Major news in China on Jun 20: Ancient Tibetan scriptures revived via modern technology
Top news in <People Daily>: Ancient Tibetan scriptures revived via modern technology LHASA, June 19 (Xinhua) — A scripture collection center in the Tibet autonomous region has digitally preserved, printed and published more than 300 ancient Tibetan scriptures with the help of modern technology. The scriptures have been collected since 2007 at a collection center […]
Major news in Philippine on June 20 : Senate to probe ‘green’ killings
Top news in <Manila Times> : Senate to probe ‘green’ killings Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday called for an investigation into the killing of environmentalists and employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which he said is alarming. Cayetano said that 14 department employees and environmentalists have been killed since President Benigno […]
Major news in Vietnam on June 20: VN, Laos work on admin reform
Top news in <vietnam+>: VN, Laos work on admin reform Vietnam and Laos need to step up information and experience exchange in administrative reform and wage policy as they are common concerns of the two home affairs ministries, said President Truong Tan Sang. Sang’s remark was made at his reception for visiting Lao Minister […]
Major news in Thailand on June 20: Canadian sisters to be autopsied in Bangkok
Top news in <The Nation>: Canadian sisters to be autopsied in Bangkok Audrey and Noemi Belanger were found dead at the Palm Residence Hotel last Friday. Both were in their 20s. The autopsies will be conducted at Ramathibodi Hospital as per a request by the Canadian Embassy. Institute of Forensic Medicine commander Maj-General Somboon Tantrakul […]
Major news in Saudi Arabia on June 20: Egyptian ex-president Mubarak Clinically Dead
Top news in <Arab News>: Egyptian ex-president Mubarak on life support Hosni Mubarak was on life support in hospital on Wednesday, Egyptian military officials said, denying a report that the ousted president was clinically dead. Earlier the state news agency, amid high tension over the election of a new president, quoted medical sources as […]
Major news in Lebanon on June 20: Mubarak’s final chapter
Top news in <The Daily Star>: Mubarak’s final chapter Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was being kept alive by life support after he was rushed from prison to a military one in a rapidly worsening condition, officials said. The 84-year-old ousted leader’s health crisis added a new element of uncertainty just as a potentially explosive fight opened […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 19: Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to stop the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station following recent crashes abroad. Nakaima told Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto that Okinawa cannot […]
Major news in China on Jun 19: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch
Top news in <People Daily>: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch About 4 minutes and 11 seconds after the Shenzhuo-9 manned spacecraft blasted off, infrared imaging equipment photographed two shining objects passing in high speed by the spacecraft. news@theasian.asia