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Asia NewsSuicide Attack in Mosque Kills an Afghan Deputy Governor2008-02-02 04:55 - A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the blast at a mosque that killed a deputy governor and five other people. Senior Qaeda Commander Is Killed by U.S. Missile 2008-02-02 04:55 - The commander, Abu Laith al-Libi, who was Libyan, was a longtime lieutenant of Osama bin Laden. Australia Won?t Punish Lawyer for Leak 2008-02-02 04:55 - The lawyer for an Australian who was a suspect in connection with bungled bombings in Europe is not subject to disciplinary action for leaking information. China Accuses Online Activist of Subversion 2008-02-02 04:55 - International human rights groups say the arrest is part of a broader effort by authorities to crack down on dissidents before China hosts the Olympics in August. Keeping an Eye on China’s Security 2008-02-01 06:01 - Concern over China’s use of surveillance technology prompts new rules for U.S. exports. After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton 2008-02-01 06:01 - A Canadian financier who traveled to Kazakhstan with Bill Clinton and won a big mining deal later donated millions to Mr. Clinton’s charitable foundation. Zhang Hanzhi, Mao’s Tutor, Is Dead at 72 2008-02-01 06:01 - Ms. Hanzhi was a former Chinese diplomat who once served as Mao’s English tutor and who also interpreted for President Nixon during his historic trip to China in 1972. Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Past Mistreatment 2008-02-01 06:01 - The new Australian government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will apologize for past mistreatment of the country’s Aboriginal minority. World Briefing | Asia: Macao: Ex-Minister Gets 27 Years for Bribery 2008-02-01 06:01 - Ao Man-long, the former transport and public works minister, became Macao’s highest-level official ever convicted of corruption and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. He was found guilty of takings tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks from developers in the casino resort construction boom that has allowed the former Portuguese colony, now a special administrative region of China, to overtake Las Vegas in gambling revenues. World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Nose-Holding for the New Leader 2008-02-01 06:01 - Sign language interpreters in Thailand have run afoul of supporters among the governing party by holding their noses to refer to the new prime minister, Samak Sundaravej. Thai sign language interpreters often indicate prominent facial features as shorthand for dignitaries, and during a live broadcast of the parliamentary session on Monday that selected Mr. Samak, left, they held their noses between two fingers to refer to him. ?It is not meant as a nose joke,? said one interpreter, Kanittha Rattanasin. ?We have touched our noses for years to refer to Samak, but people noticed this time because we had to repeat the movement over 300 times.? Another interpreter, Juthamas Suthonwattanacharoen, said supporters of Mr. Samak, who is nicknamed Mr. Rose Apple Nose because many claim his nose resembles the long, Asian fruit, have called the National Association of the Deaf in Thailand to say the sign does not befit the country’s leader. For now, there are no plans to change it, she said. 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 |
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