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News HeadlinesSri Lankan opposition leader arrested for seditionAsian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/09/2010 08:56 amSri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was been arrested and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army. Sarath Fonseka, who as the top general helped defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels, was hauled away from his office by military police on Monday after objecting to his arrest, opposition politician Rauff Hakeem told The Associated Press. Read More Recent Comments Toyota recalls Prius in JapanAsian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/09/2010 11:52 amToyota said Tuesday it is recalling 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose details of its global plans for a fix. The automaker will hold a news conference at its Tokyo office Tuesday to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S. Read More Recent Comments Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zoneAsian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/09/2010 08:40 amCouples gather near dusk to practice ballroom dancing by the new cultural center, twirling leisurely in the heart of a city so devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that leaders had planned to simply seal it off and rebuild elsewhere. Down the road at Wenchuan's new "House of Sunshine" apartment complex, families move into just-completed units, and Qiang ethnic minority women in vibrantly colored aprons line up at a new 200-bed hospital that was built in just 90 days. Read More Recent Comments Review: Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2010Peter Scudamore-Smith, Uncorked & Cultivated, 02/09/2010 05:09 amModernist wine author Nick Stock completed his second edition of this utility guide to wine late last year. Having heard the book had changed dramatically since first published under the authorship of Sydney writer Huon Hooke and Melbourne columnist Ralph Kyte-Powell, I bought a copy. Read More Recent Comments Empty rhetoric, politics and dearth of specificsDanny Arao, Philippine Fantasy, 02/09/2010 08:00 amThe presidential campaign officially starts today (February 9) and the debate organized yesterday morning (February 8) is supposed to give the Filipino electorate an idea of where the presidential candidates stand on pressing issues of the day. Read More Recent Comments Law-men at work Down UnderGavin Atkins, The ShadowLands, 02/09/2010 04:19 amSomething about the court case where Men at Work were found to have ripped off a children’s song for their worldwide hit Down Under just isn’t right. It’s obvious, yes, that Men at Work borrowed the tune, Kookaburra for parts of the song. The give-away is at the 52 second mark of the above video, where…well, have a look and you’ll get it. Read More Recent Comments What is happening in red shirt land?BP, Bangkok Pundit, 02/09/2010 07:00 amWith the upcoming court case about Thaksin's assets some foreign reporters have gone to the Northeast. Nirmal Ghosh in the Straits Times: "This is a call for democracy, and a message to the army not to interfere in politics," said Kwanchai Praipana, a regional red shirt leader in Udon Thani. Read More Recent Comments Report: NKorea's Kim reiterates disarmament pledgeAsian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/09/2010 11:14 amNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Il reiterated his country's pledge to achieve a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula when he met a senior Chinese envoy, Beijing's official news agency reported Tuesday. "The sincerity of relevant parties to resume the six-party talks is very important," Kim said during a meeting Monday with top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui, Xinhua News Agency reported from Pyongyang. Kim reiterated his country's "persistent stance to realize the denuclearization" of the peninsula, it said. Read More Recent Comments Bus plunges down ravine in south China, killing 7Asian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/09/2010 08:34 amA bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported. At least 53 people were on the bus, which was traveling on a highway in the Guangxi region, when it rolled down the 320-foot- (100-meter-) deep ravine, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing police in Hechi city near the crash. Four people were in the SUV. Read More Recent Comments 17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalancheAsian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/08/2010 21:02 pmA massive avalanche hit an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing at least 11 soldiers and trapping nearly 50 others. Read More Recent Comments Body found in airplane wheel-well at Tokyo airportAsian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/08/2010 21:54 pmJapanese authorities are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York. The body of the apparent stowaway, identified only as that of a male with dark skin, was clad only in a long-sleeved, plaid shirt and jeans, police at the Narita International Airport said. Read More Recent Comments Bearding the Shiv Sena in its own denBala Murali Krishna, Indian Century, 02/08/2010 20:10 pmIt looks like the Shiv Sena tiger is caged, for now. It is down 0-2, and it must hurt to be licked by arguably the two best-looking men in the country − Rahul Gandhi and Shah Rukh Khan. Pretty soon, it could be 0-3 if − as is likely − it backs down on its threat to stop Australians from playing in the Indian Premier League. Read More Recent Comments Democrat spokesman compares red shirts to dogsBP, Bangkok Pundit, 02/08/2010 20:00 pmMatichon quotes Democrat spokesman Thepthai as stating that Thaksin has twittered about the conflicts between the reds and Thepthai states the conflict has arisen as Thaksin is trying to bring all the red shirts together. Thaksin is like the owner of a dog farm who gets dogs from different places and brings them together. One day the food runs out and he throws them a single bone and so that that there is barking is normal. However, if lots of bones are thrown then they will be quiet (พ.ต.ท. ทักษิณ กำลังทำตัวเป็นเจ้าของฟาร์มเลี้ยงสุนัข ที่ไปเอาสุนัขจากที่ต่าง ๆ มารวมกัน วันหนึ่งอาหารไม่พอ โยนเศษกระดูกให้อันเดียว ก็เลยกัดกันเป็นเรื่องธรรมดา แต่ถ้าโยนเศษกระดูกให้ทั่วถึงเสียงกัดกันก็จะเงียบไป). Read More Recent Comments Thailand tightens security ahead of Thaksin rulingAsian Correspondent, Breaking News, 02/08/2010 20:11 pmThailand has started deploying about 20,000 security forces to brace for protests ahead of a widely anticipated court ruling on the $2.2 billion fortune of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Supporters of Thaksin have stepped up anti-government demonstrations ahead of the Feb. Read More Recent Comments Richie faces tough undefeated MexicanEdwin Espejo, Chronicles from Mindanao by a Mindanao Journalist, 02/08/2010 09:07 amWORLD title hopeful Richie Mepranum will face the toughest fight of his career when he topbills a pre-Pacquiao fight in Grapevine, Texas on March 12 (March 13 Philippine time), the day before Manny Pacquiao meets Ghanian Joshua Clottey. Read More Recent Comments
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Reader HeadlinesReforming Indian education01/19/2010 14:27 pmBy Professor P Radhakrishnan I Reforming Indian education in the context of access and affordability, infrastructure, institutional ambience, quality, content, funding, regulatory mechanisms, and so on, is long overdue. After the rhetoric on it for several years, it looks as though it would b... Read More Recent Comments Thailand scoops 'Best Tourist Country' award01/15/2010 17:01 pmIn some much needed good news for tourism in Thailand it was announced Friday that it scooped the 'Best Tourist Country' award in Norway. The news coincided with an announcement by Thai Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa that the government is extending its free visa scheme to boost tou... Read More Recent Comments Andal Ampatuan Sr. before Philippine courts today12/08/2009 09:13 amPhilippine prosecutors are asking the Philippine military to "produce" suspended Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. before the courts today. Ampatuan has been charged with two crimes - rebellion and as principal mastermind in the brutal massacre of 57 people in Shariff Aguak town in Maguin... Read More Recent Comments South Korea Wins At WCG 200912/03/2009 20:47 pmResults found here. The grand final of the World Cyber Games ended in a great success for South Korea, with 82,000 spectators and 600 journalists worldwide visiting Chengdu, China to watch the last 4 days of the well-known Olympic Computer Gaming event. South Korea ranked in 1st place with 3 gold ... Read More Recent Comments Philippines Massacre: Containing the crisis - Part 212/02/2009 10:07 amIn the second of a two-part series, Philippines press secretary and Mindanao massacre 'crisis manager' Jesus G. Dureza recollects his four critical days in Maguindanao following the brutal slaughter of at least 57 people, including 30 journalists. If you haven't read Part 1 of this article yet, you ... Read More Recent Comments Philippines Massacre: Containing the crisis - Part 112/01/2009 10:34 amIn the first of a two-part series, Philippines press secretary Jesus G. Dureza recollects his four critical days in Maguindanao following the brutal slaughter of at least 57 people, including 30 journalists. DAY ONE - November 23 (Monday) I was monitoring closely reports about a missing conv... Read More Recent Comments AsianCorrespondent hits 1 million visitor landmark11/27/2009 20:14 pmAsianCorrespondent.com achieved an important landmark this week as we received our millionth visitor to the site. Having launched AsianCorrespondent.com in Beta less than six weeks ago, this was well above our expectations and has already brought us inside the top 50,000 in the Alexa website ranking... Read More Recent Comments Dark days for press freedom in Asia11/25/2009 11:11 amReading AsianCorrespondent.com over the past week or two has thrown into sharp focus the lack of press freedom in Asia. The shocking massacre of up to 37 journalists and media workers in the Philippines on Monday sent shock waves through the media world.Journalism has long been rated as one of the m... Read More Recent Comments More than 1 bn people around the world facing hunger11/18/2009 11:35 amThe global economic meltdown and decrease in charitable donations is exacerbating the already bleak picture of global hunger crises. According to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, more than 1 billion people around the world are facing hunger. Women and children are the most affected, with statistics... Read More Recent Comments Leonid meteor shower to light up Asian skies tonight11/17/2009 17:42 pmOne of the most spectacular meteor showers in years is due to light up the skies across Asia tonight (Nov 17) or in the early hours of Wednesday morning, but you may have to sacrifice some sleep if you want to see the best of it. The Leonid meteor shower is caused by the Tempel-Tuttel every Novembe... Read More Recent Comments 10 best free applications for Mac11/17/2009 12:06 pmNot strictly Asia related, but one reader sent in this handy list of free applications for your Apple Mac. Please feel to add more suggestions in the comments. Enjoy... Audacity Considering its completely free, Audacity is an excellent piece of audio editing software. This open source application ... Read More Recent Comments Asia fares poorly in global gender gap survey11/11/2009 11:52 amBy R.K. Rathore Asian countries are leading the global economic recovery but when it comes to women’s status in society, the region comes off pretty poorly in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report for 2009. Only one Asian country, the Philippines, figures in the top 10 of ... Read More Recent Comments Run the world11/06/2009 22:07 pmIf you ran the world what would be your top priority? Climate change? Education? Child abuse? Disease prevention? It’s an impossible choice. And you don’t run the world. So what can you do? Run the World has a plan.On January 11, 2010, people all over the world will take charge and... Read More Recent Comments Panda fever grips Chiang Mai, Thailand11/03/2009 20:47 pmWhat's black and white and makes the news every day? No, not a newspaper. It's Linping, the Chiang Mai panda cub. In the short five months of her life, Linping has captured the hearts of the people of this sleepy city in Northern Thailand. Tune into the local Chiang Mai news and you will see, witho... Read More Recent Comments Thaksin steals ASEAN summit show again10/27/2009 17:23 pmWhile Thailand's second attempt this year at hosting the ASEAN summit passed off peacefully in the seaside town of Cha-am at the weekend, Thaksin Shinawatra still managed to grab his fair share of the headlines. In April of this year, the region's leaders had to be evacuated from the ASEAN meet in ... Read More Recent Comments |
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Why Apple iPad should skip India Sriram Vadlamani, 02/09/2010 India is not a market for evolutionary products like iPad. It is a market for revolutionary products. iPod was a revolutionary product but it clicked in India only after it went through itera... Read Post | Comments |
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Veera on Sudarat vs Chalerm BP, 02/09/2010 Have previously blogged on the public fight between Khunying Sudarat and Chalerm Yubamrung, but Veera in the Bangkok Post has an op-ed on the situation. Key excerpt: The maverick MP was also unhapp... Read Post | Comments |
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Othello scam uncovered , 02/09/2010 Man. It seems you just can't trust anyone these days - hidden cameras with earphones were used to scam othello players out of their money in Busan.... Read Post | Comments |
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Pastor Rony Tan offended Buddists in bideos and questioned by Singapore's ISD Wilma Teng , 02/09/2010 The Singapore’s Internal Security Department (ISD) has reportedly interviewed Senior Pastor Rony Tan for his contentious videos posted on the website of the Lighthouse Evangelism independent c... Read Post | Comments |
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Official election campaign gets underway in the Philippines Tonyo Cruz, 02/09/2010 Aspirants to be the next president of the Philippines started their 90-day campaign today along with candidates for vice president, 12 senators and partylist representatives in Congress. Barring any ... Read Post | Comments |
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Empty rhetoric, electoral politics and dearth of specifics Danny Arao, 02/09/2010 The presidential campaign officially starts today (February 9) and the debate organized yesterday morning (February 8) is supposed to give the Filipino electorate an idea of where the presidential can... Read Post | Comments |
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