S.Korea raises privacy concerns on smartphone apps |
- S.Korea raises privacy concerns on smartphone apps
- China says Japan must act to meet Beijing halfway
- Wing-flapping aircraft in Canada
- S.Korea seeks big spending rise to guard against N.Korea
- Asia urged to boost rice reserves
- Japan PM to attend Asia-Europe meet amid China row
- DAP only interested in weakening SUPP: Wong
- Philippine bishops to support protests against birth control
- Suicide rate rises among China's elderly: state media
- Medvedev ends embattled Moscow mayor's 18 year rule
- New UK Labour leader distances himself from Brown
- N.Korean leader's son unveiled, seen as successor
- Obama hits the road in hopes of firing up voters
- Australian PM wins first test in hung parliament
- ANALYSIS - Thailand struggles against tide of corruption
- Making Malaysia a better place to live in
- Man and croc are 'best friends'
- North Korean leader’s son unveiled, seen as successor
- Russian president fires defiant Moscow mayor
- Q+A - Australia's new parliament meets but will government last?
| S.Korea raises privacy concerns on smartphone apps Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:34 AM PDT SEOUL, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - Seoul prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged a South Korean company with illegally collecting customers' personal information via a smartphone application in a rare legal case.
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| China says Japan must act to meet Beijing halfway Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:29 AM PDT BEIJING, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - China on Tuesday called on Japan to take "candid and practical" actions to meet Beijing "halfway" to resolve the bitter, weeks-long spat between the Asian neighbours.
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| Wing-flapping aircraft in Canada Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:26 AM PDT (TORONTO-AFP) - A Canadian student -- inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's sketches of an ornithopter in 1485 -- became the first to make a sustained flight in a human-powered, wing-flapping aircraft, the University of Toronto announced. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ University of Toronto), 2010.
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| S.Korea seeks big spending rise to guard against N.Korea Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:11 AM PDT SEOUL, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - South Korea on Tuesday proposed a big increase in military spending next year, citing the need to strengthen security and buy new weapons after the sinking of a warship in an attack blamed on North Korea.
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| Asia urged to boost rice reserves Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:10 AM PDT MANILA, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - Asian countries need to sharply increase and better manage rice stocks to improve food security in a region where 65 percent of the world's hungry live, a report said.
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| Japan PM to attend Asia-Europe meet amid China row Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:08 AM PDT TOKYO, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan will attend a meeting of Asian and European leaders in Brussels next week, Tokyo officials said Tuesday, amid a row with China over a disputed island chain.
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| DAP only interested in weakening SUPP: Wong Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:07 AM PDT The Chinese Community must seriously consider if it still wanted the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) to continue to represent and serve them.
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| Philippine bishops to support protests against birth control Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:07 AM PDT MANILA, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - Catholic bishops in the Philippines on Tuesday warned they would support protests against President Benigno Aquino if he pushed through with his plan to promote contraception.
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| Suicide rate rises among China's elderly: state media Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:06 AM PDT BEIJING, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - The suicide rate among the elderly living in China's urban areas has become alarmingly high as they face rising medical bills and relocations from their homes, state media reported Tuesday.
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| Medvedev ends embattled Moscow mayor's 18 year rule Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:05 AM PDT MOSCOW, Tuesday 28 September 2010 (AFP) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday fired Moscow's strongman mayor Yury Luzhkov, ending a controversial 18 year rule that saw the Russian capital boom but also attracted bitter criticism.
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| New UK Labour leader distances himself from Brown Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:00 AM PDT MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party will signal a break with some of the party's policies on Tuesday, and distance himself from former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's stewardship of the economy.
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| N.Korean leader's son unveiled, seen as successor Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:33 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il gave his youngest son his first public title on Tuesday, naming him a general in a move analysts said marked the first stage of dynastic succession in the secretive state.
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| Obama hits the road in hopes of firing up voters Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:33 AM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (Reuters) - President Barack Obama travels across the United States this week to try to regenerate enthusiasm among voters -- particularly young ones -- whose support Democrats desperately need if they hope to hold onto their majorities in the U.S. Congress on Nov. 2.
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| Australian PM wins first test in hung parliament Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:33 AM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won the first major test of her new minority Labour government's stability on Tuesday with the election of her nominee for speaker of parliament.
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| ANALYSIS - Thailand struggles against tide of corruption Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:33 AM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - From minor bribes to dubious multi-billion-dollar procurement deals, corruption is as endemic as ever in Thailand despite the fastest economic growth in 13 years and a government led by an Oxford-educated technocrat.
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| Making Malaysia a better place to live in Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:54 PM PDT We must make sincere and serious efforts to eliminate the difficulties and obstacles in our pursuit of a more tolerant and understanding society. We must never give up in this struggle to make Malaysia a better place to live and work for all the peoples of the various races.
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| Man and croc are 'best friends' Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:27 PM PDT A fisherman in Costa Rica has been explaining his unusual relationship with a crocodile called "Pocho", who he plays with like a pet dog.
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| North Korean leader’s son unveiled, seen as successor Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:31 PM PDT SEOUL, Sept 28 — North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il gave his youngest son his first public title today, naming him a general in a move analysts said marked the first stage of dynastic succession in the secretive state. State media mentioned Kim Jong-un for the first time by name, but without identifying him as the son of the iron ruler, hours ...
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| Russian president fires defiant Moscow mayor Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:37 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday sacked a powerful political opponent, veteran Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who criticised the Kremlin and then defied mounting pressure to resign.
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| Q+A - Australia's new parliament meets but will government last? Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:37 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament met on Tuesday for the first time since a dead-heat Aug. 21 election produced the first hung parliament since World War Two, throwing a cloud over major mining tax and emissions trade policies.
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