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Chinese Embassy Secretly Organizes Overseas Chinese Students to Support Olympic Torch Relay in Japan

Friday, April 25, 2008 8:30:00 AM

JAPAN—Chinese Student and Scholar Associations (CSSA) in Japanese universities have received notice from the Chinese Embassy, asking them to mobilize all possible manpower to Nagano on April 26 to sup ...   Full Story

Heavy Rain Disrupts Malaysian Leg of Olympic Torch Relay

Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:11:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The Malaysian leg of 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay has completed on Monday afternoon in Kuala Lumpur with heightened security, few protests and heavy rain.Extremely tight ...   Full Story

U.S. Seeks Tougher U.N. Statement on Burma

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:39:00 PM

UNITED NATIONS—The United States Wednesday circulated a new and tougher draft statement to the U.N. Security Council scolding Burma (called Myanmar by the ruling junta) for ignoring U.N. demands to fr ...   Full Story

Olympic Torch Relay in Indonesia on Grim Trip

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:33:00 PM

JAKARTA—The Olympic torch was paraded through a heavily guarded stadium in Jakarta on Tuesday after police stopped about 100 protesters from disrupting the latest leg of the torch's fraught journe ...   Full Story

East Timor Parliament Lifts Emergency Rule

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:20:00 AM

East Timor's parliament agreed on Tuesday to lift a state of emergency imposed following an attack on President Jose Ramos-Horta in February, parliament speaker Fernando de Araujo said.   Full Story

Falun Gong Protests Against Intensified Persecution Ahead of Olympic Games

Monday, April 21, 2008 9:32:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated outside the Chinese embassy on Friday morning, raising concerns of intensified persecution of the group in China by the Chinese Communist P ...   Full Story

As Rice Prices Soar, Thai Farmers Roll Up Sleeves

Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:50:00 PM

SUPHAN BURI, Thailand—Pranee On-lamoon gazes anxiously at her newly planted rice paddy, hoping to cash in on a price rally that has so far eluded most Thai growers.Like many farmers in the heart of ...   Full Story

Burma Arrests Keep Pressure on 'No' Campaign

Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:30:00 PM

YANGON—Burma's junta is intensifying its campaign of intimidation against dissidents, and conducting a propaganda drive, to ensure its new constitution gets passed in a referendum next month, oppo ...   Full Story

East Timor President Denies Linked Indonesia to Attack

Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:13:00 PM

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta denied on Sunday that he had linked Indonesia's army to an attack on him after Jakarta said such a suggestion could hurt ties between the countries.   Full Story

South Korea Culls 3 Million Birds as Bird Flu Spreads Fast

Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:23:00 AM

SEOUL—South Korea said on Thursday it had culled three million farmed birds and was probing seven fresh cases of suspected bird flu, as the country grapples with its worst avian influenza outbreak in ...   Full Story

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