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Over 350 Dead as Cyclone Devastates Myanmar
Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:10:00 PM
YANGON—A cyclone killed more than 350 people in military-ruled Myanmar, ripping through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta where it flattened at least two towns, officials and state media said on Sunday.< ...   Full Story
 

Southeast Asia to Cooperate Over Food Security
Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:30:00 PM
NUSA DUA, Indonesia—Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali have agreed to cooperate over the rice market, Malaysia's trade minister said on Saturday, as rocketing prices shock a region where the g ...   Full Story
 

Rice Price Overshadows Southeast Asian Trade Meeting
Friday, May 02, 2008 8:29:00 PM
NUSA DUA, Indonesia—Southeast Asian trade officials met on Friday for talks on how to respond to soaring rice prices, after U.S. President George W. Bush proposed $770 million in new U.S. food aid to ...   Full Story
 

U.N. Security Council Urges Credible Vote in Burma
Friday, May 02, 2008 8:17:00 PM
The U.N. Security Council urged Burma's government on Friday to ensure a May 10 referendum on an army-drafted constitution is credible by allowing all political actors to participate.   Full Story
 

Taiwan Monk Urges China To Befriend Dalai Lama
Friday, May 02, 2008 8:12:00 PM
BEIJING—One of Taiwan's most influential Buddhist monks urged China on Friday to turn Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, "from an enemy into a friend" in the wake of unrest in th ...   Full Story
 

Dalai Lama Envoys Travel to China for Talks
Friday, May 02, 2008 8:14:00 AM
Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama are travelling to China to meet the government over the crisis in Tibet, the government-in-exile said on Friday, only three months before the Beijing Olympics open.   Full Story
 

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
 

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