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Gasoline Tax Hike Turns More Voters Off to Japan's PM
Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:30:00 PM
TOKYO—Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has slumped to about 20 percent after his ruling coalition reinstated an unpopular tax on gasoline and raised health care fees for some elderly, ...   Full Story
 

Bush Orders Burma State Companies' Assets Frozen
Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:56:00 PM
President Bush said Thursday he has ordered the U.S. Treasury to freeze the assets of Burma's state-owned companies to further pressure the leadership there over human rights abuses.   Full Story
 

Farrow in Hong Kong to Speak During Torch Relay
Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:10:00 AM
Actress Mia Farrow and a Darfur activist were allowed into Hong Kong on Thursday to give a speech criticising China's ties with Sudan, after flying in from New York.   Full Story
 

Boats Collide in Sydney Harbour, Five Dead
Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:05:00 AM
Five people were killed and nine injured early on Thursday when two boats collided in Sydney Harbour, police said.   Full Story
 

Charges Pressed After Unsettling Torch Relay
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:09:00 PM
Five pro-China Chinese nationals and two supporters of human rights in Tibet will appear in the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) Magistrates Court later this week following their arrest during the Au ...   Full Story
 

Japan Again Finds Pesticide-Contaminated Chinese Dumplings
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:20:00 PM
Japan police said on April 28 they had discovered a high concentration of the pesticide methamidophos in another package of dumplings imported from China.   Full Story
 

East Timor Rebel Leader Surrenders
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:10:00 AM
DILI—The leader of a group of East Timor rebels accused of trying to assassinate President Jose Ramos-Horta surrendered on Tuesday, raising hopes that the troubled young nation can find some rare stab ...   Full Story
 

Torch Faces South Korea Protests
Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:30:00 PM
SEOUL—The Olympic flame arrived in Seoul on Sunday to start a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula where it is expected to be met with protests in the South and cheers of fawning masses in ...   Full Story
 

Constitution at Center of Battle to Control Thailand
Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:20:00 PM
BANGKOK—Even by the standards of Thailand's untouchable elite, it was considered bad form.A decorated policeman was shot dead in a Bangkok bar in 2001 after a fracas with the son of a top polit ...   Full Story
 

Rice Price Surge Frustrates and Puzzles Asians
Friday, April 25, 2008 8:10:00 PM
MANILA—From the air-conditioned supermarkets of Tokyo to the open-air stalls of Manila reactions across Asia to record leaps in the price of rice vary from fear and frustration to a nonplussed shrug o ...   Full Story
 

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