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Gasoline Tax Hike Turns More Voters Off to Japan's PMThursday, 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 FrozenThursday, 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 RelayThursday, 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 DeadThursday, 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 RelayWednesday, 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 DumplingsTuesday, 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 SurrendersTuesday, 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 ProtestsSunday, 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 ThailandSunday, 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 AsiansFriday, 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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