Controversial French MP praises 'courage' of migrants illegally headed for Britain The Daily Mail | Controversial: Jack Lang has demanded urgent humanitarian aid for migrants in Calais | The French MP for Calais has praised the 'courage' of migrants who trek thousands of miles across Europe to sneak illegally into Britain. | Former culture minister Jack Lang also called for urgent humanitarian a...
8 armed men killed in shootout with Quezon cops Inquirer | CANDELARIA, Quezon, Philippines—(UPDATE 2) At least eight suspected members of a criminal gang were killed early Monday in an alleged shootout with local policemen manning the Commission on Elections mobile checkpoint here. | Police said the shootout happened in front of the Philippine National Po...
Anwar wants judge removed The Star | newsdesk@thestar.com.my | KUALA LUMPUR: In an unexpected move, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim applied to recuse the High Court judge presiding over his second sodomy trial on grounds that his two rulings concerning news reports of the case raised an elem...
Don't respond to illegal moneylenders The Star | JOHOR BARU: Members of the public have been reminded not to be enticed by posters, banners and leaflets put up by illegal moneylenders here offering cash for the coming Chinese New Year. | Johor MCA public services and complaints bureau head Chia S...
Chongqing's former police director on trial China Daily | Prosecutors allege ex-official took bribes to protect gangs | CHONGQING: Another former senior police official in this municipality is facing charges of accepting bribes from mafia-style gangs and providing them protection. | The trial follows on t...
Death sentence for 'White House boss' China Daily | A former official in East China's Anhui province nicknamed "the director in the White House" was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve yesterday for taking bribes, and retaliating against and framing an innocent person. | The sentence was han...
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CA allows FG to present affirmative defenses in media suit Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- The Court of Appeals ordered the Makati Regional Trial Court to hear First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo's 'affirmative defenses' before pushing through wit...
Oh, What a Feeling: Watching Toyota Flunk for Once The New York Times | Life, goes the cliché, is just high school writ large, and in the senior class of automakers, Toyota was the straight-A student who wrecked the curve for everyone. Name th...
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Missed signs in Toyota recalls Kansas City Star Itsuo Inouye The Toyota Motor Corp. headquarters stands in Toyota, central Japan, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Japanese media sharply criticized Toyota President Akio Toyoda Saturday as...
Fonseka taken into custody by Sri Lankan military police: aide Indian Express | Sri Lanka's defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka was on Monday night arrested by the military police, a fortnight after he suffered defeat at the hands of incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa. | A close aide of the former Army Chief...
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone The News & Observer | WENCHUAN, China -- Couples 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 e...
Bus plunges down ravine in south China, killing 7 The News & Observer | BEIJING -- A 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 i...
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity Asia Times | By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. | This is particularly in light of the deterioration of bilateral ties due to issues ranging from the value of the ...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Vanke, Agile Property and Poly, are believed to be in...
