2 hrs ago | News Observer
For Burmese refugees, festival provides mirror, escape from the past
So, for hundreds of Burmese refugees like Nwe, the soccer pitch off Old Mason Farm Road on Saturday served as a comfortable medium to celebrate the Burmese New Year.
5 hrs ago | The Baltimore Sun
Bitter election creates long-term headache for Malaysia's Najib
Malaysia's divisive election has left a bitter taste for millions of people that risks creating a long-term problem of legitimacy for Prime Minister Najib Razak 's long-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
5 hrs ago | Reuters
Bitter election creates long-term headache for Malaysia's Najib
A demonstrator holds up a placard that reads ''Laugh at the Election Commission'' during a protest against the recent election results in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, May 25, 2013.
8 hrs ago | Pattaya Mail
Thai police arrest two European fraud suspects
Thai immigration police today announced the arrest of two Europeans on the run, one an Italian and another a French national, who are under arrest warrants and escaped to hide in Thailand.
10 hrs ago | Bangkok Post
Thai vet schools lead charge in region's...
A lack of qualified personnel is affecting the health of livestock across the region, but a programme organised by Kasetsart University aims to correct the situation by training students in neighbouring countries The never-ending outbreaks of highly contagious bird flu and other animal-related viruses have thrown a sharp spotlight on the need for ... (more)
14 hrs ago | Sun-Star
12 killed, 19 wounded in Sulu clash
Twelve people, including seven Filipino Marines and five Abu Sayyaf bandits, were killed in a clash on Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaeda-linked gunmen.
15 hrs ago | Atlas Shrugs
Child rape case: ''There are many cases of men marrying...
Child rape case: ''There are many cases of men marrying under-age girls" ''I do not see how my case can be any different.'' "It was 'suka sama suka' -- mutual consent acceptable under sharia or Islamic law" He's not wrong.
17 hrs ago | Thanh Nein News
Vietnam massive outage under probe; losses unlikely paid
Part of the power grid in the southern province of Binh Duong where a crane truck hit a cable and caused a massive outage on May 22 Police have said they will press charges against people responsible for causing the massive power shutdown in southern Vietnam this week, but it seems unlikely that electricity consumers will be paid compensation.
21 hrs ago | Xinhuanet
UN envoy urges Cambodian parties, election body to play by rules in polls
Visiting Surya P. Subedi, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights to Cambodia, on Saturday appealed to all political parties and the election body to do everything in accordance with law in order to ensure that the July's general election would be free and fair.
11 dead as Philippine troops clash with militants
Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines on early Saturday as troops clashed with militant group Abu Sayyaf in the southern island of Jolo.
11 dead as Philippine troops clash with militants
MANILA: Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines early Saturday as troops clashed with a militant group blamed for the country's deadliest terror attacks, the military said.
BANGKOK : Attack mars Thai Buddhist holiday
Thai officials examine the scene of a roadside explosion that killed five rangers and injured another in Pattani yesterday.
Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested Malaysian...
Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud.
Any national grid should have enough redundancy built in to enable rerouting of supplies in the event of a maintenance shutdown, a lightning strike, or both.
Postcard from Washington: Sandals and scandals on Pennsylvania Avenue
The monk sat on the concrete curb, a banana in his hand. Close-cropped hair, beneficent smile, flowing robes of thick maroon: the whole nine Buddhist yards.
CA stops 'super talong' field tests
In a landmark decision upholding the "precautionary principle," the Court of Appeals has granted a petition filed by environmentalists to permanently put to a stop nationwide field trials of genetically modified eggplants -- popularly known as Bacillus thuringiensis talong.
A 17-year-old girl who was helped to leave South Korea after contacting a policeman on Facebook and complaining of forced prostitution will be brought in for further questioning after her aunt gave a different account of events, Pol Maj Gen Pol Maj Gen Chawalit Sawaengphuet said on Friday.
Thailand to bend to investors' needs
Thailand will go the extra mile to accommodate the wishes of long-term Japanese investors by introducing new regulations more in line with the recommendations they have made, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday "Let me first apologise for any inconvenience that has been caused, and rest assured that we are now working on the process, ... (more)
Rangoon General Hospital Renovation to Include New 1,000-Bed Facility
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's plans to renovate Rangoon General Hospital will include the construction of a new 1,000-bed facility near the current hospital within the next year, a close confidante of the democracy icon said.
Adam pleads not guilty to giving seditious speech
KUALA LUMPUR: Student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim has pleaded not guilty in a Sessions Court to a charge of uttering seditious words at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.