Media-Asia: More Than Just Freedom
By LYNETTE LEE CORPORAL / IPS WRITER / BANGKOK
More than gaining the freedom to report on society’s problems Asian media must gauge it’s real contribution to the public‘s needs, especially at a time of increasing commercialization.
Singapore Advocacy Groups Campaign 'Days Off' for Maids
By GILLIAN WONG / AP WRITER / SINGAPORE
Foreign domestic workers in Singapore, most of whom live with their employers, deserve a regular rest day just like anyone else in the city-state, said organizers of a new campaign starting on Thursday. |
Hong Kong Deports Activists ahead of Olympic Torch Arrival
By MIN LEE / AP WRITER / HONG KONG
At least seven activists, including three pro-Tibet protesters who planned to demonstrate during Hong Kong's Olympic torch relay, have been deported ahead of the flame's arrival in the territory Wednesday. |
Tourism Industry Tries to Reduce Its ‘Carbon Footprint’
By DENIS D. GRAY /AP WRITER/ BANGKOK
Citing green hotels, coconut oil fuel for airlines and even recyclable golf tees, executives of the world's largest industry say they are urgently trying to shrink tourism's oversized environmental footprint. |
Indonesia Stages Flu Pandemic Drill
By ZAKKI HAKIM / AP WRITER / BALI
"Let us out! We don't want to die here!" a man screamed as masked police officers set up barricades around his village after learning the deadly bird flu virus had mutated to a form spreading rapidly among humans. |
Rebels in Attack on E Timor's PM Surrender
By GUIDO GOULART / AP WRITER / DILI
A dozen rebels accused in the February assassination attempt on East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta surrendered in the capital Tuesday. |
China Sentences Tibetans for Their Roles in Riots
By TINI TRAN / AP WRITER / BEIJING
A Chinese court sentenced 17 people, including six monks, Tuesday to jail terms ranging from three years to life in prison for their roles in deadly riots in the Tibetan capital last month. |
Food Crisis Adds to Women’s Burden in Asia
By MARWAAN MACAN-MAKER / IPS WRITER / BANGKOK
As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia’s women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women’s rights activists from across the region. |
Malaysia's New Lawmakers Take Oath of Office
By SEAN YOONG / AP WRITER / KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia's newly elected lawmakers took the oath of office on Monday to join a revamped parliament which for the first time in 40 years has a huge opposition presence challenging the government's power. |
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Thailand Has Enough Rice, Won't Cut Exports |
| By ASSOCIATED PRESS / SINGAPORE |
| Thailand has enough rice stocks to meet all its export commitments despite talk of shortages of on the global market, the Thai finance minister said. |
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Genocide Tribunal Hears Appeal for Release of Ex-Khmer Rouge Leader |
| By KER MUNTHIT / AP WRITER / PHNOM PENH |
| A former top Khmer Rouge leader went before Cambodia's genocide tribunal to seek his release from pre-trial detention, represented by a French lawyer known for defending Nazis, serial killers and Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal. |
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Vietnamese Workers Go on Strike |
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| More than 4,000 workers walked off the job at a privately owned shoe factory in Ho Chi Minh City, demanding higher pay to keep pace with rising inflation. |
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Olympic Torch Relay Staggers through Asia |
| By ERIC TALMADGE / AP WRITER / TOKYO |
| The Beijing Olympic torch will make its Japan debut in a parking lot. If you want a good view, now's the time to join the riot police. |
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