Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Saturday attended the 66th anniversary in Hiroshima of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, and reaffirmed the need to reduce the country’s reliance on nuclear energy. In his speech during the service to commemorate the 1945 bombing, Mr. Kan said Japan would examine the causes of this year’s nuclear […]
Indonesia’s foreign minister said Friday the extradition from Pakistan of Umar Patek, an alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will happen soon. Patek is a suspected member of the al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah and was arrested in January in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding before he was […]
Singapore – A restaurant cleaner was sentenced to spend two years in a Singapore jail after he broke into his former workplace and stole a cash register containing just 2 Singapore dollars (1.6 US dollars), a media report said Thursday. A court handed Malaysian Ansar Anwar, 24, the minimum sentence for breaking and entering in […]
India’s home minister says a triple bombing in Mumbai last month may have been the work of Indian terrorists. Palaniappan Chidambaram told Parliament on Thursday that investigators have yet to reach any conclusions but that “all indications” point to an Indian group. The death toll from the July 13 blasts in Mumbai stands at 26, […]
Chinese authorities say two attacks in the country’s remote region of Xinjiang have left at least 19 people dead, including five attackers, and injured more than 40 others. Chinese officials say the two incidents, which occurred late Saturday evening and then again on Sunday afternoon in the city of Kashgar, were both terrorist attacks. Authorities […]
The United Nations Secretary General says Burma’s government must release all remaining political prisoners as its first priority in improving its relations with the international community. According to a U.N. statement, Ban Ki-moon said Friday it was the “single most important step” the government should take. He welcomed the government’s recent reform measures, and said […]
China’s loong yunnan double cypress county town of hubei’s traditional culture festival celebration of yi, time for the lunar year July 14, 15 and 16 days, “touch” milk to touch the milk during a man for the auspicious, women were in touch with milk for giovanni cobolli gigli. Festival originated from the sui dynasty. Milk […]
An Indonesian court has sentenced a group of Muslim extremists involved in a deadly mob attack on members of the Ahmadiyah Muslim minority sect to several months in jail. Human rights groups are criticizing Thursday’s ruling for falling far short of the maximum penalty and say it will encourage more violence against religious minorities. The […]
