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Sam Rainsy cancels Phnom Penh rally
Associated Press, Published on 30/03/2014
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's opposition party held a symbolic march Sunday to avoid possible clashes with authorities, after the government banned it from meeting in one of the capital's public parks. Hundreds of security officers, armed with shields and batons, stood by to observe the peaceful rally.
Taiwan masses slam China trade deal
Associated Press, Published on 30/03/2014
» Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the streets around Taiwan's Parliament on Sunday to voice their opposition to a trade pact with China, part of a nearly 2-week-old protest that is challenging the president's policy of moving the democratic island economically closer to China.
'Grandmaster' wins 7 film awards
Associated Press, Published on 28/03/2014
» MACAU - "The Grandmaster" won best picture, best director for Wong Kar Wai and five other honors at the Asian Film Awards.
Philippine ship evades China blockade
Associated Press, Published on 29/03/2014
» SECOND THOMAS SHOAL — A Philippine government ship slipped past a Chinese coast guard blockade Saturday and brought food and fresh troops to a marooned navy ship used as a base by Filipino troops to bolster the country's territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea.
Court throws out Saudi killing case
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2014
» The Criminal Court on Monday dismissed a case against five men connected to the police and accused of slaying a Saudi businessman whose disappearance 24 years ago has marred relations between the two countries ever since.
'Dire crisis' for Rohingya
Associated Press, Published on 01/04/2014
» YANGON - International relief organisations forced to flee western Myanmar after being targeted by Buddhist mobs say it will be almost impossible to return without strong diplomatic pressure on the government to depoliticise the distribution of aid: Until then, they say, the lives of more than 140,000 Rohingya Muslims in overcrowded, dirty camps will be at risk.
UN slams Rohingya census exclusion
Associated Press, Published on 02/04/2014
» The UN agency helping Myanmar carry out its first census in decades said it was "deeply concerned" members of the long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim population were not being counted, accusing the government of going back on its word.
Chinese tourist kidnapped in Malaysia
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Suspected Filipino insurgents seized a Chinese tourist and a hotel worker from a dive resort in eastern Malaysia and then fled by speed boat, Malaysian and Philippine officials said on Thursday.
The power of 13
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2014
» It is unlucky to stay inside on the 13th day of the Iranian New Year, but fear surrounding the number 13 has chilled people for centuries around the world. The fear of the number even has its own psychological term coined in 1910: "Triskaidekaphobia."
Angkor temples added to Street View
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2014
» PHNOM PENH - The spectacular temples of Cambodia's historic Angkor civilisation have been incorporated into Google's Street View.