Hong Kong Picasso sale aims to tap China demand |
- Hong Kong Picasso sale aims to tap China demand
- Thai inmates riot over confiscated cell phones
- Chong Eu a great Penangite, a great Malaysian, and a great patriot
- China says Vatican position violates religious freedom
- Frenchwomen protest violence by wearing skirts
- Malaysia to become deepwater O&G hub: Najib
- Malaysia ports handling capacity up 16.6%
- Axiata's strong performance to continue next year
- China artist Ai Weiwei to compile list of Shanghai fire dead
- More than half of Vietnamese wives abused by husbands: study
- India hit by another major corruption scandal
- Bastille prison's secrets go on display
- Tight security for Czech relics
- China students go on rampage over canteen price hikes
- Obama pardons turkeys, thwarts second 'shellacking'
- Communicating with children in a French hospital
- N.Korea used rockets to pound S.Korean island: lawmaker
- 'Comfort women' call on Japan for full apology
- China expresses concern over US-SKorea military exercises
- Taiwan prosecutors appeal ex-president's financial acquittal
| Hong Kong Picasso sale aims to tap China demand Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:22 AM PST HONG KONG, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - Picasso masterpieces worth millions of dollars are to go on sale in Hong Kong Friday as dealers cash in on growing interest from wealthy investors looking for art beyond China's borders.
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| Thai inmates riot over confiscated cell phones Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:14 AM PST BANGKOK, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - Inmates at a Thai prison rioted and lit fires Thursday in protest at a crackdown on the use of mobile telephones, officials said.
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| Chong Eu a great Penangite, a great Malaysian, and a great patriot Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:05 AM PST Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu is surely a great Penangite, a great Malaysian, and a great patriot. The nation owns much to this great man. Much more could be written about him, but what is the most significant is that he is one person who has made Penang a great place to live and work in, and Penangites are forever in his debt.
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| China says Vatican position violates religious freedom Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:58 AM PST BEIJING, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - China, which strictly controls the church, said Thursday that Vatican opposition to the official Chinese Catholic body's ordination of a bishop amounted to a violation of freedom of religion.
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| Frenchwomen protest violence by wearing skirts Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:55 AM PST PARIS, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - Decades after fighting for the right to wear trousers, all French women were on Thursday called on to perform the "militant act" of wearing a skirt to protest violence against women.
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| Malaysia to become deepwater O&G hub: Najib Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:49 AM PST Malaysia will soon become one of the world's four deepwater oil and gas hubs, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with industry leaders like the United States, Brazil and Europe.
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| Malaysia ports handling capacity up 16.6% Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:49 AM PST Malaysian ports handling capacity between January and October this year surged by 16.6% to 15,306,048 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), with Port Klang, specifically Westport, leading the way.
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| Axiata's strong performance to continue next year Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:48 AM PST Axiata Group Bhd's strong performance is expected to continue next year, especially in Indonesia and Bangladesh, where its penetration rates are 80% and 34% respectively, says MIDF Research.
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| China artist Ai Weiwei to compile list of Shanghai fire dead Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PST BEIJING, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - Chinese artist and government gadfly Ai Weiwei has embarked on his latest provocative social crusade, launching a "citizen's investigation" into last week's Shanghai fire that killed at least 58 people.
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| More than half of Vietnamese wives abused by husbands: study Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:37 AM PST HANOI, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - More than half of all Vietnamese wives have been the victim of physical, sexual or emotional abuse by their partners, a joint study by the government and the United Nations said Thursday.
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| India hit by another major corruption scandal Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:42 AM PST NEW DELHI, Nov 25 – India's reputation as a place to do business took another hit after the scandal-tainted government charged top public sector bankers of accepting bribes worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday arrested five officials from state-run listed companies, including the chief ...
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| Bastille prison's secrets go on display Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:46 PM PST A new exhibition has opened in Paris close to where the Bastille once stood, revealing some of the famous prison's secrets.
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| Tight security for Czech relics Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:43 PM PST A rare 13th century casket, believed to contain the relics of three saints, has been transported to a castle in the Czech capital Prague.
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| China students go on rampage over canteen price hikes Posted: 24 Nov 2010 04:32 PM PST BEIJING: A group of high school students in China smashed windows and overturned tables after their canteen hiked prices, the school's principal said today, amid growing anxiety over soaring food costs. Students at the No 2 High School in Liupanshui city in the southwestern region of Guizhou went on a rampage on Monday after prices for dishes and bottled water went up by between 0.2 and 0.5 yuan (three to seven cents), principal Fan Guoqing said. "The prices have been lowered back to their original levels," Fan said by telephone. State media reported about a thousand students were involved in the incident but Fan said only 10-20 students took part while many others cheered them on. Media reports said no one was injured in the protest. Fan said the students involved would receive "criticism and education". The incident came after Beijing, ever fearful of inflation's historic potential to spark unrest in China, announced a series of measures aimed at curbing spiralling prices and easing consumer angst over rising food costs. Prices of some vegetables have rocketed more than 60% this year and inflation hit a two-year high of 4.4% in October, largely due to soaring food costs and above the government's official full-year target of 3%. In the past week, the government has ordered a range of steps to ensure supplies of key goods, offered financial help to the needy and vowed to impose price caps if necessary. The central bank yesterday said it would continue efforts to stem the volume of credit flooding into the economy and use "various monetary policy tools" to maintain stable prices – suggesting further interest rate hikes and restrictions on bank lending could be imminent. - AFP
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| Obama pardons turkeys, thwarts second 'shellacking' Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:06 AM PST WASHINGTON, Wednesday 24 November 2010 (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday spared the lives of two turkeys that would otherwise be the centerpieces of Thanksgiving Day meals, thus stopping what he called a second "shellacking" in one month.
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| Communicating with children in a French hospital Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST (PARIS-AFP) - One of the key challenges in a hospital is good communication with patients, to ensure doctors can establish exactly what the problem is. But for very young patients, explaining exactly what hurts -- and what, or who, caused it -- can be fraught with difficulties. Now, drawing on established therapeutic methods, a French scheme is introducing a new weapon designed to help children tell adults about their symptoms -- using just a felt-tip pen...and a new kind of doll. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2010.
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| N.Korea used rockets to pound S.Korean island: lawmaker Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:48 PM PST SEOUL, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - A South Korean lawmaker presented North Korean rocket casings Thursday from the attack on a border island, pointing to the use of high-explosive weapons against civilian targets.
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| 'Comfort women' call on Japan for full apology Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:48 PM PST TOKYO, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - Six former Korean wartime sex slaves and more than 200 supporters gathered Thursday in Tokyo to call on Japan for a full official apology and compensation in a petition to Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
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| China expresses concern over US-SKorea military exercises Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:47 PM PST BEIJING, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - China on Thursday expressed "concern" over plans for joint US-South Korean military exercises in the wake of North Korea's artillery bombardment of a South Korean island.
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| Taiwan prosecutors appeal ex-president's financial acquittal Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:44 PM PST TAIPEI, Thursday 25 November 2010 (AFP) - Taiwanese prosecutors said Thursday they have appealled an acquittal of former president Chen Shui-bian in a financial scandal involving two high-profile bank mergers.
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