Monday, 18 February 2013

PEN to launch new book by Uli Schmetzer on Chinese conquest of Southeast Asia

  • BBC - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    A new hardline Sinhalese Buddhist group in Sri Lanka has called for the abolition of the Muslim halal system of certifying foods and other goods. The Bodu Bala Sena, or Buddhist Strength Force, ...

  • Protests erupt against anti-Shiite violence in Pakistan

    West Australian - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - Protests erupted across Pakistan Sunday to demand protection for Shiite Muslims after a bomb blast targeting the minority community killed 81 people, the latest in a series ...

  • Breastfeeding needed to save babies in Asia - Save the Children

    Yahoo - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Breastfeeding rates are declining across Asia Pacific, despite new research estimating that 830,000 babies could be saved globally each year if new mothers around the world breastfed immediately ...

  • No end in sight to state torture in Afghanistan

    Human Rights Watch - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    As pundits and critics discuss whether the recent Hollywood film offering Zero Dark Thirty wrongly implies justification for torture, a debate about torture that is all too real plays itself out in ...

  • Gender Equality is Essential for Future ASEAN Community

    Prensa Latina - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Jakarta, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) today considers gender equality as one of the main issues in the process of forming a regional community by 2015. ...

  • PEN to launch new book by Uli Schmetzer on Chinese conquest of Southeast Asia

    Inquirer Lifestyle - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    The Philippine Center of the International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, will launch "The Chinese Juggernaut," the newest book of the Australian journalist Uli Schmetzer, on Feb. 23, 5 p.m., at ...

  • Bangladesh moves to ban main Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami for war crimes

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Bangladeshi activists participate in a candlelight vigil in Dhaka on February 14, 2013 demanding the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah and others convicted of war crimes during ...

  • Khurshid calls Maldivian foreign minister over Nasheeds refuge in Indian high commission

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed said he was "dismayed" that his predecessor sought refuge in the Indian high commission when he was summoned to the ...

  • Bangladesh protests spark law change

    General Sources - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Bangladesh's parliament has amended a law which will allow the state to appeal against the life sentence of an Islamist party leader, after protesters called for his execution. Tens of ...

  • Israels ex-foreign minister Lieberman pleads not guilty as graft trial starts

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Avigdor Lieberman on charges of fraud and breach of trust opened at a Jerusalem court on Sunday in a case which will decide the former nightclub bouncer's political future. Wearing a dark-blue ...

  • More From Mad Mad World

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Australia thrash WI to win ICC Women's World Cup Australia clinched the ICC Women's World Cup for the sixth time when they defeated the West Indies by 114 runs in the final in Mumbai on ...

  • Huge crowds gather for Popes penultimate Sunday blessing - video

    The Guardian - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    At least 50,000 people gather in Vatican City on Sunday to hear Pope Benedict XVI deliver his second-to-last Angelus blessing. He did not make specific reference to his resignation, but asked ...

  • Northwest Pakistan feels 5.6 earthquake

    Middle East Times - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    An earthquake that jolted northwest Pakistan Sunday had a magnitude of 5.6, Pakistani seismologists said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage from the temblor, which was ...

  • Top Chinese triathletes head Subic Asian field

    Inquirer Sports - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    OLYMPIAN Bai Faquan leads a powerhouse Chinese contingent vying for the Elite crown in the K-Swiss Subic Bay ASTC Asian Triathlon Championships 2013 on April 27 to 29 at Subic Bay Freeport. Bai, ...

  • Hezbollah fighter 5 Syrian rebels killed in border fighting

    General Sources - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    AMMAN (Reuters) - At least one Hezbollah guerrilla and five Syrian rebels have been killed in fighting in Syrian territory on the border with Lebanon, nearby Lebanese residents and Syrian opposition ...

  • Malaysia deportation irks Australia

    BBC - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Australian PM Julia Gillard has said she is "surprised and disappointed" by Malaysia's treatment of Senator Nick Xenophon and vowed to press for an explanation of his deportation. Mr ...

  • Pakistan faces growing anger over sectarian attacks against Shias

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    QUETTA: Pakistan's unpopular government, which is gearing up for elections expected within months, faced growing anger on Sunday for failing to deliver stability after a sectarian bombing in ...

  • Bangladeshs Parliament amends war crimes law

    Tampa Bay Online - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Bangladesh's Parliament has amended the country's war crimes law, allowing prosecutors to appeal the life sentence given to an opposition leader for his role in ...

  • Foreigners held for spreading Christianity in LibyaFour foreigners have been arrested in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on suspicion of being Christian missionaries and printing books about Christianity a security official said on Saturday.

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Christian missionaries and printing books about Christianity, a security official said on Saturday. "They were arrested on Tuesday at a publishing house where they were printing thousands of ...

  • Pope Benedict XVI calls for Roman Catholic Church to renew thousands flock to Angelus

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Pope Benedict XVI, speaking before a larger than usual crowd at his penultimate Sunday address on February 17, 2013, asked the faithful to pray for him and for the next pope. (Reuters ...

  • Pray for me and next pope Benedict XVI

    Times of India - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict, speaking before a larger than usual crowd at his penultimate Sunday address, asked the faithful to pray for him and for the next pope. The crowd in St Peter's ...

  • Philippine firefight leads to massacre suspect arrest

    Business 247 - Sunday 17th February, 2013

    Young villagers work on oil palm fruit in Tanjung Labian in the area where suspected Philippine militants were holding off, near Lahad Datu on the Malaysian island of Borneo. Malaysia's ...

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