- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaTourism meets tradition: Monks at a Myanmar monastery aren't happy about becoming a tourist attraction.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificThe province will allow about a third of its 1,500 largest supermarkets to sell beer, but they will not be permitted to sell anything larger than a six-pack.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaWhy China's separatists are now unwelcome in Central Asia
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaAt least 1.7 million people -- nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population -- were killed by execution, disease, starvation and overwork under the Khmer Rouge's brutal rule from 1975 to 1979.
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- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The DiplomatProduction at the largest oil fields found in 30 years is scheduled to resume in 2017.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The DiplomatThe two strategic partners are inching closer.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificGao Yu, a 71-year-old who has repeatedly challenged the Communist Party during a decades-long career, indicated she would appeal.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaFormer US treasury secretary Hank Paulson discusses his new book on China which says the country's problems are underestimated.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from International Business TimesSHANGHAI -- Veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu was jailed for seven years on Friday on charges of leaking state secrets to a foreign website. Gao, 71, is a long-time reform activist who was jailed from 1989 through 1990, and later spent s...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaDisabled boy struggles to find role with the people of the sea
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaStar Wars plane being launched by All Nippon Airways later this year ahead of the release of The Force Awakens.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaPolice in New Zealand seize 123kg of methamphetamine in drug busts on two apparently unrelated gangs, arresting nine people.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The DiplomatEfforts to revive the Japanese economy may yet succeed, but there is no room for complacency.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificCongressional leaders agreed on legislation to give President Obama authority to finish negotiating one of the world’s largest trade accords, starting a battle that aligns the president with Republicans.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from The DiplomatInteresting facts about the members of China's AIIB -- with even more interesting implications.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaA Japanese court has issued a landmark injunction halting plans to restart two nuclear reactors in the west of the country, citing safety concerns, a court official told CNN.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaChina jails prominent journalist Gao Yu for seven years for leaking a confidential Communist Party strategy paper to a foreign website.
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- Friday, April 17, 2015 from International Business TimesTwo people were injured after a man attacked passers-by in central Shanghai with a knife on Friday. The suspect was arrested, according to media reports. The attack took place in People's Square, in the center of Shanghai, mainland China...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaPhotographer captures Singapore in transit
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The DiplomatChina's foreign policy apparatus needs a makeover. Here's where to start.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe BBC looks at why some Uighur communities can live freely in Kazakhstan, while others could never do so in China.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The DiplomatBipartisan legislation granting the U.S. president trade promotion authority was introduced on Thursday. Will it save the TPP?
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe global demand for rubber tyres is threatening protected forests in Southeast Asia, according to a study.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from The DiplomatSurvivors recall the days that preceded the terror.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaCrowd-funding is paying for India's ice hockey team to take part in an upcoming international tournament in Kuwait.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The DiplomatOne family photograph at a time, Charles Fox is preserving Cambodia's history.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye and her governing party on Thursday renewed efforts to soothe relatives of the victims killed in a deadly ferry disaster a year ago, visiting memorial sites throughout the country.But their efforts fe...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldOh, those puppy eyes. Just by gazing at their owners, dogs can trigger a response in their masters’ brains that helps them bond, a study says. And owners can do a similar trick in return, researchers found. This two-way street evid...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboTo clean residue off a washing machine, pour 500 ml of chlorine bleach into it and run a normal cycle.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[Science] : The nation could suffer from a shortage of rice by 2050 due to rising temperatures and increasing precipitation. [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe official campaign period for this month’s by-election got off to a slow start Thursday as the nation remained preoccupied with the first anniversary of the Sewol sinking and political debates surrounding a high-profile graft scandal....
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[International] : U.S. President Barack Obama has again given the nod to the South Korean education system. [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldItalian police said Thursday they had arrested a group of African migrants after witnesses said they threw 12 passengers overboard following a row about religion on a boat headed to Italy. The deadly dispute, which saw a group of Muslim ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
A record high 1,421 minors under 18 years old fell victim to crimes related to social networking services and other online community sites in 2014, a National Police Agency report showed. - Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldA NASA spacecraft that made surprising discoveries of ice and other materials on Mercury will crash on the planet around April 30, scientists said on Thursday. The Mercury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENG...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe desire to eat is not only driven by hunger, but also by the emotional state and psychological stress. Binge eating, which is different to anorexia where one does not eat enough food, is another common eating disorder. This eating dis...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea, the U.S. and Japan held their first-ever trilateral vice-foreign-ministerial talks on Thursday in Washington as Seoul seeks to boost pragmatic cooperation with Tokyo such as on security and the economy despite persistent his...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboSony Pictures Entertainment objected to WikiLeaks' online release Thursday of a searchable database of more than 30,000 documents obtained by hackers in a massive cyberattack last year. "The cyberattack on Sony Pictures was a malicious c...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[Politics] : The prime minister says he will do his best in his interim role as the top national affairs decision maker while the president is away on a four-nation tour of South America. [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[Politics] : President Park Geun-hye arrived in Colombia on Thursday for the first leg of her four-nation South ... [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[International] : A key U.S. military commander says discussions are taking place about deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery on Korean soil. [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to be questioned by Swedish prosecutors in London over rape allegations, his Swedish lawyer, Thomas Olsson, said on Thursday. “We sent a confirmation earlier today to the prosecutors that...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldA Polish man has confessed to raping and killing a 9-year-old girl after snatching her from a French playground within view of her mother, in a crime that has shocked the country. France was left reeling from the crime in the northern ci...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboPresident Park Geun-hye on Thursday visited Jindo, South Jeolla Province to mark one year since the ferry disaster there but had to return without placing a wreath at a memorial altar and did not meet a single family member of the v...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboThe rally in Chinese stocks is causing surprise as it moves in the opposite direction from the country's slackening economic growth. Last week, the Shanghai stock index hit a new seven-year high. The market rally has created as many...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboA group of South Korean activists resumed sending balloons carrying propaganda leaflets and DVDs of the "The Interview" across the inter-Korean border on Thursday. This comes after a previous attempt was thwarted by police last week. Pyo...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboA wide variety of cheaper high-performance hybrid cars are hitting showrooms amid rising demand. A case in point is Hyundai's Sonata hybrid, which has seen the largest increase in sales for all cars so far this year. In the first quarter...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboSubway and bus fares will rise in Seoul as early as next month, but passengers who take public transport early in the morning will get a 20 percent discount for the first time. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the decision Thu...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[Economy] : South Korean shares continued their rally on Friday especially with tech-laden sidekick KOSDAQ ... [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboPeople lined up for hundreds of meters in front of a memorial altar in Ansan south of Seoul to pay tribute to the victims of the last year's ferry disaster on Thursday, the first anniversary of the tragedy. But the families of the victim...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdA number of owners of the nation’s major companies, who currently participate in management, are graduates of Seoul National University, according to data released by the Korea CXO Institute on Thursday.Roughly 2 out of 10 major Korean c...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdPresident Vladimir Putin sternly urged the West to respect Russia's interests in global affairs and defended his move to sanction the delivery of a long-range air defense missile system to Iran during a marathon TV call-in show with the ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdPrime Minister Lee Wan-koo fell deeper into his quagmire on Thursday as his choice of words and inconsistent explanations of graft allegations against him led the opposition to escalate calls for his resignation.Lee altered his stance on...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe state-run Korea Gas Corp. said Wednesday it has successfully placed a roof on its 270 million liter LNG storage tank in Samcheok, Gangwon Province ― the first and largest of its kind.The storage tank is one of three 270 million liter...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea Heald
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldThe gyrocopter that landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol “apparently literally flew in under the radar,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday, as concerned lawmakers questioned how it was allowed to happen ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdA South Korean nuclear reactor came to a halt Thursday only five days after being restarted, due to lingering problems with its cooling system, its operator said.The No. 3 reactor at Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdFrench confectionery brand La Cure Gourmande opened its first Asian outlet in Lotte Department Store Sogong-dong branch in central Seoul, last week. The 36-square-meter store is conspicuously decorated in sunshine yellow, with more than ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdSeoul City will raise the public transportation fare as part of its efforts to reduce its budget deficit and improve services, officials said Thursday. Seoul Metropolitan Government said it would increase the subway fare by 250 won ($0.2...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldTwitter said Thursday that it is cracking down on mean, hateful or menacing tweets that cross the red line from free speech into abuse. Twitter is overhauling its safety policy and beefing up the team responsible for enforcing it, along ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdKorean mobile carrier LG Uplus said Thursday it concluded its partnership with major Korean and Chinese credit companies to foster the financial technology sector in both nations. Top executives of the Korean mobile carrier, KB Financial...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea Heald
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboGenres : Action and Crime Running Time : 115 min. Directed by : Pierre Morel Starring : Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca Synopsis : A sniper on a me...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdGasoline and diesel prices for retail consumers are expected to climb sharply during the second quarter, as global crude oil prices hit the highest level so far this year after touching the estimated bottom in late January.South Korea’s ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboTurkish authorities say they have deported nine Britons who were arrested in southern Turkey April 1 while trying to enter neighboring Syria illegally to join militant groups. Their case drew international media attention after it emerge...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboSome 879 male office workers took paternity leave in the first quarter of this year, up 55.9 percent from last year, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said on Thursday. The overall number of parents who took childcare leave stood at 1...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboKorean female golfers swept the top six spots in the first round of the Lotte Championship on the LPGA Tour in Hawaii on Wednesday. Park In-bee, Kim Hyo-ju and others wore a yellow ribbon on their cap to mark the first anniversary of las...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldIraq’s prime minister said on Thursday that he welcomed Iranian assistance in Iraq’s battle against Islamic State but suggested unease with the prominence of a top Iranian general, who has been widely seen in photos from Iraq...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboLeaders of a U.S. Senate panel have agreed on legislation to enhance President Barack Obama's ability to negotiate trade agreements and to ensure that such pacts cannot be altered by Congress. If approved, the bill would boost efforts to...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Chosun IlboSamsung has removed its corporate logo from its Galaxy S6 smartphones sold in Japan amid deep distrust of Korea and Korean technology in the island country. Instead, the sleek smartphones features only the Galaxy brand name, as do all ac...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[Politics] : The 7th World Water Forum held on the theme of "Water for Our Future" in South Korea ended Friday ... [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdPresident Park Geun-hye said Thursday she would take every possible means to resolve escalating graft allegations involving her close confidants, including launching an independent probe into the case.“I will review any measures in order...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[Inter-Korea] : North Korea’s defense minister says the regime will continue to pursue military might, including ... [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Korea HealdTravelers will be able to get easier access to and from Incheon airport as a new subway transfer passageway in Seoul Station opened last month, officials said. The new passageway provides foreign tourists with easier transfer as it links...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldIslamic State militants clashed with security forces inside Iraq’s largest refinery on Thursday and held on to recent gains in the west of the country, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the extremist group remained “very...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[Domestic] : Sailors aboard oceangoing merchant ships and deep-sea fishing vessels will soon be able to receive remote medical care aided by satellite communications technology. [more...]
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalAt the protest, DDPI says he is helpless in controlling donation menace
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe Bollywood actor has been directed to appear in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jodhpur
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from World News, News of World, Top World News, World Breaking Headlines - Times of IndiaUkraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged recent war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalWith China planning to build a rail link between Tibet and Nepal, Indian Railways has decided to provide strategic requirement in infrastructure along the border and is working out the details with Defence Ministry.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesMore than 15 years ago, when I reported from the snout of the Siachen glacier for the first time, the Indian Army's Siachen base camp was nothing more than a military outpost in the most unimaginably ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalNational General Secretary of the BJP Muralidhar Rao, who is also in charge of the party affairs in Karnataka, has said that party legislator and mining baron Anand Singh had not consulted the par...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - InternationalIraqi authorities say bombings targeting public places and pro-government Sunni fighters have killed 12 people around the capital in Baghdad. Police officials say a bomb blast on a commerci...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalPolitical parties have failed to arrive at an agreement on a Law Commission recommendation making it mandatory to disclose donations less than Rs 20,000 if the total amount exceeds Rs 20 crore.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesThe Janata Parivar merger has finally been announced. Six primarily family (parivar) driven regional outfits have come together in a seemingly forced marriage of convenience, hoping to create an alter...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalHurt by the non-inclusion of Belagavi along with other cities as recommendation for establishing the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and absence of all Congress and JD(S) leaders at an all pa...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - National'The intention of bandh is to exhort pressure on the State government to implement the Mekedatu Drinking Water Project'.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - InternationalFive adults were found dead inside a Phoenix home after a shooting in a suspected dispute over the family’s business, police said. Police said on Thursday the three men were brothers and th...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaCBI files chargesheet against former union minister Matang Sinh and his four companies in Saradha chit fund scam.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe apex court stayed the prosecution of Arvind Kejriwal in two defamation complaints.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalEmphasising that there should be "no politics over the matters of national importance", the Congress on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir government "should have taken care of the Masrat Alam issue".
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesPolice used tear gas and batons as protesters clashed with them in Srinagar today, hours after separatist Masarat Alam - controversially released from prison last month - was arrested. Two days ago, ...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe student in his petition claimed that he was being repeatedly victimised by the college principal Valson Thampu.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalIncidents of stone-pelting were reported from Tral and adjoining areas against the killing of two youths on Monday.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from The Hindu - InternationalAt least 3 persons including a 2-year old child succumbed to swine flu on Friday in Nepal, taking the toll of the deadly disease to 21, over the past three weeks in the country’s mid-western regi...
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from World News, News of World, Top World News, World Breaking Headlines - Times of IndiaThe Italian navy said on Friday it boarded and took control of a Sicilian fishing boat that had been seized earlier in the day by armed men off the coast of Libya.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has cautioned the people against falling prey to information democratisation.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsAuthorities issued an alert for several Mexican states on Wednesday after thieves snatched potentially deadly radioactive material used for industrial radiography.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from theSundaily.my Local NewsGEORGE TOWN: If all goes according to plan, Penang will join the likes of Queenstown (New Zealand), Hong Kong and Nha Trang (Vietnam) when a cable car linking the island and mainland is completed by 2018. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said...
- Business : Malaysia's Successful Sukuk An Endorsement Of Country's Strong Fundamentals, Say AnalystsFriday, April 17, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionBy Farhana Poniman & Zarul Effendi Razali KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (Bernama) -- The success of Malaysia's US$1.5 billion sukuk issuance, after a lapse of almost four years, has drawn positive response from international investors who have ...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe European Union (EU) has granted a non-refundable aid package, worth 346 million euro (about US$368 million), to help Viet Nam develop sustainable energy over the next five years.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSNg Suee Lim is the temporary chairperson, after state BN rejects the post.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from hanoitimes.com.vn - NewsThe Vietnam Red Cross Society revealed that a campaign it ran during the 2015 Lunar New Year (Tet) presented disadvantaged people and victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin with 559 free houses and nearly 2 million gifts worth over US$30 million,
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, April 15, 2015: Putrajaya did not consult the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) over the recently passed Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota), its chairman revealed. Tan Sri Hasmy Agam said that according to the S...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsAMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters have withdrawn most of their fighters from a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus after expelling its main rival from it, several residents and a Palestinian official said on Wedn...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsAn exhibition of 40 photos of endangered wildlife rescued by Wildlife at Risk (WAR) opened yesterday at Mango Bay Resort on Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Nationalno-show National show noshow noshow dateline: Phnom Penh printEdition: Phnom Penh Post Editor's choice: no show Watermarked: 0 Zoomable: 1 Content images:
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesNew working group to also include inputs from other countries to help the transition
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe UN peace envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, has resigned, the UN said on Wednesday, after losing support from Gulf countries for his mission in the conflict-riven nation.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe Government Inspectorate said yesterday that during the first quarter it uncovered violations involving more than VND3.5 trillion (US$162 million) and almost 60 hectares of land.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) yesterday decided to ban six players for life from V.League 1 club Dong Nai FC for match fixing.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from NationMANILA - The secretary general of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Wednesday slammed Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his supposed "obsession" in throwing various corruption allegations against the Binay family in a bid to hurt V...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsNguyen Quoc Dinh stole the yellow jersey at the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament after the fifth stage from Vinh City to Dong Hoi City yesterday.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe HCM City Police division for investigation into social order crimes said they had uncovered a prostitution ring, reportedly involving several models and actresses working in HCM City.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishBANGKOK - The Thai government is looking forward to cooperation with the newly-nominated American ambassador, a spokesperson says.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsPERMATANG PAUH, April 15, 2015: PKR will not have a chance to manipulate the Goods and Services Tax issue in Permatang Pauh during the upcoming by-election, says Datuk Ahmad Maslan. The deputy finance minister said this was because Baris...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldBEIJING, April 15, 2015: China warned Taiwan’s main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday to heed the lessons of the last time it was in power and not push for independence, as the party announced its candidate...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe symphonic poem Kieu and violinist Nguyen Thien Minh will both make their debuts at the Ha Noi Opera House on Friday and Saturday at 8pm.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories"Game of Thrones" may finally bring a change in Europe that various wars and EU bureaucracy have failed to bring about: making English a common language -- on TV screens, at least.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsMANILA: A Muslim separatist rebel leader who sacked a string of southern Philippine towns in 2008, leaving about 400 dead and more than half a million homeless, is dead, the military said Wednesday.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionMUAR, April 17 (Bernama) -- Farmers, cultivators, breeders and fishermen in the state must grab opportunities to compete at the international level to market their agricultural products worth RM7 billion annually.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry will collaborate with relevant agencies to boost the participation of businesses in the agriculture sector.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesTearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesEconomic ministers call for monetary easing; Premier to announce govt's achievements over past six months
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishBANGKOK - Chairman of the junta-appointed interim parliament has expressed his concern that the public may reject the new charter if a referendum on the constitution is held, because "people don't understand" the new constitution.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsA gala to be performed by the HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) on Sunday at the HCM City Opera House will feature contemporary dance, symphony music and singing about love for the country and people of Viet Nam, according to...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsThe national women's football team will start training today to prepare for the ASEAN Football Federation Cup.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — Malaysia’s reputation on the international stage stands to take a serious beating if the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) loses its “Grade A” status, the agency’s chairm... - Thursday, April 16, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Bernama) -- The application status to enter public universities (UA) for matriculation and Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) leavers for the 2015/2016 session will be announced in August.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationMohagher Iqbal, the chief peace negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), on Wednesday remained tight-lipped on the issue of his real name, refusing to confirm nor deny media reports about it.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesThe Transport Ministry is considering the use of Article 44 in the provisional charter to speed up infrastructure projects, minister Prajin Juntong said on Thursday.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionBy Voon Miaw Ping KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- Amid growing threats to peace and security worldwide, the ASEAN region has the potential to emerge as a zone of moderation.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllPUTRAJAYA: The price of basic broadband packages will be reduced between 10 percent and 57 percent, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said today.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye said she would have zero tolerance for corruption, amid calls for her prime minister to quit over allegations that he took illegal campaign money from a businessman found dead last w...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from theSundaily.my HighlightsGEORGE TOWN: A manager for a parking system company is crying foul after he was identified as the author behind several incendiary postings on social media. Ivan Goh Lee En Tat, 43, said the posts, relating to Islam, royalty and the fede...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesCCTV RECORDINGS show the pickup truck used in the car-bomb attack at Central Festival Samui shopping mall on April 10 had left Yala just a day earlier and it also stopped for a long period along the Songkhla-Nakhon Si Thammarat border.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsAs fighting escalates in Yemen, the UN envoy to the country Jamal Benomar is stepping down after losing support from the Gulf countries.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Muhammad Hassan Khetab on 15 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): The Young Activists Network for Reform and Change (YANRC) urged the government leaders to shun difference and maintain unity among their ranks at a time when the country was pas...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsFrom closer NATO ties to rumours of Kremlin-backed land deals on its border, Finland's diplomatic balancing act with Russia has come under the spotlight before Sunday's parliamentary election as politicians debate how far to challenge th...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from AsiaBEIJING - A Chinese firm which makes self-balancing two wheeled scooter-like vehicles has bought its US rival Segway, it said Wednesday - only months after being accused of copying its designs. Segway, founded by the inventor of the quir...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from AsiaMUMBAI - India may go to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if the European Union does not reconsider its decision to suspend the sale of about 700 generic drugs that were approved based on clinical trials by GVK Biosciences Pvt Ltd, the...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Kiev was cutting off the Donbass area of eastern Ukraine by excluding its citizens from the national financial system.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThousands of workers at a Canadian-run gold mine in northern Greece protested in Athens on Thursday against a decision by the new leftist government to revoke the company's licence to develop the mine.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from WorldMONTICELLO, Iowa - Democrat Hillary Clinton blasted executive pay and tax rates for hedge-fund managers on Tuesday, using the first stop of her low-key campaign rollout in Iowa to highlight her promise to help Americans struggling toward...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced concerns about violence in the run-up to Burundi's presidential election and urged the government to ensure the vote is free and fair, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Zabihullah Ihsas on 15 April 2015 MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): FM Radio Haqiqat, which was established by a corn mill worker in northern Samangan province about 11 years ago, has made it to the internet. In 2003 when Aminullah Qayumi fi...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Pajhwok on 15 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): NATO Resolute Support top commander in Afghanistan US General John F. Campbell on Wednesday said short training courses at leadership level for Afghan national police had been designed to impr...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By on 15 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Officials during an exhibition arranged by Pak-Afghan traders on Wednesday stressed to enhance bilateral trade and ban smuggling and import of low quality goods from Pakistan to Afghanistan. In the Pa...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By on 15 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Security Council (NSC) has reiterated all options are being employed to ensure safe release of the 31 abducted passengers. A statement from the Presidential Palace on Wednesday said the t...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Mohammad halim Karimi on 15 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister Pervaiz Khattak on Wednesday said police in his country had been ordered not to harass Afghan refugees anymore. Khattak, who arr...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Pajhwok on 15 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan on Wednesday said it was planning to extend trade activities to central Asian countries and the Europe by land, but it was not possible without peace and stability in Afghanistan. Thi...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye said she would have zero tolerance for corruption, amid calls for her prime minister to quit over an allegation that he took illegal campaign money from a businessman found dead last week in an appare...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsMany migrants who survive the perilous sea crossing to Europe from North Africa are physically and sexually abused by the smugglers who organise their journey, according to testimony gathered by aid workers in Italy.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from AsiaBEIJING - A total of 57 countries have been approved as founding members of a Chinese-backed infrastructure bank, Beijing said Wednesday, and Norway is included despite frosty relations over a Chinese dissident's Nobel prize. No nations ...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from AsiaIndia's push to accommodate a booming urban population and attract investment rests in large part with dozens of "smart" cities like the one being built on the dusty banks of the Sabarmati river in Gujarat. So far, it boasts modern under...
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThe Vatican is preparing to introduce legal procedures to establish the responsibilities of bishops and Catholic hierarchy found guilty of protecting priests who have sexually abused children, a spokesman said on Wednesday (Apr 15).
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsAn Egyptian soldier was killed and three others wounded on Thursday when a roadside bomb hit an armoured vehicle in the Northern Sinai, medical and security sources said.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsIslamic State militants gained ground in western Iraq on Wednesday, overrunning several villages on the edge of the capital of Anbar province, police sources and local officials said.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsTaiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party has nominated its chairwoman Tsai Ing Wen to run for the presidency in 2016. The results of the 2016 presidential race could change the course of future cross-strait relations.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsFacing a long, cold southern hemisphere winter of power cuts, many South Africans are choosing to cope with their frustrations by seeing the lighter side of life in the dark.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsOne year since the Sewol ferry tragedy, small communities around the accident site have been shunned by tourists.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World News(This story corrects the scrambles to 943 from 944 in the year through March 31)
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsTurkey needs a better parliamentary system, not a more powerful presidency, former President Abdullah Gul said, in clear disagreement with his successor's drive to change the constitution and give the head of state executive powers.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsFamilies of victims of the Sewol disaster cry out in painful anguish as they return to the place where the overloaded ferry sank a year ago.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsRussian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday blamed the United States and its allies for the conflict in Ukraine, saying their drive to bring Kiev closer to the West was a threat to Moscow and had forced it to react.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsA Lebanese journalist and her television channel are due to go before a U.N.-backed court on Thursday in a trial that critics say raises questions about press freedom, but which prosecutors say is essential to protect vulnerable witnesses.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Christian migrants, said to be from Ghana and Nigeria, are all feared dead.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -On April 16, Karen Khachaturian visited the Komitas Pantheon, laid flowers at the tomb of the great Armenian and composer and was hosted by Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party Selahattin Demirtaş expressed his support for the statement of Pope Francis on the Armenian Genocide.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan received Members of the Bundestag Martin Pätzold and Tankred Schipanski.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanAn Azerbaijani soldier has fallen victim to an Armenian bullet along the Line of Contact, according to the Defense Ministry.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -On 17 April the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan took part in the assembly of the Defense Army's military divisions’ commanders and deputy commanders.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Turkey eclipses the centenary of the Armenian massacre by moving Gallipoli memorial.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The books have been published by "Haiagitak" Publishing House.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -New tourists’ court, as well as a new misdemeanor court for residents that will deal with minor offences, will begin operations later this year, according to officials speaking at the launch of Dubai Courts annual report.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Overall, more than 50 signs have been posted on the walls of Armenian churches, unions and other structures in Aleppo.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Ambassador of Armenia to Kuwait Fadey Charchoghlyan has participated in the events dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, which was held in the National Armenian School of Kuwait.
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Speaker of the RF FA Federal Council Valentina Matvienko presided over the session.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from Today.Az
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Karen Khachaturian left the following note in the book for guests of honor: “I experienced moments of amazement as I became familiar with the materials showcased at the Komitas Museum-Institute. I reassessed the life and career of the gr...
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the United Arab Emirates hosted a commemorative event dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The author of the initiative is Head of the State Committee of the Real Estate Cadastre adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia Martin Sargsyan.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The cross-stone is a gift from the Government of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Greece Gagik Ghalachyan had a meeting with President of the Hellenic Parliament Zoe Konstantopoulou.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
- Friday, April 17, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Spokesperson of the White House Josh Earnest said about it during a press briefing on Thursday, Voice of America reports.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The singer, songwriter and keyboardist will headline a free concert in San Francisco’s Union Square at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, commemorating the centennial of the genocide and celebrating
- Thursday, April 16, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The youth submitted to the Embassy’s representative a memorandum urging the U.S. government and Congress to take immediate action and recognize the Armenian Genocide.
