Report Finds Online Censorship More Sophisticated
By ANICK JESDANUN / AP WRITER
Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said.
Thai Media Caught in Red-or-Yellow Divide
By LYNETTE LEE CORPORAL / IPS WRITER
Anyone who is still trying to look for neutrality or balance in the Thai media in these days of political ferment, ahead of large anti-government protests expected in the capital, has a pretty tough job. |
Philippine Health Chief, Church Fight over Condoms
By TERESA CEROJANO / AP WRITER
Philippines' bishops issue angry statements slamming condom distribution as immoral and called for the resignation of Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, who ordered the campaign. |
Cambodia Tests Rocket Launchers
By SOPHENG CHEANG / AP WRITER
Cambodia showed off the firepower of its Soviet-made multiple rocket launchers in an exercise that comes amid simmering tensions with its neighbor Thailand. |
Indonesians Complain about ‘Noise’ of Democracy
By KAFIL YAMIN / IPS WRITER
A recent survey revealed that Indonesians thought ‘reformasi’ or the movement to bring a country of 243 million people from dictatorship to a democracy had failed. |
Redshirts Ready for 'Million-man' March
By SIMON ROUGHNEEN
Anti-government Redshirt supporters say that the Thai government must choose between suppression of its proposed “million-man” peaceful protest on March 14, or dissolution of the current Democrat-led government. |
Philippines Children's Charities Feel Economic Crunch
By KARA SANTOS / IPS WRITER
Children's charities and NGOs in the Philippines face tough times ahead as major overseas funders cut back on financial support due to the global financial crisis, against a backdrop of donor fatigue. |
Thai Rural Protesters Prepare to Paint Bangkok Red
By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR / IPS WRITER
The recent verdict by the Thai court to seize $ 1.5 billion worth of Thaksin’s assets is expected to see more angry red shirts head for the protest scheduled in Bangkok from March 12 to 14. |
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Thaksin Found Guilty over Burma Loan |
| By SAW YAN NAING and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| The ousted Thai prime minister was found guilty of using his influence while in power to extend a low-interest loan to Burma that benefited his telecommunications company. |
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Thaksin Supporters Denounce Thai Court Verdict |
| By THANYARAT DOKSONE / AP WRITER |
| Supporters of populist Thaksin denounced a court order to seize $1.4 billion of his assets, and vowed to pursue a nonviolent struggle for what they said would be a people's democracy. |
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Judgment Day for Thaksin |
| By SIMON ROUGHNEEN |
| Politically troubled Thailand faces “Judgment Day” on Friday when the country's Supreme Court rules on what to do with US $2.26 billion frozen in ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family bank accounts. |
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Thaksin Pleads for Sympathy, End to Exile |
| By THANYARAT DOKSONE / AP WRITER |
| Thailand's ousted PM emotionally pleaded for sympathy and an end to his exile, days before Supreme Court decides whether $2.29 billion of his family's fortune should be seized due to alleged corruption. |
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UN Chief Says Climate Danger Is Real |
| By JIM GOMEZ / AP WRITER |
| Ban Ki-moon urged environment ministers to reject attempts by skeptics to undermine efforts to forge a climate change deal, stressing that global warming poses "a clear and present danger." |
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What Will China Do With Its Veto? |
| By MOHAMMED A SALIH and ELI CLIFTON |
| How China responds to mounting pressure for tougher sanctions on Iran is being viewed as a major test of the current relations and a determinant of the future shape of bilateral ties between Washington and Beijing. |
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