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BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition

Pope sorry for priests' sex abuse
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:27:42 -0000
The Pope apologises for the abuse of children by Catholic priests in Australia, calling for those responsible to face justice.
Earthquake hits off Japan's coast
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:51:15 -0000
A powerful quake off the eastern coast of Japan sparks a tsunami warning for two prefectures, but no immediate reports of damage.
Malaysian Anwar in 'sodomy alibi'
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:14:54 -0000
Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim tells the BBC he has an alibi to prove sodomy claims against him are false.
China steps up tourism to Taiwan
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:28:33 -0000
Large groups of Chinese tourists are set to begin arriving in Taiwan, as restrictions further ease amid improving relations.
Taiwan hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:26 -0000
At least six people are dead in Taiwan, with six more missing, after Typhoon Kalmaegi brings high winds and flooding.
Nigerian 'blood oil' crew paraded
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:01:39 -0000
A crew of Filipino sailors accused of stealing crude oil in Nigeria is shown to reporters.

NYT > Asia Pacific

Taliban Threaten to Kill Officials Held Hostage
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:51:36 -0000
The Pakistani Taliban have taken dozens of officials hostage and threatened to begin executing them unless the government released their comrades who were captured.
Pope Apologizes for Sexual Abuse in Australia
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:34:01 -0000
Pope Benedict XVI, in Australia to celebrate the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day, apologized for the sexual abuse of children by members of the church here.
World Briefing | Asia: China: Rights Activist Is Charged
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:20:29 -0000
A human rights activist who was an advocate for parents whose children were killed in collapsed schools, Huang Qi, was arrested on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his lawyer said.

L.A. Times - Asia

Bhutan king signs new constitution in golden ink
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:53:00 -0700
Bhutan's parliament endorsed the country's first constitution today, formally turning the former absolute monarchy into a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy.
North Korea's Ryugyong Hotel wakes from its coma
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Asian nation's "Hotel of Doom" in Pyongyang was once dubbed "the worst building in the history of mankind." North Korea's phantom hotel is stirring back to life.
World Briefing
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Israel: Funerals for 2 soldiers / Australia: Pope tells faithful to care for planet / Mexico: Police official kidnapped / Malaysia: Ex-official balks at DNA test / Chile: 3 indicted in disappearances MIDEAST Funerals for 2 soldiers

UN News Centre - Asia Pacific

Nepal will require continued UN presence to advance peace - envoy
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The main political actors in Nepal have agreed that a scaled-down United Nations presence is necessary for at least another six months to help advance peace and development in the country, the world body's top official there said today.
General Assembly President holds talks with top Vietnamese official
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Climate change, the global food and energy crisis, economic development and United Nations reform were among the highlights of wide-ranging discussions between General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim and Viet Nam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem.
Myanmar: UN agency calls for funds to assist cyclone-affected farmers
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
With Myanmar's main planting season drawing to a close next month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today that urgent aid is needed to help small farmers in the country's rice bowl, which was devastated by Cyclone Nargis.

Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune

Untouchable by birth, undaunted as a politician
By SOMINI SENGUPTA Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:15:11 -0000
Kumari Mayawati, a daughter of so-called untouchables and India's most maverick politician, heads the country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, through a bold and inventive political coalition.
Pakistani Taliban take hostages and threaten executions
By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH AND JANE PERLEZ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:15:11 -0000
The Taliban are demanding that the Pakistani government release four of their comrades who were captured last week.
New talks on North Korean nuclear program set
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:15:11 -0000
Top diplomats from the United States, North Korea and four other nations will meet for nuclear talks in the coming week in Singapore.
Pope urges all faiths to oppose violence
By TIM JOHNSTON Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:15:11 -0000
Pope Benedict XVI called on religious leaders of all faiths to find common ground and to unite against those who resort to violence to achieve their ends.
Progress for some means eviction for others in Cambodia
By SETH MYDANS Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:15:11 -0000
Land seizures from Cambodia's poor are widespread, increasing and sometimes violent, according to rights workers.
Flash floods and landslides kill 7, leave 6 missing in Taiwan
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:15:11 -0000
Tropical storm Kalmaegi lashed southern Taiwan with torrential rains Friday, triggering flash floods and landslides. Rampaging waters killed at least seven people and washed six others away.

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