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West Asia
Turkey on 27 February 2012
Turkey on 27 February 2012 <Today’s Zaman> : “Critical CHP congress marred by legal disputes over quorum” news@theasian.asia
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World’s first quadruple limb transplant operation over in Turkey
The world’s first quadruple limb transplant operation came to an end on Saturday at Hacettepe University in Turkey’s capital Ankara, the country’s semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The operation, which began on Friday morning, transplanted two arms and two legs of a deceased donor to a patient, Dr. Murat Tuncer…
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South Asia
Bin Laden’s Compound Demolished
This file photo taken on May 4, 2011, shows media personnel and local residents gather outside the compound where Osama bin Laden had hidden inside for years in northwest Pakistan’s Abbottabad. The living compound of the former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad is being demolished, said one local…
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South Asia
Afghans Protest Against Quran Burning by US Troops
Afghan people protest against the alleged Quran burning by U.S. troops in Herat, west Afghanistan, on Feb. 24, 2012. At least seven people were killed and over 50 others injured Friday in the western Afghan province of Herat during protests against Quran burning by U.S. forces, an official said. <Photo:…
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East Asia
Kawamura “Nanjing Massacre Never Happened”
People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Feb. 24, 2012. A Japanese official’s remarks that the 1937 Nanjing Massacre “probably never happened” has aroused protest in Nanjing recently. Takashi Kawamura, mayor of Japan’s Nagoya, said on Feb.…
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Journalists on the line, 9 people killed already this year
99 Asian journalists dead while reporting on the scene As of 24 February this year so far, 9 journalists were killed around the world while they are covering the news at the scene. CPJ, international media organization said that 9 journalists were killed this year so far including Marie Colvain,…
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Society
Social and political unrest in Pakistan
Some of the local and international organizations have warned of social and political unrest due to food insecurity and militancy in Pakistan, a country that had been in the state of war with terrorists for over a decade while most of its districts were hit by floods for two consecutive…
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Two journalists killed in Syria
BBC reported that Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed on Wednesday morning in the house in which they were staying in Baba Amr. Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik were killed in a makeshift media centre in Homs. Three other Western journalists were wounded…
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Seoul steps up efforts over NK defectors
UN envoy urges China to halt forced repatriation Efforts are taking concrete shape both at home and abroad to stop China from repatriating North Korean defectors to their home country. The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korean human rights has urged neighbors of North Korea to handle those who escape…
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‘Samsung worker accused of shadowing CJ chairman’
CJ Group has claimed that a Samsung employee has been following its chairman around, demanding an apology from Samsung. Samsung declined to comment until the police conclude an investigation. CJ officials said Thursday that CEO Lee Jay-hyun’s guards caught a 42-year-old worker of Samsung C&T Corp., who they claim had…
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