- As the death toll from the earthquake rises, survivors struggle to put their lives back together.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaRescuers in Nepal have pulled a man from the wreckage of a building where he was stuck for a staggering 80 hours after the devastating earthquake that hit the country Saturday.
- How did Mary Jane Veloso win a reprieve in Indonesia?
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaUnmanned aerial vehicles are being used to help aid relief in Nepal.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaThe execution of one of the "Bali Nine" was delayed after a last minute development. CNN's Lynda Kinkade explains.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaManny Pacquiao is "100% confident" of beating Floyd Mayweather in their super-fight in Las Vegas on Saturday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The DiplomatThis year’s fighting season in Afghanistan began with a vengeance. Last week, hundreds of Taliban fighters attacked army and police installations around the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. The battle is still raging, with heavy casualtie...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The DiplomatHow the Ministry of Public Security drives Beijing's cyber policy.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesAustralia recalled its ambassador from Jakarta to protest Indonesia’s execution of two Australian nationals despite several pleas for clemency. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed the withdrawal of Ambassador Paul Grigson ear...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesHundreds of thousands of people have fled the Nepali capital of Kathmandu amid fears of a massive breakdown in law and order. While the death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake has now crossed 5,000, riot police have been deploy...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaA British drug smuggler on death row in Indonesia calls the executions of two fellow prisoners "senseless and brutal" as her lawyer says she could be next.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The DiplomatThe new U.S.-Japan defense guidelines open the door to a more aggressive take on regional security.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaCNN's Arwa Damon travels the damaged roads out of Kathmandu to the village of Ravi Opi, and finds a community in pain and 90% of houses said to be uninhabitable. | QUAKE PHOTOS | HOW TO HELP
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaAn Indian thief who swallowed a gold necklace is being fed bananas and special liquids in the hope that he will expel it through his excreta.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaRescuers in Nepal are still hopeful that they will find some survivors amongst the wreckage, although a lot of bodies are also being found.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaBabies carried by pregnant women during the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008, when China took drastic steps to combat air pollution, were born heavier than than babies born a year earlier or later, a new study has found.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaAsia's biggest drugmaker Takeda agrees to pay $2.4bn to settle thousands of lawsuits in the US related to its top-selling diabetes drug Actos.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaIn the simplest of ways, I find my conversations at Gate 7A shedding new light on humanity.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaIn the end, it played out like a movie. A tense, heartbreaking story, and then a surprise twist at the end.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesProtests over lack of aid to earthquake-affected areas in Nepal intensified in Kathmandu on Wednesday, where about 200 people blocked traffic on city roads. Protesters, demanding that aid delivery be speeded up, also confronted Nepal’s P...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesThe agriculture minister of a state in northern India was criticized Wednesday for saying farmers who committed suicide were “cowards and criminals.” Om Prakash Dhankar of the state of Haryana was addressing the issue of a spate of farme...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The DiplomatAlthough hardly without blemish, Japan has been remarkably forthcoming about its wartime past.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaA New Zealand church says tai chi classes conflict with worshippers' "spiritual wellbeing".
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe world's biggest retailer, Walmart, says it plans to open 115 new stores in China by 2017, but will close some under-performing outlets.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaAid begins to reach areas near the epicentre of the earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday, killing more than 5,000 people.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaShould Taiwan's laws be changed to make it more welcoming to immigrants?
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaUS President Barack Obama says the US and Japan are working towards a "swift and successful conclusion" to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The DiplomatHow much should Canberra invest in cyber security, including S&T innovation?
- East Asia & World News
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
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- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdGlobal home furnishing giant Ikea said it will sign an memorandum of understanding with the Gangdong-gu district office in southeastern Seoul on Thursday to cooperate in overseeing the construction of a new Ikea store inside the Godeok C...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChinese construction on islands and reefs in the South China Sea has not damaged the environment, a foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday, refuting accusations by the Philippines. Philippine fis...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdU.S. Major League Baseball stadiums and the food service operator Levy Restaurant dismissed as totally untrue claims by Korean firm Genesis BBQ that it had agreed to sell fried chicken with them, according to multiple sources.Fried chick...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSNepal earthquake： Man rescued after 80 hours in collapsed building 네팔 지진 업데이트： Now to the latest on the aftermath of Saturday′s earthquake in Nepal... A man was ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed "serious concern" over an ASEAN statement on South China Sea affairs on Tuesday. Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei's remarks came after the Chairman's Sta...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsTaiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, voiced his support Wednesday for the idea of solidifying the so-called 1992 Consensus and making this concept part of Taiwan's efforts to seek access to regional econ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdKB Kookmin Card’s most recent Ollim card series is attracting customers with its abundant services and benefits.The KB Kookmin Good Day Ollim Card provides discounts on everyday items such as gas, telecommunications and public transport....
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChina's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) has said it plans to consolidate some of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), expecting to cut the numb...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSEx－servicemen in Korea struggle to find jobs ′전역하면 생계 걱정′，취업난 시달리는 제대군인 Landin...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World feedIf the US Constitution covers a right to same-sex marriage, conservative Supreme Court justices asked, would clergy be exempted from performing such marriages or religious colleges spared from offering housing to gay couples?
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdProsecutors on Wednesday called in aides of two ruling party heavyweights for questioning in search of a breakthrough in a graft probe whose neutrality is being criticized.They called in the secretaries of former Prime Minister Lee Wan-k...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World feedPierre Estep was 16 when, he says, a Baltimore police officer put a gun to his face and taught him a lesson about respect for the law.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdA former American ambassador to Seoul said this week that ties with South Korea and Japan were both very important for the U.S., dismissing views that Washington is prioritizing its alliance with Tokyo. In an interview with a local news ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSKorean tech giants hope new smartphones will boost earnings 삼성전자 1분기 영업익 6조 육박 Two of Korea′s tech leaders posted an earnings loss in the first qua...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World feedSaudi King Salman has appointed Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef as his new heir yesterday and made his son, Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman, second-in-line to succeed in a dramatic reshuffle in the world's top oil exporter.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdNorth Korea has killed 15 senior officials this year, two South Korean lawmakers said Wednesday, in the latest public executions in the communist country. In January, a vice forestry minister was executed for allegedly complaining about...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSKim Jong－un executed 15 senior officials this year： spy agency ″김정은， 올들어 Kim Jong－un′s reign of terror continues... The young North Korean leader reportedl...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea Heald“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt,” says a quote by famed cartoonist Charles M. Schulz.At times a token of love and at others a thoughtful gift, a carefully selected box of chocolates has come to mar...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChina won the FIDE men's world team chess championship for the first time in Tsaghksdzor, Armenia, after beating India 3-1 in the last round on Tuesday. The Chinese team of Bu Xiangzhi, Ding Liren,...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdWith Children’s Day on May 5 just around the corner, many Korean parents are stressing over how to entertain their kids on the special day. Designated a national holiday in 1975, the day is devoted to the welfare and enjoyment of childre...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsA medical team organized by the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation arrived in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu Tuesday in the wake of a magnitude-7.8 tremor that ravaged the Himalayan coun...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World feedDirector Peter Jackson and Hollywood star Russell Crowe led tributes yesterday for Oscar-winning Australian cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, who has died suddenly at the age of 59.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdNH Financial Group welcomed Kim Yong-hwan as the new chairman on Wednesday, but it appeared to have done so with a rather heavy heart.The new chief not only has to prove himself a capable successor to Yim Jong-yong ― who became chairman ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsThe top disciplinary arm of the Communist Party of China on Tuesday named and shamed officials who had broken regulations relating to righteous life and work styles. The CPC Central Commission for ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSTensions ease in Baltimore after widespread riots 볼티모어 흑인 폭동으로 비상사태 선포 And moving on to the U.S. city of Baltimore. Authoriti...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World feedVermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-avowed socialist and the longest-serving independent in congressional history, plans to announce a long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination today.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea Wednesday rejected an application by the two local umbrella labor unions to visit North Korea to discuss a football friendly in Pyongyang, citing its political nature. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Con...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World feedDavid Cameron has said he has no time to "hang out" with the "joke" Russell Brand as he mocked Ed Miliband's decision to record an interview with the well-known comedian.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsThe challenging market position facing Chinese auto maker BYD has resulted from the company's own strategies that have stretched it thin across a wide range of products, business news website Huxiu re...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSLatest on April 29th by－election results 재보궐선거 22시 연결 By－elections，... were held from six a.m. to eight. p.m. Korea time，... to fill four parliamentary s...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdWASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring ``history is harsh,'' Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered solemn condolences Wednesday for the Americans who died in World War II as he became the first Japanese leader to address a joint meeting of Co...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from South China Morning Post - Asia feedThe Nepalese consulate in Hong Kong said tents, mattresses, blankets, water purifiers, sanitation kits, utensils and materials for outdoor living were urgently required in quake-affected regions. The country also needed surgeons with equ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe Korea Association of Newspapers and Korea Disaster Relief Association are collecting donations to help with the relief effort for the Nepal earthquake. (Those injured in t recent earthquake recieve medical treatment at a makeshift me...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSKorean manufacturer sentiment rebounds 기업체감경기，... 대기업，내수기업 위주로만 호전 Korean manufacturer con...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdKorea will kick off Seoul Food 2015, Asia’s third-largest food industry exhibition, next month at KINTEX, in Ilsan, northwest of Seoul, trade promotion officials said Wednesday. The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency said the four-d...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsSome US experts believe that the development of the F/A-XX, the next-generation carrier-based fighter, should be carried out as soon as possible since Lockheed Martin's F-35C may not be able to compet...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSAustralia condemns Indonesia for mass execution of drug smugglers 인도네시아， 또 외국인 And for more top headlines from around the world... we connect to Paul Yi at the News Ce...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdI have never quite gotten the hang of negotiating.Either I give up too much, or refuse to budge at all, mostly because I don’t see the point. It’s not a matter of life or death, so let it go, I say. These days, however, I have improved a...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdNorth Korea has executed at least 15 senior officials this year alone including a vice forestry minister and four high-flying artists as leader Kim Jong-un continues his reign of terror apparently to cement his power, according to Seoul’...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChina has become the world's second largest vineyard owner with about 800,000 hectares of vineyards all over the country, Jean-Marie Aurand, the director general of the International Organization of V...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsTrade between China and Pakistan has been thriving in recent years and is expected to receive a further boost from Beijing's "Belt and Road" initiative. The close links between the two countries wa...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea on Wednesday launched the process to select a company to salvage a ferry that sank last year, killing over 300 people, with the bidding open to all local and foreign companies. The move came a week after the country's centra...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World feedSue Ann Arnall, the ex-wife of Oklahoma oil executive Harold Hamm, has lost an appeal of the couple's divorce case because she had already accepted an award of nearly US$1 billion, the US state's Supreme Court said.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdMnet and JYP Entertainment have teamed up to launch the new survival-style debut program “Sixteen.”The program’s name refers to the number of contestants who will vie for a spot in the new seven-member group to come from JYP. The new gro...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo said Wednesday that an "emotional solidarity" between Seoul and Beijing is deepening as more people visit each other's country. Kim made the remarks at a meeting with about 100 Chinese blog...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdOver 600 residents near a U.S. live-fire range in South Korea's inter-Korean border town staged a protest Wednesday over decades-long damages caused by military drills there. The protesters, most of whom are elderly farmers residing in ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Korea HealdDespite a series of product leaks online ahead of its official debut, LG Electronics’ new marquee handset G4 featuring advanced cameras and a classy leather back wowed the audience at its launch in Seoul on Wednesday, sending an alert to...
- India & World News
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NDTV News - WorldThe European Union has a duty to confront the flood of migrants reaching its shores, the EU's foreign policy chief said today as she met top US officials seeking ways to deal with the exodus.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Hindu - InternationalMore than 11,000 people have been injured in the quake, the worst in over 80 years.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalThe Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong note of the Army following two promotion policies saying how could the Chief of Army Staff defy government order.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalThe logo for International Day of Yoga was launched here today by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The New Indian Express - World - http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from India News on The Huffington PostTen Indian women trekkers, led to safety by Jamling -- the son of legendary mountaineer Tenzing Norgay -- in Kathmandu, are back in the Indian capital. Their 17-day trek to Mount Everest Base Camp was halted by the 7.9-magnitude earthqua...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top India News- IBNLive.comThe Narendra Modi government will host an international Buddhist function on the occasion of 'Buddha Poornima' on May 4 where a special prayer will be offered to express solidarity with the people of quake-hit Nepal, the birth place of t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NewsThe mother of a Filipino drug convict reprieved at the 11th hour after facing execution in Indonesia told Philippine radio: “Miracles do come true.” Read More...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalBurundi`s constitutional court will examine the legality of President Pierre Nkurunziza`s bid for a third term, the Senate said Wednesday, after days of violent protests over his plans to contest June elections.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalPresident Francois Hollande announced on Wednesday that France would increase its defence budget by close to four billion euros over four years, in response to extremist threats after the Paris jihadist attacks.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalA major faux pas was averted today with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan about to adjourn the Lok Sabha even before the passage of the Appropriation Bill which signalled the completion of the second phase of the Budgetary exercise.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalA parliamentary forum has sought a separate ministry for the welfare of OBCs and constitutional powers for the National Commission for Backward Classes.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » India
The 35-year-old farmer, who had taken a loan of Rs 60,000 from a co-operative bank, ended his life apparently due to crop failure and mounting debt, police said. - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from India News on The Huffington PostA 14-year-old girl student of a government school was allegedly raped by a teacher for the past several months following which she became pregnant, police said today. Paresh Majhi, who works as a 'Sikshya Sahayak' in Barapada nodal schoo...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalIn a significant crackdown on the Islamic State and its affiliates, Saudi security agencies have arrested nearly 100 people linked to the militant group over the past few months, according to government and media reports.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from IBTimes.co.in : WorldWatch English Premier League Live: Leicester City vs Chelsea Live Streaming and TV Information
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalThe fortnight long defence exercise 'Akraman-II' of Chetak Corps, aimed at testing combat endurance and operational skills concluded here on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesNepali villagers blocked trucks carrying supplies for earthquake victims on Wednesday, demanding the government do more to help after last week's disaster left more than 5,000 people dead and tens of ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NDTV News - WorldDemocratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said today "balance" should be restored in the US criminal justice system, denouncing discrimination blacks often face by police.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The New Indian Express - World - http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/
- South/Southeast Asia & World News
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) -- Research houses have opined that the national transformation programme is on track, based on the good 2014 report card for the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) and Government Transformation Prog...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from theSundaily.my HighlightsGEORGE TOWN: Penang Yang di-Pertua Tun Dr Abdul Rahman Abbas took his oath of office for a sixth term at his official residence, Seri Mutiara, here today. Penang High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin witnessed the oath-taking ceremon...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMalacanang vows to pursue the case against Mary Jane Veloso's alleged recruiter, Maria Cristina Sergio.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldJAKARTA, April 28, 2015: Eight foreigners and a Indonesian facing execution on a prison island are believed to be spending their last hours on Tuesday before they are led into a clearing, tied to posts, and shot by firing squad. Despite ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, April 28, 2015: A total of 102 Malaysians boarded the C-130 aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) departing from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu this afternoon to return home. RMAF deputy ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionROMPIN, April 29 (Bernama) -- Preparation for early voting of Rompin parliamentary by-election has been completed to ensure that everything goes well tomorrow.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllCILACAP, (Indonesia) : The mother of an Australian drug trafficker on death row in Indonesia said Tuesday he would be executed by firing squad at midnight (1700 GMT).
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Out of the public eye and far away from the Permatang Pauh campaign, jailed PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has written a note to his supporters in the federal constituency, urging them to vote for his ... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesA situation monitoring room to coordinate rescue and aid operations for Nepal quake victims was opened at the Government House on Wednesday, Deputy Government Spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Thai PBS English NewsPol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang, the national police chief, said that police investigators had sufficient evidences implicating the two suspects for alleged involvement in the bomb blast. But whether the real mastermind or masterminds will b...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - HeadlineAfter the 2014 fatal avalanche that forced high-altitude guides to abandon Everest ascents, uncertainty looms over the prospects of any expedition up the world’s highest peak this season too
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Thanh Nien News Online | Thanh Nien DailyHe stopped two cargo tricycles and solicited bribes from the drivers Business as usual: Bribery remains a way of life in Vietnam
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionPETALING JAYA, April 29 (Bernama) -- An eight-month pregnant mother was among 104 Malaysians who arrived safely at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM) Base, Subang, from Kathmandu, Nepal in a TUDM C-130 aircraft early this morning.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from World | Thanh Nien DailyIndonesian authorities have declined to specify a time for the executions, due to take place at a nearby clearing in a forest. Indonesian court to decide on Bali Nine execution appeal on April 6 Indonesia moves Australians to island fo...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionROMPIN, April 29 (Bernama) -- The Pahang state government has declared May 5 a state public holiday to enable registered voters in the Rompin parliamentary constituency to cast their votes on the day.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMANILA - The surrender of an alleged illegal recruiter and a last minute appeal by President Aquino made all the difference in securing a reprieve for drug convict Mary Jane Veloso.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Around The World News- RSS Khaosod EnglishHANOI (DPA) — The Vietnamese government calls it Liberation Day, but for Nguyen Van Hoang, a wiry man in his mid 60s, the events of April 30, 1975 had different connotations. He recalls the day his life changed forever with a wistful smile.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionROMPIN, April 29 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government will open an operation centre for Malaysian aid missions near the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu to channel assistance during the Search and Rescue (SAR)operations in N...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationVice President Jejomar Binay welcomes Indonesia's decision to delay Mary Jane Veloso's execution.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsNEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundatiob) - India has cancelled the registration of nearly 9,000 charities for failing to declare details of donations from abroad, as New Delhi tightens surveillance on foreign-funded non-governmental organi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMANILA - Several Philippine newspapers were caught out Wednesday by a last-minute reprieve for a young woman facing execution in Indonesia, running front-page headlines bidding her farewell and accusing the government of failing to save ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsBEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it was "extremely concerned" after leaders of Southeast Asian countries expressed worry about land reclamation and navigational freedom in the disputed South...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — A total of 102 Malaysians boarded the C-130 aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) departing from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu this afternoon to return home. RMAF deputy ... - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
BALTIMORE, April 28 — Fires continued to burn in the mainly black northeastern city, where a curfew was set to take effect this evening after a day of riots that dragged on into yesterday night. The state of Maryland declared a sta... - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Thanh Nien News Online | Thanh Nien DailyAs war memories fade, Vietnam still battles Agent Orange legacy Vietnam War correspondents return to reminisce Hoa Lo Prison, one of few places in Hanoi with memories of war How a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman blew up US aircraft in Vie...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - HeadlineMichelle Yeoh and her fiance Jean Todt have returned to France safely from Nepal
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllKUALA LUMPUR: Four men were brought to the Selayang magistrate's court today to face dual murder charges of a temple priest and his friend.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSFREE Lim Kit Siang says non-Malay voters feel betrayed by the hudud push.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMANILA - More than P670 million in lawmakers' pork barrel funds and Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) allocations for Filipino Muslims still went to questionable non-government organizations (NGOs) in 2013 despite probes into alleg...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUCHING, April 29 (Bernama) -- Sarawak has all along been involved in the planning and construction of the Pan-Borneo Highway, said state Minister of Infrastructure Development, Datuk Seri Micheal Manyin Jawong.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishNONG KHAI — Six police officers in northeastern Thailand have been arrested and expelled from the police force for allegedly kidnapping a Laotian businesswoman and her son.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesRumours of aftershocks have been rippling through Kathmandu since Saturday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, with some predicting an even larger quake to come.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMANILA - Secretary Leila de Lima hinted yesterday that filing charges against the third set of former and incumbent officials implicated in the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam is no longer a priority of...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMANILA - Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday once again skirted around the issue of his plans for 2016.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Thai PBS English NewsA total of 60,000 copies of the newsletter were issued – 30,000 for distribution in Bangkok and the rest in the provinces. The front page runs a message from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha,while the centre spread features infrast...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionBy Yuba Nath Lamsal KATHMANDU, April 29 ( Bernama) --- Nepal has declared three-day national mourning beginning Wednesday following Saturday's massive earthquake that killed over thousands of people and injuring tens of thousands.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishPATTANI — A network of women's rights advocates in Pattani province gathered today to mark the 11th anniversary of the deadly assault on a historic mosque, one of the bloodiest incidents in the separatist insurgency that has gripped ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - HeadlineThe government has decided to fly the national flag at half mast from Tuesday to Thursday in mourning of the dead of the Saturday earthquake
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, April 28, 2015: A statement by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) today announced the closure of MH370’s Family Communication and Support Centre (FCSC) in Beijing and six other provinces in China yesterday and the steps the company ha...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NationMANILA - Senior Supt. Bartolome Tobias is the new Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman as well as publicist.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from WorldNEW YORK - The author of Nepal's little-heeded building code says the earthquake that killed more than 4,300 people and caused at least US$2 billion (S$2.65 billion) in economic losses could have been less destructive with better oversig...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from WorldBEIJING - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it was "extremely concerned" after leaders of Southeast Asian countries expressed worry about land reclamation and navigational freedom in the disputed South China Sea. China's recl...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from News - Burma News International - Burma News InternationalThe draft Nationwide… The meeting was organised by the United Wa State Army and will be held at their headquarters in Pansang Township, Northern Shan State from 1 to 3 May. Nai Hongsa, who is also the leader of the ethnic Nationwid...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Star Online Nation HighlightsPETALING JAYA: Ensuring that the children affected by the earthquake in Nepal are safe and cared for is the most important job for Unicef at present.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from AsiaPOKHARA, Nepal - For the adrenalin-junkie tourists of Pokhara, just an hour's drive from the epicentre of Nepal's earthquake, it's business as usual with boat trips and paragliding in a town spared the destruction wreaked elsewhere. Thou...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / WorldEight foreigners and a Indonesian facing execution on a prison island are believed to be spending their last hours Tuesday before they are led into a clearing, tied to posts, and shot by firing squad.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from WorldEvery time you fly, there is a chance you may get slapped with some pesky airlines fees which you are not aware of and can't get away from. Fees differ between airlines and if travellers are not aware, they might end up paying miscellane...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from News - Burma News International - Burma News InternationalTwo policemen raped… But, the two policemen did not take her to see her sister. Instead, they took her to Electrical Office Road, one and a half miles out of town, where they forcibly raped her. Both of the policemen are friends of...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshThe Awami League-backed Dhaka North mayor candidate says he’s ‘hundred percent hopeful’ of victory
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » WorldAt least 10 construction workers from Pakistan and one from India were killed in the collapse of a convention centre being built in Saudi Arabia, an Asian diplomatic source said Tuesday. The building, at a university in Qassim northwest ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's historic, week-long trip to the US is a chance for the US to prove its commitment to the much-vaunted rebalancing towards the Asia Pacific, a foreign policy priority for the Obama administration.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from philstar.com - Nation
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsGreek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will meet newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on May 2 to push stalled peace talks forward, a Cypriot government spokesman said on Tuesday.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshThe party alleges of gross rigging in the polls for the three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Sujoy Dhar on 28 April 2015 NEW DELHI (Pajhwok): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his country was prepared to continue supporting capacity building of Afghan security forces and that New Delhi had a shared interest ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from WorldBALTIMORE - Baltimore erupted in violence on Monday as hundreds of rioters looted stores, burned buildings and at least 15 police officers were injured following the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after suffering a spinal in...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshNasir accuses the previous mayor of being inefficient
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshThe polling station in Suritola has been vandalised, forcing officials to stop voting
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Star Online Nation HighlightsKUALA LUMPUR: Issues pertinent to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) should be put "behind us" as they could impact investors' sentiment towards Malaysia, CIMB Holdings Bhd chairman Datuk Seri Nazir Razak (pic) said.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from AsiaLUKLA, Nepal - "We heard this most horrifying sound, it was like a train but came from so deep... and then finally there was this stillness, this complete stillness, and I knew I was alive," says AFP photographer Roberto Schmidt of the m...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from WorldMANILA - Philippine President Benigno Aquino said he made one last appeal to the Indonesian government to spare a Filipina among nine prisoners set to be executed for drug trafficking on Tuesday as she could be a vital witness in prosecu...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshThe day saw a BNP boycott, allegations of rigging, and sporadic clashes.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Singapore* StanChart says home under constant review * Bank tax to cost $540mln this yr vs $366mln in 2014 -CFO * Q1 pretax profit down 22 pct to $1.5 bln as bad debts jump * Says on track to deliver core capital of 11 pct this year (Releads with...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsUltra-radical Islamic State insurgents have killed at least 2,154 people off the battlefield in Syria since the end of June when the group declared a caliphate in territory it controls, a Syrian human rights monitor said on Tuesday.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsPrime Minister Sushil Koirala said getting help to remote Himalayan villages left devastated by Saturday's 7.8-magnitude quake was a "major challenge" in the desperately poor country, where many communities are inaccessible by road.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshKhokon dismissed allegation by opponents of large-scale irregularities
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Khawaja Basir fitri on 28 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): One person was wounded as a magnetic bomb targeted the car of a Ministry of Interior (MoI) advisor in the capital Kabul on Tuesday, an official said. The incident took place on Dar...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » World
Sydney, Australia – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Tuesday criticised Indonesia’s “chaotic” handling of the execution of nine prisoners, including eight foreigners, saying there would be “consequen... - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - The three Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) C-130s planes carrying personnel and equipment for relief efforts in Nepal landed in Kathmandu today (April 28), a day after they were diverted to other airports due to congestion at Kat...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Haveeru Online - HeadlinesThe Aasandha Company – which provides the national health insurance scheme – has on Tuesday donated MVR 10,000 to the Autism Association.
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- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Edward Nalbandyan and Anne Hidalgo touched upon issues related to the cooperation between the sister cities of Yerevan and Paris.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Ragip Zarakolu stated in the city of Thessalonica of Greece that recognizing the Armenian Genocide on the Genocide centennial, Germany has proved to be Turkey’s ally.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The issue of Armenia’s participation is included in the agenda for the April 30 session of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Armenia will have new checkpoints in 2016.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has sent a telegram to Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan on the occasion of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -California State University, Northridge chemistry professor Gagik Melikyan is the Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim inspirational Teacher Award recipient.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The National Orchestra of Belgium gave a concert dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide at the famous Chamber of Arts of Belgium.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Turkish-Armenians have launched a petition against the decision to demolish the Armen Camp summer orphanage in Tuzla District of Istanbul and build villas.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Head Coach of the German Bayern Pep Guardiola thinks that it was Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who changed the entire process of the match.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The first Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia Harry J. Gilmore of Dumfries, VA, died of a heart attack on April 23, 2015 at the age of 77.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia will support cross-stone maker Ruben Nalbandyan’s initiative to create a school for cross-stone makers.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The former Vice-President of the “Twitter" social network, the Head of the Department of the Uber engineering American company Raffi Krikorian thinks that there are good opportunities in Armenia for the progressive ideas of the technolog...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The photos of the destroyed Church are spread in the internet.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Argentina’s top Clarin newspaper published Argentine journalist Marcelo Cantelmi’s interview with President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan in the newspaper’s April 27 edition.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Previously it was reported that all the six fractions of the Austrian Parliament adopted a joint statement on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The play is dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide and will star famous actress Nora Armani as the leading actress.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today expressed her condolences to the government and people of Nepal after the earthquake that struck on Saturday.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
