Archive for the ‘Asia-Pacific’ Category
Burma leader begins China visit
Burma’s military leader, General Than Shwe, is starting a five-day visit to China to seek support for planned national elections later this year.
No CommentsGillard to stay as Australian PM
Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia’s prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs.
No CommentsChristchurch hit by aftershocks
Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend’s powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage.
No CommentsN Korea accepts flood aid offer
North Korea has asked South Korea to send rice, cement and construction equipment after devastating floods, southern officials say.
No CommentsKey Asian interest rates on hold
The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty.
No CommentsChinese pilots lied about records
China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience.
No CommentsAustralia ‘kingmakers’ to decide
Three independent Australian MPs are due to reveal who they will back as prime minister, ending two weeks of deadlock since inconclusive elections.
No CommentsNZ quake ‘damaged 100,000 homes’
Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday’s earthquake, New Zealand’s prime minister says.
No CommentsJapan convicts whaling activists
A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.
No CommentsN Korea to free South Korea crew
North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago.
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