeo saying he is being held by Taleban militants http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7356016.stm
23 APRIL
Dozens of rebels and soldiers are killed in northern Sri Lanka http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/23/news/Sri-Lanka-Civil-
War.php
25 APRIL
Sri Lanka : At least 24 people have been killed and about 50 wonded by a bombing on a bus in outskirsts of Colombo http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7367468.stm
Burma : Aung San Suu Kyi is given the US highest civilian honour, the Congressional Gold Medalhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0BC88ED4-962C-47DF-A7F2-
276B231B9075.htm
27 April
Nepal Maoist said they will not playing China or India card http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?aid=16486
Afghan president Hamid Karzai escapes an assassination attempt http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-27-voa4.cfm
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MAY 2008
2 MAY
Taiwan says that it is manhunting over missing $30m in a failed bid to secure diplomatic ties whith Papua New Guinea in 2006http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7380783.stm
For the first time : USA have talk with Maoists in Nepal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7379567.stm
4 MAY
Cyclone Nargis hits Myanmar, causing at least 10,000 people died http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CB93F1C3-AF02-46E7-AA15-
EC11DB8835F2.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7397617.stm
Thailand Prime Minister says he will continue to retaliate angainst media critizising him http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?aid=16607
5 MAY
Indonesia expatriate four men accused in February attempt to kill East-Timor president Ramos-Horta http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7383670.stm
Malaysian women anger after the foreign minister proposed that women travelling alone abroad need consent of their family or employerhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9B311FA1-B8E1-4088-B0E8-
C01A480D4B75.htm
6 MAY
Chinese President Hu Jintao in visit to Japan, the first Chinese head of state to go to Tokyo since 10 years http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/37CB693F-7817-4569-B68A-
B113139EC16F.htm
7 MAY
For the first since the founding of the PRC, a Chinese orchestra plays for the Pope in Vatican http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7389128.stm
8 MAY
Indian courts said declare that a MF Husain work representating India as a nude goddess is not obscene http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7389440.stm
A Malaysian court, for the first time allows apostasy http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/79676597-47A6-4175-BA54-
6B7642B083CB.htm
9 MAY
North korea hands in nuclear records to the US http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7392189.stm
10 MAY
In Burma, the military junta organizes a referendum on a new constitution in its favor http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/10/content_8138927.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7408738.stm http://www.newropeans-magazine.org/content/view/7980/85/
12 MAY
Pakistan is readmited in Commonwealth http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/pakistan-back-in-53-
nation-commonwealth-second-lead_10047925.html
Ten of thousands dead in a quake in Chinese Sichuan province http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7396400.stm http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/682932A0-E309-461C-9863-
AC15B8540923.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7399897.stm
In Pakistan Nawaz Shashif announces that his party leaves the federal government http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=45370
Philippine president Gloria Arroyo pardons nine army officers who took part in a failed coup attempt in 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7396563.stm
13 MAY
Several blasts in the Jaipur city of Rajasthan state (India) kill at least 60 people http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7398989.stm
15 MAY
In Bangladesh, six former cabinet ministers are arrested on corruption charges
16 MAY
USA sys it will resume food aid to North Korea http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/738525CE-F2EC-4E8C-8E40-
4B6449D29C58.htm
The 22-year-old 17th Karmapa visits USA http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/16/america/lama.php
17 MAY
Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan abducted in February is freed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7406083.stm
19 MAY
In Malaysia, Former Premier Mahathir quits UMNO http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2D222036-EB65-4FF6-B921-
1287D5073FD7.htm
20 MAY
Ma Ying-jeou takes office as Taiwan president http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E6750AE6-9AFB-4845-9DA0-
FF3E068854D8.htm http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/JE21Ae01.html
India and Pakistan resume talks http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7409672.stm
23 MAY
United Nations Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon get a yes from Mynmar's ruler Than Shwe to allow access to all foreign aid workers to the zone affected by the cyclone http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9C650E4E-2728-4B6E-A20A-
E482505C1BF2.htm
24 MAY
Myanmar helds vote in cyclone-hit areas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS0BxxbUWH8
25 MAY
Myanmar hosts cyclone aid meeting http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C6B6243C-7C17-466E-ACFF-
D39DBEEA03D0.htm
26 MAY
For the first time, the chairman of a Taiwanese ruling party visits China http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B16D52F-26BF-44DB-AA80-
97A1B82CE5B8.htm
27 MAY
Myanmar extends Suu Kyi detention for one more year http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F7394078-BA0E-472E-9195-
001307E4DAF1.htm
29 MAY
Historic China-Taiwan summit held http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7422965.stm
30 MAY
Myanmar's government has formally adopted a new constitution http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/666BF6B0-8967-43FA-82A5-
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I do not know why, but to see the first six months of 2008, click on "End" then on "Start"
JULY 2008
1 JULY 2008
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's opposition leader, files a police complaint after new sodomy charges http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/07/
20087195330440794.html
4 JULY 2008
The first regular direct flights between China and Taiwan start http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7488965.stm
5 JULY 2008
Tich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam, who spent more than two decades in and out house arrest died http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/
AR2008070602106.html
6 JULY 2008
At least 14 policemen are killed by a suicide bomb in Pakistan's capital, a year on from the Red Mosque siege http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7492193.stm
7 JULY 2008
In Afghanistan, a suicide car rocks India embassy, killing 41 people and injuring 141http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7492601.stm
South Korea's president sacks three cabinet ministers in the wake of protests over US beef import http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7492685.stm
10 JULY 2008
In India, the communists withdraw their support to the Manmohan Singhthat has no more majority in the parliamenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7500492.stm
After more a decade of controversial, anti-racism bill is approved by Legislators in Hong Kong http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=223&sec=1
12 JULY 2008
In Six-party talks in Beijing, North Korea agrees to nuclear checks http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7503189.stm
14 JULY 2008
Indonesia is blamed by a joint commission for 1999 violence in East Timor http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/07/
200871435822219786.html
18 JULY 2008
South Korea rejects a Japanese proposal to hold bilateral takls on disputed islands (Dokdo or Takeshima) http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/07/
20087187101832600.html
Philippine governement and the Milf agree to extend the Muslim region in Mindanao http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/07/
20087187101832600.html
21 JULY 2008
Ram Baran Yadav, from the Nepalese Congress, is elected first president of the Republic in Nepal http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/
Ram_Baran_Yadav_elected_Nepal_Prez/articleshow/3259939.cms
22 JULY 2008
India’s Congress party-led government survives a vote of confidence over a civilian nuclear deal with the US http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7519860.stm
27 JULY 2008
The general elections in Cambodia are largely won by the CPP of Hun Sen http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/07/
200872825249835666.html
28 JULY 2008
Afghanistan : Al-Queda chemistry expert, Al-Masri, is killed in US bombing http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/08/
200883133630687954.html
30 jULY 2008
In China, officials say that journalist covering Olympic Games will not have completely uncensored access http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7532338.stm
31 JULY 2008
The wife of former Thailand Premier Thaksin is jailed for tax fraud http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/07/
200873151213588433.html
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AUGUST 2008
1 AUGUST 2008
In Malaysia, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Wan Azizah Wan Ismail resigns from her MP’s post to make way for her husbandhttp://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=557&sec=1
3 AUGUST 2008
In India, at least 145 Hindu worshippers are killed in a stampede durig a religious festivalhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/08/20088313355646140.html
4 AUGUST 2008
An attack, lead by two men, on a border police station at Kashgar (China) leaves 16 policement dead and 16 hurthttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/
2008843587330723.html
7 AUGUST 2008
The Pakistan ruling coalition announces that it will begin impeachment proceedings against president Musharaff http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/08/20088712522298644.html
Malaysia opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is formally charged with sodoming a former male aide http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7546448.stm
Zarganar, one of Burma's most popular comedians has been charged with several offences, after he defied the military by giving aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7547484.stm
8 AUGUST 2008
Opening of the Olympic Games in China http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/
20088813811444442.html http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/08/content_9047391.htm http://asiaobserver.multiply.com/video/item/54/
Breathtaking_Showcase_in_Beijings_Opening_Olympic_Ceremony
10 AUGUST 2008
A series of bombing hits Xinjiang in China http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7551954.stm
In Beijing, US president Bush urges China leaders to allow greater freedom of religionhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/
200881075033636175.html
12 AUGUST 2008
Thailand’s Supreme court issues arrest warrants for former PM Thaksin and his wife after they fled to Britainhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/
200881192139819721.html
13 AUGUST 2008
Philippines retakes farmlands from Muslims rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/08/13/asia/OUKWD-UK-
PHILIPPINES-FIGHTING.php
14 AUGUST 2008
Cambodia and Thailand reach a deal to withdraw their troops from disputed templehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7560474.stm
15 AUGUST 2008
Maoist leader Prachanda is elected as Nepal's Prime Minister http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7563816.stm
16 AUGUST 2008
In Malaysia, huge support for Anwar’s poll bid http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/08/2008819695166773.html
18 AUGUST 2008
General Pervez Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=52502 http://awazapni.blogspot.com/2008/08/president-pervez-musharraf-
resigns.html
19 AUGUST 2008
Ten French soldiers killed in Afghanistan http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/08/2008819695166773.html
20 AUGUST 2008
In China, Mao Zedong's successor Hua Guofeng dies
24 AUGUST 2008
The authorities in India-administered Kashmir impose an indefinite curfew throughout the Kashmir Valley. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7578709.stm
In China, closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2008-08/24/content_6966774.htm
25 AUGUST 2008
[color=#0000FF]Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister of Pakistan, has pulled his party out of the country's ruling coalition, just two weeks before the country is due to elect a new president. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7580931.stm
26 AUGUST 2008
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's opposition leader, wins a landslide victory in a by-election to return him to parliament http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/
200882615516149648.html
North Korea issues a Foreign Ministry statement announcing its halt of the disablement works and threatened to restore the facilities in protest against Washington's delay in lifting sanctions off Pyongyang http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/
200882671551450569.html
29 AUGUST 2008
The major Buddhist Drepung Monastery in Tibet reopened this week five months after being shut by the authorities during anti-government riots that rocked the region's capital, a staff member said Friday http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/29tibet.php
30 August 2008
Thousands of opposition supporters in Taiwan have taken part in a protest in Taipei as President Ma Ying-jeou marked his first 100 days in office.
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SEPTEMBER 2008
1 September 2008
Yasuo Fukuda resigns as Japan PM after 11 months http://www.france24.com/en/20080901-japanese-pm-resigns-japan&
navi=ASIE-PACIFIQUE
2 September 2008
In Thailand, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej imposed a state of emergency Tuesday in Bangkok after groups of demonstrators clashed on the street http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/02/asia/02thailand.php
3 September 2008
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dissolves a peace panel the Philippine government had set up to negotiate an end to the deadly conflict in the country's volatile southhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
2008936259832396.html
4 September 2008
The Thailand's government approves in principle plans for a national referendum to end a three-month political deadlock http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
20089464647549139.html
6 September 2008
Asif Ali Zardari is elected president of Pakistan http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&
id=51814&Itemid=1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7602113.stm
8 September 2008
Sri Lanka's government announces a ban on foreign aid workers and many of their local colleagues from working in Tamil-rebel held areas in the north. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7604933.stm
Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp has won 23 out of the 30 elected seats in the Legislative Councils, and so retains a key veto over future bills. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7603312.stm
9 September 2008
Death of Nouhak Phoumsavanh, former president of Laos (1992-1998) http://rspas.anu.edu.au/rmap/newmandala/2008/09/12/obituary-nouhak-
phoumsavanh/ http://fr.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080911/img/pwl-laos-obit-nouhak-phoums-
8cd9ae149c36.html
Court rules that Thailand Prime Minister Samak must resign http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
2008999398621985.html
George Bush, the US president, has announced 8,000 troops will be pulled out of Iraq over the coming months and 4,500 sent to Afghanistan by January. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/09/
2008991444715547.html
12 September 2008
Malaysian authorities detains a government critic blogger by invoking a colonial-era security law that allows for indefinite detention without trial. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
20089126732640247.html
13 September 2008
In China, Feng Xiaogang's "The Assembly" wins biennial Chinese audience film awards http://www.chinadaily.net/showbiz/2008-09/14/content_7026265.htm http://english.hanban.edu.cn/english/entertainment/221742.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_Xiaogang
Five bombs have ripped through busy shopping areas of India's capital, Delhi, within minutes of each other, killing at least 20 people, police say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7614280.stm
15 September 2008
A member of the Malaysian cabinet and long-standing member of parliament, Zaid Ibrahim, has resigned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7616147.stm
16 September 2008
The United Nations has pulled its staff out of Sri Lanka's rebel-held northern region after being ensured safe passage by government troops and rebels. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7618016.stm
17 September 2008
In Burma, the military authorities have ordered around 5,000 people to leave two refugee camps in Laputta Township, according to local residents and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) operating in the area. http://www.iht.com/multimedia/audioslideshow/2008/08/25/asia/archive-
myanmar/index.html
In Thailand, Thaksin's brother-in-law Somchai Wongsawat is elected new Thai prime ministerhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/17/asia/thai.php
19 September 2008
Malaysian opposition MP Teresa Kok has been released from jail on Friday, one week after being detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7625002.stm
North Korea has started preparatory works to restart its main nuclear facility, a senior diplomat has said, amid a deadlock in international disarmament talks. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
20089195336918794.html
20 September 2008
At least 40 people have been killed and 100 others wounded after a car-bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/
200892014179932320.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7627175.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7627207.stm
22 septembre 2008
Taro Aso, an outspoken conservative who has advocated a return to old-style government spending to stimulate Japan's economy, was chosen Monday by the governing Liberal Democratic Party to become the nation's next prime minister of Japanhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/22/asia/japan.php
North Korea says it has removed seals from its atomic facility as part of its plan to re-start its nuclear operation.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
200892294142531603.html
23 septembre 2008
Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner Win Tin has been released after the government announced an amnesty that saw more than 9,000 inmates freed http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
20089239516445256.html http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/380189_myanmar23.html
The Indian head of an Italian auto parts company has been beaten to death in a suburb of Delhi, India, allegedly by a group of sacked workers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7630696.stm
24 September 2008
Taro Aso has been named Japan's third prime minister in the space of two years following a vote in the lower house of the country's parliament. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
20089247482915732.html
25 September 2008
China successfully launches her 3rd manned space mission http://www.chinaview.cn/shenzhou7/ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/25/content_10112325.htm
Pakistan says its troops fired warning shots at two Nato helicopters as they crossed the border from Afghanistan. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7635893.stm http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/25/pakistan.helicopters/
index.html?iref=topnews
India and Pakistan agree to bolster peace process http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/25/asia/india.php
26 September 2008
Burmese gloom one year after protests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7630812.stm
Pakistani troops have killed 1,000 Islamist militants in a huge offensive in the Bajaur tribal district over the last month, the army says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7638157.stm
27 September 2008
China : A Chinese astronaut, Zhai Zhigang, has completed the country's first ever spacewalk during its third manned mission http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7637818.stm
In Myanmar, Suu Kyi's party marks the 20 anniversary of its foundation http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/
2008927114838901989.html
In Myanmar, about 100 Buddhist monks in a western Myanmar city staged a peaceful protest march Saturday to mark the anniversary of last year's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26903526/
28 September 2008
China : Three Chinese astronauts come back on earth after successfully completing the country's first spacewalk mission.http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/28/asia/china.php
29 September 2008
Indian and French leaders vow to boost nuclear energy cooperation at the annual summit on EU-India ties dominated by trade, global warming and the world financial crisis http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-france-india-boost-nuclear-energy-
ties-eu-summit&navi=MONDE
Afghanistan insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has claimes responsibility in a video message for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldiers Sarobi. The attack, in which 21 troops were also wounded, shocked France and sparked debate about the country's involvement in war-torn Afghanistan. http://www.france24.com/en/20080929-afghan-warlord-hekmatyar-claims-
ambush-french-troops-afghanistan&navi=MONDE
30 September 2008
Veteran Singapore opposition leader and human rights fighter Josue B. Jeyaretnam has died of heart failure, aged 82 He was the first to break a government monopoly on power in Singapore when he won a seat in parliament in 1981 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7643379.stm
India and France have signed a major co-operation pact which paves the way for the sale of French nuclear reactors to Delhi. The nuclear accord was agreed in Paris between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Nicolas Sarkozy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7644377.stm
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OCTOBER 2008
October 1, 2008
In Burma, Ohn Kyaing, a prominent political ally of the detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has already served 15 years in jail, is again arrested http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7648264.stm
October 2, 2008
The US senate has approved a landmark deal that re-establishes bilateral nuclear co-operation with India ending a 30-year ban on US nuclear tradehttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/10/
20081021212400686.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7647689.stm
South Korean actress Choi Jin-sil (40), known as 'the nation's actress', commits suicidehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7648156.stm http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/skorea.actress.ap/
index.html
October 3, 2008
China's users of the internet voice and text service Skype have been spied upon and their communications and identities recorded, the US-based company has confirmed. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
20081039512971966.html
Four arrested over India nun rape http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7649984.stm
The US government has announced plans to sell about $6.5bn of weaponry to Taiwan, a move likely to anger China, which claims sovereignty over the island. The sale includes 30 Apache attack helicopters, 330 Patriot missiles and 32 Harpoon submarine-launched missiles.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/10/
200810441758391690.html http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/04/content_10148477.htm
4 October 2008
Funeral of J.B. Jeyaretnam, the veteran opposition leader in Singaporehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081004/wl_asia_afp/
singaporepoliticsoppositionfuneral_081004184506;
_ylt=Ah.Xv1j.KEeD2yQTzSAv_L3tOrgF
October 5, 2008
Thailand : The police have arrested one of the leaders of the anti-government protests that have surrounded Bangkok's Government House for over a month, Chamlong Srimuang, a former general, arrested on charges of insurrection. He urged his supporters in the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) not to abandon the protest http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008105417840214.html
Burma : The number of political prisoners in Myanmar jails has almost doubled to more than 2,000 over the past year, a report compiled by anti-government activists revealed on Sunday. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/
article_1434873.php/
Report_Number_of_political_prisoners_in_Myanmar_rising_
6 October 2008
At least 27 people have been killed and about 80 wounded in a suspected suicide bomb attack in a north-central Sri Lankan town, police say. Janaka Perera, a former general who became an opposition leader, was among those killed in the explosion on Monday outside the newly opened offices of the United National Party in Anuradhapura. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/
200810634626366820.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7653945.stm
October 7, 2008
China has cancelled or put on hold several planned military exchanges with the United States as part of a backlash against a planned multi-billion dollar US arms sale to Taiwan, US officials have said. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
200810763413290753.html
Thailand riot police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters attempting to stop Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's maiden speech in parliament on Tuesday. At least 70 people were injured in the morning clash, with nine sustaining serious injuries. Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh resigned after the incident, saying he was responsible http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-thai-police-clear-protesters-
parliament-thailand http://www.france24.com/en/20081007-army-rumours-military-coup-
thailand-thaksin-ppp-pad&navi=MONDE http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7656073.stm
More from A.O. member Photojourn http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/thai-tourism-in-crisis-as-
protesters-die-in-bloody-bangkok/[/url]
October 8, 2008
Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announces that he will step down from office in March http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7658735.stm
October 10, 2008
The North Korean government says that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will no longer be allowed to visit the country's nuclear facilities at the Yongbyon plant, an IAEA statement says. The announcement comes as Washington reportedly plans to remove North Korea from its list of so-called "state sponsors of terror" http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
200810107550101770.html
Twenty-seven people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack at a meeting of tribal elders in a restive region of Pakistan near the Afghan border. The bomber struck as some 600 people held an open-air meeting to raise a militia to evict Taleban from the area http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7663574.stm
The United States and India have signed a civilian nuclear co-operation accord to end 34 years of US sanctions. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee signed the deal in Washington after years of negotiations http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7663017.stm
October 11, 2008
The founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement, Hasan di Toro, has returned to Indonesia after nearly 30 years in exile and after a war that killed more than 15,000 people. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008101144652814370.html[/color] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7664818.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7665752.stm
October 12, 2008
North Korea says it will resume disablement work at its Yongbyon nuclear complex and allow US and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections to verify the process after the US said that it would remove Pyongyang from its list of terrorism-sponsoring countries. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
200810127275116482.html
About 40,000 people attended a ceremony Sunday at which Pope Benedict XVI canonised four new saints, among them Sister Alfonsa, an Indian nun who became the country's first woman saint. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081012/wl_sthasia_afp/
indiavaticanpopereligioncanonisation http://www.france24.com/en/20081012-pope-canonises-india-first-female-
saint-sister-alfonsa-catholic-christian-violence&navi=ASIE-PACIFIQUE
China : At the party's annual conference, the Chinese Communist Party has approved an economic reform plan that would allow farmers to trade and mortgage their land rights. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
20081012113741925280.html
October 13, 2008
Thailand's Queen Sirikit presides over the cremation of Angkana, 28, who died when police dispersed anti-government protesters near Parliament on October 7, and praises Angkana Radubpanyawoot as a "good girl" and "protector of the monarchy and the country" http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=2048&sec=1
October14, 2008
In Cambodia, three former Khmer Rouge fighters are been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder of a British mine clearer and his translator in 1996. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008101444456185237.html
In China, Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life. The monks had been found guilty of setting off a bomb in Gyanbe township http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/china.php
October 16 2008
About 2,000 people rally in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia's Papua province, calling for independence for the remote, resource-rich area in the far east of the country http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008101761838646520.html
October 17, 2008
Japan is elected to a seat at the UN Security Council for 2009-2010, displacing a bid by Iran for a place at the head table of international diplomacy
October 18, 2008
China will help build two more nuclear power plants in Pakistan among a dozen economic cooperation accords signed during President Asif Ali Zardari's recent visit to Beijing http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/18/asia/AS-Pakistan-China-
Nuclear.php
October 19, 2008
In China, the Communist Party announces a rural reform policy that for the first time would allow farmers to lease or transfer land-use rights, a step that advocates say would bolster lagging incomes in the Chinese countrysidehttp://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/19/asia/land.php
October 21, 2008
India and Pakistan open a historic trade link across divided Kashmir for the first time in six decades. The route represents an attempt to solve the long-running dispute over the region by creating "soft borders" allowing the free movement of goods and people. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/
20081021123032900873.html http://www.france24.com/en/20081021-india-pakistan-resume-kashmir-
trade-after-60-year-freeze
Thailand's former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, is been found guilty of corruption after helping his wife buy a plot of government land in Bangkok at a reduced price. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008102172221137838.html
Pro-independence protesters in Taiwan attack a visiting official from China, in an incident which was quickly condemned by Beijing. Zhang Mingqing, was pushed to the ground in the scuffle, and a protester jumped on the roof of his vehicle (see the video) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7681711.stm
October 22, 2008
In India, the unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft blasted off smoothly from a launch pad in southern Andhra Pradesh to embark on a two-year mission of exploration.
The launch is regarded as a major step for India as it seeks to keep pace with other space-faring nations in Asia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7679818.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7681701.stm
In Cambodia, girls as young as 14 work in brothels' around Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, and while the industry is often shown as serving predatory foreign tourists, local men have been found to be the mainstay of clients. Thousands of children are bought and sold for sex every day in Cambodia an investigation by Al Jazeera found. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008102110195471467.html
October 23, 2008
One of China's most prominent human rights activists, Hu Jia, has won the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on October 23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7686026.stm
24 october 2008
Three men convicted of carrying out the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings will be executed in early November, a spokesman for Indonesia's attorney general has said. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008102423234425482.html
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been incarcerated for 13 years. The more the appeals for her release--from the United Nations, Asean and numerous world leaders--the more the Rangoon junta leaders harden their resolve not to let her free. http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=2246&sec=3
October 25, 2008
Asian and European leaders meeting in Beijing have called for a "comprehensive reform" of the global financial system. At a news conference at the close of the 40-member Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) on Saturday, Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, said that greater regulation was needed to avoid another crisis.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
200810254230193998.html
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Taiwan to denounce the country's warming ties with Beijing, which they say will threaten the self-ruled island's sovereignty. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
2008102592629417747.html
An Afghanistan's security guard has shot dead two foreign nationals in the capital Kabul. The two foreigners, a British citizen and a South African national, were working for the international courier company DHL. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/
200810257346783213.html
In India, a Roman Catholic nun raped in the Indian state of Orissa, allegedly during a riot by Hindus, has publicly denounced local police. The nun held a news conference in the Indian capital, Delhi, in which she demanded that national police take over the investigation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7689215.stm
October 27, 2008
A Pakistani Taliban commander accused of launching cross-border attacks in Afghanistan was among 16 people killed in a suspected US missile strike. The commander, Haji Omar Khan, died when at least two missiles struck a training camp in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday night, Mawaz Khan, a local administration official, told the AFP news agency http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/
2008102751020664704.html
Military officials from North and South Korea have begun face-to-face talks on improving communications amid rising tensions between the rivals. The meeting is only the second official round of talks to take place between North and South Korea since the South's pro-US conservative president, Lee Myung-bak, took office in Februaryhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/10/
200810273847993979.html
October 29, 2008
A former political prisoner has unseated Asia's longest-serving leader to become the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, election officials say. Mohamed Nasheed, the leader of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), beat incumbent Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, securing about 54 per cent of the votes, Mohamed Ibrahim, the election commissioner said http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/
20081028231756634244.html
October 30, 2008
Two envoys of the Dalai Lama headed Thursday October 30 to the Chinese capital for fresh talks arranged just days after the exiled leader suggested it was time Tibetans rethink their strategy for engaging with China, a Tibetan official said. The envoys, Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, will be in Beijing for about a week to meet with Chinese officials. Officials in China did not immediately confirm the talks http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27448681/
At least 61 people have been killed in a series of bomb explosions in India's north-eastern state of Assam, the police say. More than 150 others were injured in at least 18 blasts, the majority of them in the state capital, Guwahati http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7699105.stm http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/30/asia/31assam.php
October 31, 2008
The head of the Japanese air force have been sacked after saying the country was not an aggressor in World War II, Japan's defence minister said. Yasukazu Hamada said Gen Toshio Tamogami's views, written in an essay, ran counter to the government's position on the war http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7702374.stm
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