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Asia NewsThailand: Ex-Premier’s Wife Arrested2008-01-10 06:01 - Pojaman Shinawatra, the wife of the ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, returned to Thailand to fight corruption charges. She was met by the police after her flight arrived from Hong Kong, arrested, quickly released on bail, and ordered not to leave the country. Analysts said her return ? the couple have been living mostly in London and Hong Kong since a military coup in 2006 ? signaled confidence that the political situation, still unsettled after a victory by Mr. Thaksin’s allies in elections last month, would turn in their favor once a new government has been formed. Noppadol Pattama, a lawyer for the family, said Monday that Mr. Thaksin planned to return by mid-April. He is charged in the same cases as his wife, charges brought by the generals who carried out the coup. Maldives: Quick, a Merit Badge 2008-01-10 06:01 - A 15-year-old Boy Scout foiled an assassination attempt on President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, grabbing a man’s knife as he leapt from a crowd and lunged at the leader, a government spokesman said. The president was unhurt, although the knife ripped his shirt. No motive was given. The boy, in his scout uniform for the event on the northern island of Hoarafushi, suffered a hand injury. China: Crackdown on Plastic Bags 2008-01-10 06:01 - The State Council, China’s cabinet, banned the production of thin plastic bags and will forbid China’s supermarkets to offer them free beginning June 1, saying they cause pollution and waste resources. The council said shoppers should return to using cloth bags. The Chinese use up to three billion plastic bags a day and the country has to refine 37 million barrels of crude oil every year to make plastics used for packaging, according to a report on the Web site of China Trade News. Sri Lankan Blast Kills an Official 2008-01-10 04:55 - The government blamed Tamil rebels for the assassination, the first of a top Sri Lankan official in 19 months. Afghan Civilians Were Killed Needlessly, Ex-Marine Testifies 2008-01-10 04:55 - Nathaniel Travers, who operated last year in Afghanistan, said Tuesday that his comrades appeared to have needlessly killed civilians after their convoy was attacked by a suicide car bomb. Doctors Try to Stabilize Suharto 2008-01-10 04:55 - Doctors struggled to stabilize the health of former President Suharto of Indonesia after a setback in which there were new signs of internal bleeding and fluid in his lungs. Hong Kong Power Regulations Based in Part on Emissions 2008-01-09 06:01 - Hong Kong adopts a new regulatory system that could some day be a model for mainland China’s giant power industries. North Korea Given Time to Send Data 2008-01-09 06:01 - North Korea’s failure to meet a deadline to declare its nuclear activities should be confronted with patience and perseverance, a senior American envoy said on Monday. South Korea: Warehouse Fire Kills 40 2008-01-09 04:56 - Fire tore through a refrigeration warehouse under construction in Ichon, south of Seoul, killing 40 workers. A local fire official said all the dead were found in the basement. More than 500 firefighters fought the blaze. The cause was undetermined, although the workers were injecting urethane foam into basement walls at the time. Among the dead were 13 ethnic Koreans from China, the Yonhap news agency reported. China has a sizable ethnic Korean minority and in recent years some have migrated to South Korea to seek employment. Like other foreign migrants, they often end up doing difficult and low-paying work. China to Launch 17 Satellites This Year 2008-01-09 04:56 - China said it would launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third mission with astronauts in 2008. Huang Qiang, secretary-general of the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, made the announcement at a news conference, the Xinhua news agency 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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