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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

East Timor's Ramos-Horta Home to Warm Welcome

Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:04:00 AM

DILI—East Timor's president, Jose Ramos-Horta, arrived home on Thursday to a cheering crowd of thousands after more than two months of treatment in Australia for injuries sustained in an assassina ...   Full Story

Indonesian Police Fail to Arrest Vice President of China Interim Government

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:20:00 PM

Jia Jia, a former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadre currently holding United Nation refugee status now residing in Indonesia, was suddenly visited by Indonesian police on April 15. The police initia ...   Full Story

South Korea Confirms Latest Deadly Bird Flu Strain

Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:20:00 PM

SEOUL—South Korea on Sunday confirmed its latest case of bird flu as from the deadly H5N1 strain, adding to a string of outbreaks in recent weeks which led to the culling of more than half a million p ...   Full Story

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