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NYT > Asia Pacific
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Police in India Arrest 9 Men Suspected in Bombings
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 2:11am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
One man was reportedly linked to a banned Islamic group and the eight other men were linked to a banned Islamic group.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Howard Minsky, Hollywood Producer, Is Dead at 94
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 2:10am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Minsky was a Hollywood talent agent and the producer of the movie “Love Story.”
NYT > Asia Pacific
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World Briefing | Asia: India: Muslims Back on Kashmir Streets
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:32am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets again in India’s part of Kashmir, ignoring a plea by the country’s prime minister for an end to weeks of violence.
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World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Diaries Show Tojo’s Resolve
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 1:02am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tojo, who oversaw Japan’s military campaign during World War II, wanted to keep fighting even after atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a newly released diary reveals.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Morgan Freeman Injured in Car Crash
Posted: August 8th, 2008, 4:28am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in a hospital in Memphis on Monday after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Strong Quake Hits Western China; 1 Killed
Posted: August 7th, 2008, 3:34am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A strong aftershock struck Sichuan Province, where a May earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, hours after the Olympic torch relay passed through the area.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Threat From the Taliban
Posted: August 6th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban warned the government on Tuesday to end a military crackdown against insurgents in the Swat Valley or face suicide bombings.
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Bomb Kills 6 Pakistani Police Officers
Posted: August 2nd, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An explosion at a bridge killed at least six police officers in a valley where Pakistani security forces are battling Islamic militants, the police said Saturday.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Angelina Jolie Gives Birth to Twins
Posted: July 14th, 2008, 1:09am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Angelina Jolie has given birth to a girl and a boy.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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World Briefing | Asia: India: Confidence Vote Expected
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 12:54am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The action would determine the fate of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government and of a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.
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National Briefing | South: Florida: Not Guilty Plea in Ammunition Case
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:29am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Miami Beach man pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding the Pentagon under a contract to supply ammunition to forces in Afghanistan.
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World Brief | Asia: Myanmar: Progress Seen After Cyclone
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:07am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Despite logistical obstacles, recovery and relief efforts are progressing well in the regions of Myanmar that were devastated by Cyclone Nargis in May, Unicef said.
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37 Wounded by Series of Blasts in Pakistan
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 1:02am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Six explosions occurred within about an hour of one another, striking residential and commercial spots in Karachi, a teeming southern port city.
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U.S. at Odds With Afghans on Airstrike
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:11am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The American military said that its airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit two vehicles carrying insurgents, while a provincial governor said that civilians had been killed.
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World Briefing | Asia: North Korea: Foreign Quid Wanted Before Providing the Nuclear Quo
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:05am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Korea said it would move to the next phase of the denuclearization process only when it has been awarded all the energy and political benefits it had been promised.
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Pakistani Says Army Knew Atomic Parts Were Shipped
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 12:56am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the architect of Pakistan’s nuclear program, said that his country gave centrifuges to North Korea in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army.
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World Briefing | Asia: Kashmir: Protests Halt a Land Deal, Leading to Another Round of Unrest
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 1:54am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Officials abandoned a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Indian-held Kashmir, which has a Muslim majority.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Keeping a Plague Out of Beijing
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:09pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More than 33,000 exterminators have been sent to battle a locust infestation in northern China, according to Xinhua news agency.
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World Briefing | Asia: Mongolia: State of Emergency Declared in Capital
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:08pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Nambaryn Enkhbayar declared a state of emergency in the capital after protesters ransacked the headquarters of the ruling political party.
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Blast Hits Pakistan Militants’ Post
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:37am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The explosion came during the third day of an offensive by Pakistani paramilitary forces in the Khyber agency, which is adjacent to Peshawar.
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Daihachi Oguchi, 84, Japanese Drummer, Dies
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 4:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Oguchi was a master Japanese drummer who led the spread of the art of taiko drumming to the United States and throughout Japan.
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Land Transfer to Hindu Site Inflames Kashmir’s Muslims
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 2:50am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tens of thousands of Muslim demonstrators filled the streets on a fifth day of protests against the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine.
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World Brief | Asia: Afghanistan: Coalition Soldier Is Killed
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 12:45am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
One soldier from the military coalition led by the U.S. was killed and five others were wounded in Afghanistan’s increasingly turbulent west, the military said.
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World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Attack Kills Three Coalition Soldiers
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 2:03am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Militants attacked troops from the United States-led coalition who were patrolling south of the Afghan capital, killing three of them and an Afghan interpreter.
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World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: 55 Militants Killed in Battle
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 3:15am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Militants ambushed troops patrolling in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, prompting a gun battle and airstrikes that left about 55 insurgents dead.
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Bombings Kill 5 Foreigners in Afghanistan
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 12:04am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The bombing extended a series of daily attacks that has lifted the death toll for foreign forces this year to more than 100.
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World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Without More Money, U.N. Says It May End Aid Delivery
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 5:19am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The United Nations said it would be forced to ground helicopters that had been ferrying aid to Myanmar’s cyclone survivors unless donors quickly provided more financing.
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Business Briefing | Trade: U.S. Pipe Makers Win Trade Decision Over China
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 1:05am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The International Trade Commission voted 5-0 that the American industry was being harmed by the import of circular steel pipe.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Poll Shows Support for Negotiating With Militants
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 12:25am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pakistanis favor negotiating with Taliban militants rather than fighting them, according to a new poll.
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Disgraced Cloner Reports Success With Tibetan Dog Breed
Posted: June 20th, 2008, 2:23pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A South Korean team led by a disgraced cloning expert said Thursday that it had created 17 clones of an endangered dog breed popular in China.
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12 Protesters Detained in Myanmar
Posted: June 20th, 2008, 1:14am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Myanmar’s military authorities detained 12 opposition party members calling for the release of the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Japan Executes 3 for Murders
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 1:59am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Japan executed three murderers, including a serial killer, Tsutomu Miyazaki, who mutilated the bodies of four young girls in the late 1980s.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Shiite Mosque Bombed
Posted: June 17th, 2008, 12:20am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least four people and wounding five others, the police said.
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Bomb Kills 4 Americans in Afghanistan
Posted: June 15th, 2008, 12:22am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The roadside bombing was the deadliest attack against United States forces in Afghanistan this year.
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6 Dead and 8 Missing in Northern Japan Quake
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 2:49pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A powerful earthquake hit rural northern Japan on Saturday, shearing off hillsides, jolting buildings and shaking nuclear power plants.
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World Briefing | Asia: Sri Lanka: 15 Are Killed in Fighting
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 12:28am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A series of battles between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka’s north and east left 11 separatists and four government soldiers dead, the military said.
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World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: 24 Killed in Attacks, Including 13 Police Officers
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 1:31am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An unspecified number of militants were also killed in military operations by the United States-led coalition.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Afghan Fight to Go On
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 1:24am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Pakistani militant leader said that he would maintain a cease-fire with Pakistan’s new government but would also keep fighting foreign forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
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Business Briefing | Trade: U.S. Safety Offices in China Moving Slowly
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Chinese bureaucracy is slowing efforts by the United States to increase safety monitoring of food and medicine destined for export to America, a top health official in Washington said Friday.
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Afghan Bombing Kills 4 Civilians
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:27am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding eight other people.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Army Blames U.S. for Strike
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 1:21am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pakistan’s army said it had lodged a formal protest with NATO forces in Afghanistan over what the army said was a United States missile strike this week.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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John Phillip Law, 70, Film Actor, Is Dead
Posted: May 16th, 2008, 7:02am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Law was the handsome movie actor who captured attention as an angel in the futuristic “Barbarella” and a lovesick Russian seaman in “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.”
NYT > Asia Pacific
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Dalai Lama Speaks of Peace and Autonomy
Posted: May 16th, 2008, 12:53am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Dalai Lama criticized China’s suppression of unrest in Tibet and insisted that the region wanted to live in peace with China under genuine autonomy.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Attack Kills a Dozen People
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A possible missile strike in a border village destroyed a house and killed about a dozen people, residents and a militant spokesman said.
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Surrender in East Timor
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 10:05pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The suspected gunman in an assassination attempt on President José Ramos-Horta of East Timor wept on Tuesday after surrendering with 11 other mutinous soldiers and handing over their automatic weapons. -
World Briefing | Asia: Vietnam: Halt in U.S. Adoptions
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:32am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vietnam announced that it was halting all United States adoptions after charges of pervasive corruption and baby-selling in the system by the United States Embassy in Hanoi. -
World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: New Parliament Sworn In
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:31am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Malaysia’s newly elected lawmakers took the oath of office to join a revamped Parliament that for the first time in 40 years has a huge opposition presence challenging the government’s power.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Joy Page, 83, a Newlywed in ‘Casablanca,’ Is Dead
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:28am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ms. Page, the stepdaughter of Jack L. Warner, a president of the Warner Brothers studio, made her film debut as a Bulgarian newlywed in “Casablanca.” -
Joy Page, 83, a Newlywed in ‘Casablanca,’ Is Dead
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:28am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ms. Page, the stepdaughter of Jack L. Warner, a president of the Warner Brothers studio, made her film debut as a Bulgarian newlywed in “Casablanca.”
NYT > Asia Pacific
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World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Suicides by Home Detergents
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:02am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The police said four people in Tokyo and Yokohama had killed themselves Friday by inhaling hydrogen sulfide gas they produced by mixing detergent and a bath lotion. -
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Suicides by Home Detergents
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:02am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The police said four people in Tokyo and Yokohama had killed themselves Friday by inhaling hydrogen sulfide gas they produced by mixing detergent and a bath lotion. -
Protests Greet the Olympic Torch in Japan
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:01am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Olympic torch relay ignited more protests on its troubled world tour on Friday, prompting demonstrations across this Japanese city despite the mobilization of thousands of riot police officers. -
Protests Greet the Olympic Torch in Japan
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:01am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Olympic torch relay ignited more protests on its troubled world tour on Friday, prompting demonstrations across this Japanese city despite the mobilization of thousands of riot police officers. -
Sri Lanka Blames Rebels After Bomb Kills 24 on Rush-Hour Bus
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:57pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Sri Lankan military blamed the attack Friday evening on a packed rush-hour bus on the Tamil Tiger rebels. -
Sri Lanka Blames Rebels After Bomb Kills 24 on Rush-Hour Bus
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:57pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Sri Lankan military blamed the attack Friday evening on a packed rush-hour bus on the Tamil Tiger rebels. -
U.S. Embassy Report Faults Vietnam’s Oversight of Adoptions
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:55pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, according to a report by the United States Embassy there. -
U.S. Embassy Report Faults Vietnam’s Oversight of Adoptions
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:55pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, according to a report by the United States Embassy there. -
World Briefing | Asia: Turkmenistan: April Is April Again
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 1:42am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has abolished the bizarre calendar introduced by his late predecessor who lorded over Turkmenistan for two decades. -
World Briefing | Asia: Turkmenistan: April Is April Again
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 1:42am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has abolished the bizarre calendar introduced by his late predecessor who lorded over Turkmenistan for two decades. -
Minor Protests as Olympic Relay Reaches Australia
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 1:56pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Australian leg of the Olympic torch relay began Thursday, shortly after minor protests by both supporters and detractors of China’s government. -
Minor Protests as Olympic Relay Reaches Australia
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 1:56pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Australian leg of the Olympic torch relay began Thursday, shortly after minor protests by both supporters and detractors of China’s government. -
90 Killed in Fierce Fighting in Sri Lanka, Military Says
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 12:16am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In one of the deadliest clashes between the Sri Lankan military and Tamil rebels this year, 52 guerrillas and 38 soldiers were killed on Wednesday, the military said. -
90 Killed in Fierce Fighting in Sri Lanka, Military Says
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 12:16am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In one of the deadliest clashes between the Sri Lankan military and Tamil rebels this year, 52 guerrillas and 38 soldiers were killed on Wednesday, the military said. -
Lawyer Scolds Cambodia Tribunal Judges
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A French lawyer for a Khmer Rouge leader erupted at the judges of Cambodia’s genocide tribunal because thousands of pages of documents had not been translated into French. -
Lawyer Scolds Cambodia Tribunal Judges
Posted: April 24th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A French lawyer for a Khmer Rouge leader erupted at the judges of Cambodia’s genocide tribunal because thousands of pages of documents had not been translated into French. -
Son of Top Dutch General Is Killed in Afghanistan
Posted: April 19th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A roadside bomb attack on a patrol of Dutch soldiers on Friday killed the son of the Netherlands’ top military officer. -
Son of Top Dutch General Is Killed in Afghanistan
Posted: April 19th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A roadside bomb attack on a patrol of Dutch soldiers on Friday killed the son of the Netherlands’ top military officer. -
World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Tamil Newspaper Shut
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 3:01am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The government has shut down a prominent and outspoken newspaper catering to ethnic minority Indians. The paper’s news editor, B. R. Rajan, called the move punishment. The Tamil-language daily, Makkal Osai, or People’s Voice, provided wide coverage for the opposition party of Anwar Ibrahim and for activists who marshaled 20,000 ethnic Indians to protest last November against racial discrimination in Malaysia. -
World Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Tamil Newspaper Shut
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 3:01am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The government has shut down a prominent and outspoken newspaper catering to ethnic minority Indians. The paper’s news editor, B. R. Rajan, called the move punishment. The Tamil-language daily, Makkal Osai, or People’s Voice, provided wide coverage for the opposition party of Anwar Ibrahim and for activists who marshaled 20,000 ethnic Indians to protest last November against racial discrimination in Malaysia.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Ollie Johnston, 95, Classic Disney Animator, Is Dead
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 1:14am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Johnston was the last of the Disney “nine old men,” as the studio’s core group of senior animators was called. -
Ollie Johnston, 95, Classic Disney Animator, Is Dead
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 1:14am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Johnston was the last of the Disney “nine old men,” as the studio’s core group of senior animators was called. -
Ollie Johnston, 95, Classic Disney Animator, Is Dead
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 1:14am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Johnston was the last of the Disney “nine old men,” as the studio’s core group of senior animators was called.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: 20 Held in Campaign Against Generals’ Constitution
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 12:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The military junta detained more than 20 people as they walked through the northwestern city of Sittwe in a peaceful campaign against the country’s proposed constitution. -
World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: 20 Held in Campaign Against Generals’ Constitution
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 12:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The military junta detained more than 20 people as they walked through the northwestern city of Sittwe in a peaceful campaign against the country’s proposed constitution. -
World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: 20 Held in Campaign Against Generals’ Constitution
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 12:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The military junta detained more than 20 people as they walked through the northwestern city of Sittwe in a peaceful campaign against the country’s proposed constitution. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Boy’s Marathon Coach Shot Dead
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 11:59pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Biranchi Das, the former coach for Budhia Singh, the slum boy, then 5, whose long-distance running set off an outcry two years ago, was shot to death Sunday in Bhubaneswar. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Boy’s Marathon Coach Shot Dead
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 11:59pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Biranchi Das, the former coach for Budhia Singh, the slum boy, then 5, whose long-distance running set off an outcry two years ago, was shot to death Sunday in Bhubaneswar. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Boy’s Marathon Coach Shot Dead
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 11:59pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Biranchi Das, the former coach for Budhia Singh, the slum boy, then 5, whose long-distance running set off an outcry two years ago, was shot to death Sunday in Bhubaneswar. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Hair Dye Banned After Suicides
Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The authorities in Uttar Pradesh State have banned the sale of a locally made hair dye after debt-ridden farmers were found to be drinking it to end their lives, a state official said. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Hair Dye Banned After Suicides
Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The authorities in Uttar Pradesh State have banned the sale of a locally made hair dye after debt-ridden farmers were found to be drinking it to end their lives, a state official said. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Hair Dye Banned After Suicides
Posted: April 12th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The authorities in Uttar Pradesh State have banned the sale of a locally made hair dye after debt-ridden farmers were found to be drinking it to end their lives, a state official said. -
Migrant Workers Suffocated While Being Smuggled Across Thailand
Posted: April 10th, 2008, 12:12am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The police in Thailand said that 54 migrant workers from Myanmar suffocated in the back of a truck while being smuggled across the country. -
7 Die as Backers and Opponents of Pakistan’s Government Clash
Posted: April 10th, 2008, 12:11am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The turmoil is testing the stability of Pakistan’s new government, which was seated after routing President Pervez Musharraf’s allies in parliamentary elections in February. -
China Sentences an Advocate of Land Rights to Five Years
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 1:12am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Chinese advocate for land rights was sentenced to five years in prison and then given shocks with electric batons during a scuffle between his family and the police, his lawyer said. -
41 Taliban Killed in South Afghanistan
Posted: March 14th, 2008, 12:10am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A suicide car bomber struck a vehicle carrying American soldiers near the Kabul airport, killing six Afghan civilians, officials said. -
Civilians Died in a Strike by Americans, Pakistan Says
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 11:59pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Pakistani Army said Thursday that civilians were killed when American-led forces in Afghanistan fired across the border in a strike aimed at Taliban militants. -
World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Thaksin Pleads Not Guilty on Eve of Trip to Britain
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 12:40am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister who was ousted in a military coup in 2006, pleaded not guilty before the Supreme Court in Bangkok in one of two criminal corruption cases against him. -
Telecom Tower Burned in West Afghanistan
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 6:40am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A telecommunications tower was set ablaze in western Afghanistan, a police official said Wednesday, the latest such attack since insurgents warned phone companies to shut down the towers at night. -
Two Bombs Kill 20 in Pakistan’s Lahore
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 1:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Massive suicide bombs ripped through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, killing at least 20. -
U.N. Says Taliban Are Impeding Aid
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 12:46am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A report by the United Nations says that a tenth of Afghanistan is off limits to aid workers because attacks by Taliban insurgents make it too dangerous. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Airport Workers Begin Strike
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 12:43am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some 15,000 airport workers across India went on strike, a move that threatened to ground hundreds of domestic flights. -
Breakaway Rebel Faction Wins Stormy Election in Sri Lanka City
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 12:41am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A pro-government militia composed of former Tamil Tiger rebels won a local election in Batticaloa despite allegations that it had used child soldiers, extorted businessmen and carried out killings. -
Japanese Lawmakers Reject Bank Nominee
Posted: March 11th, 2008, 9:39pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Japan’s upper house of parliament cited concern over Toshiro Muto’s political ties to the finance ministry. -
World Briefing | Asia: India: Tibetan Protesters Stopped
Posted: March 11th, 2008, 12:49am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hundreds of Tibetan exiles beginning a six-month march to Tibet to protest China’s holding the Olympics were blocked by the police near Dharmsala.