Posts Tagged ‘asia-news’
The New Statesman interview: Ed Butler
The retired brigadier, original mastermind of Britain’s strategy for fighting the Taliban, now believes “we go long, we go deep or we go home” ”Call me Ed – I’m a civvy now,” says the retired brigadier Ed Butler, original mastermind of Britain’s strategy for fighting the Taliban in Helmand.
India
India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have signed a free trade agreement after more than six years of negotiations. Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma (file photo)Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
Baby rescued from Taiwan floods
Rescue teams in Taiwan have continued to evacuate survivors, including young children who…
Thai govt to challenge ‘Merchant of Death’ ruling
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thailand's government will appeal against a court decision rejecting a US request for the extradition of Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout, an official said Thursday. Bout, who has been dubbed the “Merchant of Death”, has been fighting extradition since his March 2008 arrest in Bangkok while allegedly agreeing to supply missiles to Colombian rebels
Pakistan attacks kill anti-Taliban elders
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A suicide bombing and gun attack in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killed six people, including three prominent anti-Taliban tribal elders, officials said. A bomber strapped with explosives and riding a motorbike killed Malik Khadeen, one of his relatives and two passers-by after ramming the..
US senator Jim Webb flies in to shake hands with Burma’s generals
One is an amateur boxer, former American Marine and thriller writer who campaigned for election in combat boots.
China Scraps Rule Mandating Censoring Software
BEIJING – Chinese officials retreated on Thursday from a plan to install so-called anti-pornography software on every computer sold here, saying instead that internet cafes, schools and other public places must use the program, but that individual consumers will be spared. The industry and information technology minister, Li Yizhong, said the notion that the program, called Green Dam/Youth Escort, would be required on every new computer was “a misunderstanding” spawned by poorly written regulations. The ministry order, first issued last May 19, had stirred an outcry from Chinese internet users and foreign computer manufacturers alike, arguing that the software ran counter to China’s..
EU beefs up Myanmar sanctions
BRUSSELS – The European Union says it is expanding its sanctions against Myanmar after the country sentenced…
Afghanistan’s presidential election
Afghans are heading to the polls next week in the country’s second presidential election.
Peace talks with MILF to begin in October
By Llanesca T. Panti, Reporter Barring any disagreements, the pending peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will resume by October, an official said Monday.
