Leno’s Art Of Late-Show Maintenance Jay Leno has maintained his customary position atop the ratings in late-night television despite the Hollywood writers? strike.... Read Full Article Top Al-Sadr Aide Arrested By US And Iraqi Forces US and Iraqi forces have arrested one of the top aides of the radical Shia cleric, Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr, as the Iraqi Government prepares to launch a crackdown on militias accused of enflaming... Read Full Article Ad Nauseam: Facebook Users To Cop The Hard Sell The Facebook free ride is over as the social network now seeks to turn its 50-million-strong user base into an army of viral marketers.... Read Full Article Explain A Medical Error? Sure. Apologize Too? Most doctors are afraid to take responsibility for medical errors, but studies have shown that physicians? apologies may protect against litigation.... Read Full Article Rock Bid Under Pressure As SRM Raises Stake SRM Global, the hedge fund and Northern Rock’s largest shareholder, moved to put pressure on Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group today when it increased its stake in the stricken mortgage bank to mor... Read Full Article |
Asia NewsWorld Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Tamil Newspaper Shut2008-04-19 06:01 - 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. Beijing Journal: Sympathy on the Streets, but Not for the Tibetans 2008-04-19 04:56 - An incident that has gone largely unpublicized in the West has crystallized the outrage and humiliation felt by many Chinese over recent protests against the Olympics. Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger 2008-04-19 04:56 - Global food prices are spiraling out of reach, sowing volatile levels of discontent and putting new pressures on fragile governments. Prominent Tibetan Figure Held by China, Friends Say 2008-04-19 04:55 - The detention of a high-profile Tibetan broadcaster suggests that the crackdown has not yet run its course. China Dissident Loses Chance to Appeal in Subversion Case 2008-04-19 04:55 - Hu Jia, a prominent human rights advocate, missed the deadline to appeal a conviction after prison guards would not allow him to meet with his lawyer. Past Deals by N. Korea May Face Less Study 2008-04-19 04:55 - The Bush administration appears to be preparing to back away from a demand that North Korea fully disclose all of its past nuclear weapons activities. The Food Chain: A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice 2008-04-18 06:01 - The collapse of Australia’s rice production is one of several factors contributing to a doubling of rice prices in the last three months. New Museum Offers the Official Line on Tibet 2008-04-18 06:01 - The Chinese Communist Party’s unflinching line on Tibet’s historic status has fueled Tibetan resentment. World Briefing | Asia: India: Bus Crash Kills 44 Children 2008-04-18 04:56 - A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in Vadodara, in Gujarat State, killing at least 44 schoolchildren and 3 adults, the police said. Physicists Renew Claim, in New Experiment, of Detecting Dark Matter Pa... 2008-04-18 04:56 - A team of Italian and Chinese physicists renewed a controversial claim that they had detected dark matter particles. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 |
i8news.com |