Новости по теме Asia Pacific

Sleeping Australian teen in dingo incident An Australian teenager told Wednesday of her sleeping bag being torn off by a dingo as she slept at a campsite, weeks after a landmark ruling that a baby was snatched in 1980 by one of the wild dogs.

19 July 2012

Australian woman wins key thalidomide settlement An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her mother took thalidomide during pregnancy on Wednesday won a landmark multi-million dollar settlement in her class action against drug firms.

18 July 2012

Veteran survivor Mukherjee set to be Indian president India's former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is set to win presidential elections on Thursday, with some analysts predicting he may wield an unusual degree of influence in the ceremonial role.

17 July 2012

'Canadian pyscho' victim's mother pained by online video The mother of the Chinese student victim in the "Canadian Psycho" murder and dismemberment case says her "most unbearable pain" is that the killing is still watched online.

17 July 2012

Kazakhstan to supply China with sweets and wool worth $1 million Rakhat company will export confection and Kuat company from Almaty oblast will supply wool to China: Export and Investments Agency.

17 July 2012

Titanic II to have 'safety deck' says Australian tycoon Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck.

17 July 2012

Sri Lankans baptise new fish genus for atheist Dawkins Sri Lankan scientists have identified a new genus of fresh water fish and named it after the evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins.

17 July 2012

HSBC seeks to evict Hong Kong 'Occupy' protesters Global banking giant HSBC on Monday sought legal permission to evict a handful of protesters camped outside its Hong Kong headquarters, one of the last remnants of the "Occupy" movement in Asia.

16 July 2012

Russia and China lead Kazakhstan's partners rating The rating helped form an objective picture of the existing priorities in Kazakhstan’s foreign policies.

16 July 2012

India clamps down on killer chewing tobacco Anil Kanade seems almost too stunned to speak about the deadly cancer recently found in his mouth, caused by his addiction to a popular Indian chewing tobacco that doctors say is fuelling an epidemic.

16 July 2012

Taiwanese academics visit contested Spratlys A group of Taiwanese academics has visited the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, defence officials said Monday, amid continued tensions over rival claims to the area.

16 July 2012

N. Korea army chief removed from all posts North Korea's army chief has been relieved of all his posts due to illness, state media said Monday, in a surprise development that removes one of new leader Kim Jong-Un's inner circle.

16 July 2012

US charges Iranian, Chinese on Iran enrichment The US on Friday announced charges against an Iranian citizen and Chinese resident for allegedly trying to export nuclear-related material to help Tehran enrich uranium.

15 July 2012

Tata chief keeps high hopes for Nano despite slow start The head of India's vehicle-to-steel conglomerate Tata Group says he still has high hopes for the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, despite a slow sales start.

14 July 2012

Clinton in plea for workers' rights in Asia US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday urged Southeast Asian nations to promote workers' rights and improve labour conditions as a means of spurring economic growth.

14 July 2012

South Korea mulls offer of Iranian tankers Seoul is considering an offer by Tehran to send crude on Iranian tankers to South Korea, officials said Friday, as a way to circumvent EU sanctions and resume imports of oil from Iran.

14 July 2012

US lawmaker wants China-made Olympic outfits burned The US-China Olympic rivalry heated up in an unfashionable way Thursday when a top US lawmaker suggested burning the US team's outfits for the London opening ceremony because they were made in China.

14 July 2012

Cannibal cult arrests in Papua New Guinea: report Police in remote Papua New Guinea have arrested members of an alleged cannibal cult accused of killing at least seven people, eating their brains raw and making soup from their penises.

14 July 2012

Kazakhstan Ambassador to Kazakhstan met with XUAR management July 9-12 Kazakhstan Ambassador to China Nurlan Yermekbayev visited Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

13 July 2012

Japan customs say pens need weapons import licence Japanese customs officials who impounded 200 pens more than a year ago said Friday the writing implements needed a weapons import licence because they were shaped like bullets.

13 July 2012

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