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Column
[Indonesian Report] Probe on disappearance of activists makes no headway
Dozens of people gathered Thursday (Sept 6) to mark the 8th anniversary of the death of Indonesian prominent human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib. Amnesty International calls on a new investigation on the murder case. Amnesty International Directors in 11 countries and territories – Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Nepal, the Netherlands, New…
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Society
AJA vice-presidnet Nisthuri wins prize
Kathmandu –Vice-president of Asian Journalists Association and its Nepal Chapter chief Bishnu Nisthuri was decorated with the Dayashanker Palikhe Memorial Award last month. Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai presented him amidst a special function organized in the tourist city of Pokhara last month. It is one of biggest journalism prize…
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East Asia
Museum Showing Traditional Daily Items Opens In China
GONGCHENG — A woman visits a museum at Shuibin Village of Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2012. The village museum was established in 2011, displaying 119 traditional daily items. The museum opens to the public for free. A visitor poses with a bamboo…
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East Asia
Singaporean Children Welcome Arrival Of Giant Pandas
Children wait to welcome a pair of giant pandas from southwest China’s Sichuan Province, at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore on Sept. 6, 2012. Giant pandas Wu Jie and Hu Bao, known as Kai Kai and Jia Jia in Singapore, arrived in Singapore on Thursday for a 10-year loan. People…
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East Asia
Harvest Season Comes In Field Of Tibet
SHIGATSE — Farmers smile in the field of highland barley at Jin’ga Village in Bailang County of Shigatse, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2012. The harvest season of barley has come in Shigatse. Modern agricultural machines are used on a large scale in Bailang County for autumn harvest. …
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West Asia
A Palestinian Mother Cries Over Her Two Sons Killed By Israeli Shelling
Palestinian mother mourns following the killing of her two sons in Israeli artillery shelling in the northern Gaza Strip on Sept. 6, 2012. Three Palestinians were killed Thursday morning in Israeli shelling in northern Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said. The last bombing raised the number of Palestinians killed…
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World
Huge Blaze Caused By Blast Engulfs Ammunition Depot In Turkey
A glow of a large fire seen after an explosion at an ammunition store in Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey which has killed some 25 soldiers and wounded at least four others, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The blast happened on Wednesday night at a military storage for hand grenades in Afyon,…
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East Asia
Capuchin Mother Shows Its Twin Cubs At Zoo In Jinan, China
The nine-year-old tufted capuchin mother “Xiaxia” plays with its twin cubs in the zoo of Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 6, 2012. “Xiaxia” gave birth to a pair of twin cubs in the zoo on Aug. 6, 2012. <Xinhua=Lu Chuanquan> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Americans Mourn For Death Of A Young Soldier In Afghanistan
Hand prints and a faceprint from mourners remain on the back window of a hearse carrying the body of Army Pfc. Shane Cantu after he was flown back home into Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich. on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Cantu, 20, was killed while serving in Afghanistan. <AP/NEWSis>…
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South Asia
Flood Victims Take Shelter Along Railroad In Rawalpindi
People take refuge from heavy rains along a railway in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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