Rain ruins S.Lankan celebrations a year after Tigers' defeat

Rain ruins S.Lankan celebrations a year after Tigers' defeat

Rain ruins S.Lankan celebrations a year after Tigers' defeat

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:46 AM PDT

COLOMBO, May 18 (AFP) - Heavy rains forced Sri Lanka to postpone ceremonies due on Thursday to mark the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels one year ago and to remember soldiers who died in the fighting.

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After the by-election

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:43 AM PDT

The victory in the Sibu by-election has an enormous political significance to PR. It shows that PR is still influential and it is not that easy for BN to retrieve the two-thirds majority.

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Badminton: Malaysia cannot depend on 'old guards' anymore

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:37 AM PDT

Malaysia cannot continue depending on 'old guards' to lead the country's challenge at the international stage, especially in badminton, said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

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China rejects reports on deadly indoor air pollution

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:31 AM PDT

BEIJING, May 18 (AFP) - Chinese authorities have rejected state media reports which quoted a government study saying more than two million youths die in China each year from health problems related to indoor air pollution.

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Thailand declares week-long public holiday as protests rage

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:30 AM PDT

BANGKOK, May 18 (AFP) - Thailand's government on Tuesday announced three more public holidays for government agencies in Bangkok, in a move to keep civilians off the violence-wracked streets until the end of the week.

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Landslide kills five in Indonesia's Aceh

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:29 AM PDT

BANDA ACEH, May 18 (AFP) - A landslide has killed at least five gold miners in Indonesia's remote Aceh province, a Red Cross volunteer said Tuesday.

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Thai troops violate law in Bangkok action: Amnesty

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:28 AM PDT

BANGKOK, May 18 (AFP) - Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Thailand's army of "reckless use of lethal force" in a campaign to contain anti-government street protests that has left 38 dead and 279 injured.

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Japan 'state of emergency' over foot-and-mouth outbreak

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:27 AM PDT

TOKYO, May 18 (AFP) - Japan on Tuesday admitted it was slow to detect an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease as the affected region declared a state of emergency after culling more than 110,000 animals.

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Japan govt under fire over foot-and-mouth outbreak

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:29 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government came under fire in domestic media on Tuesday for its handling of a worsening outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the latest headache for unpopular Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama with an election just months away.


Thai government says has no position on peace talks

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:29 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government is aware of an offer on Tuesday by a group of senators to broker talks with thousands of protesters but has no official position on whether to accept it, a government spokesman said.


China says welcomes Iran nuclear fuel swap deal

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:29 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has welcomed a nuclear fuel swap plan that Iran announced after talks with Brazil and Turkey, urging negotiations over the deepening dispute with Tehran.


Touching wild boars for fortune?

Posted: 18 May 2010 12:09 AM PDT

Ampang residents are following the footsteps of Taiping folks, seeking fortune by touching the wild boars.

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Sarawak wants UNESCO status for Kuching, Miri

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:26 PM PDT

Sarawak is planning to seek UNESCO heritage status for Kuching and Miri, the state assembly was told today.

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S.Korean gambler donates jackpot winnings to university

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:08 PM PDT

SEOUL, May 18 (AFP) - A businessman who scooped the biggest casino jackpot in South Korea's history has donated the entire sum -- equivalent to 700,000 dollars -- to a university, the casino said Tuesday.

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FACTBOX - Ties binding China and Iran

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:58 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has welcomed a nuclear fuel swap plan that Iran announced after talks with Brazil and Turkey, urging negotiations over the deepening dispute with Tehran.


Thai protesters agree to talks to end violence

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:30 PM PDT

BANGKOK, May 18 — Thai anti-government protesters agreed today to talks brokered by a Senate leader to end Thailand's deadliest political crisis in 18 years, but analysts doubted the negotiations would halt the spiralling violence. Troops have surrounded thousands of anti-government demonstrators in the fortified camp they have occupied for six ...


China welcomes Iran nuclear fuel swap deal

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:22 PM PDT

BEIJING, May 18 — China has welcomed a nuclear fuel swap plan that Iran announced after talks with Brazil and Turkey, urging negotiations over the deepening dispute with Tehran. "China expresses its welcome (of the fuel swap plan)", Yang said late yesterday while visiting Tunisia, Xinhua news agency said. "China has noted the relevant reports and ...


Japan 'state of emergency' over foot-and-mouth outbreak

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT

TOKYO: Japan today admitted it was slow to detect an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease as the affected region declared a state of emergency after culling more than 110,000 animals. The disease, which sickens animals but rarely affects humans, was confirmed in late April, three weeks after the first animals fell ill, triggering a beef and pork export ban and threatening Japan's premium Miyazaki beef sector.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who yesterday announced special aid for the region, conceded that "there may have been certain (problems) in terms of having done everything we could to prevent the spread" of the disease.

"The government will have to be united in working to avert further expansion of the infection," he said.

Hideo Higashikokubaru, the governor of Miyazaki, declared a state of emergency and warned that "we are facing the risk that the disease will spread beyond" his prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu.

By today, animal health workers had culled more than 114,000 cows, buffalo, pigs and goats to contain the disease that has spread to 126 farms.

Japan on April 20 suspended its beef and pork exports after detecting suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease in a cattle herd, in what was soon confirmed as the island-nation's first outbreak in a decade.

Officials said today that cases of animals falling ill in late March were initially misdiagnosed as normal diarrhoea.

"There was a mistake in that the initial diagnosis did not conclude it was foot-and-month disease," Hiroshi Nakai, the chief of the National Public Safety Commission, said in television footage.

- AFP

Thai protesters agree to talks to end violence

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:28 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters agreed on Tuesday to talks brokered by a Senate leader to end Thailand's deadliest political crisis in 18 years, but analysts doubted the negotiations would halt the spiralling violence.


U.S. to probe spill, containment efforts in high gear

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:28 PM PDT

HOUSTON/COCODRIE, La. (Reuters) - The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be in the political spotlight in Washington on Tuesday as energy giant BP scrambled to contain crude spewing from its ruptured deep-water well.


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