Entries Tagged as 'Asia News'

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Three postal clerks charged with road tax rebate fraud – The Star
Three Pos Malaysia Bhd clerks were charged in the Sessions Court here on Friday with criminal breach of trust involving RM6,875 in cash rebates for 11 road tax renewals…
Teresa Kok sues Hamid Albar, IGP – Malaysiakini
…Kok, the member of Parliament for Seputeh and the [...]

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Winds of change swirl in Pakistan
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has backed down over two controversial moves that were widely seen as an attempt to curtail his political opponents. This can be attributed to a more assertive army chief – fresh from a visit to the United States – and an emboldened prime minister. Zardari [...]

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

THE FIGHT FOR PAKISTAN’S POLITICAL SOUL, Part 1 : Deal with militants emboldens opposition
The peace agreement the Pakistani government has signed with militants in the Swat Valley has set pulses racing in the urban centers, where opposition parties scent the blood of an ever-weakening central government. In particular, the premier Islamic party, the Jamaat-i-Islami, sees [...]

Friday, February 13th, 2009

The new Fallujah: Up close and ugly
In a remarkable tour of the heartland of still devastated Sunni Iraq, Dahr Jamail takes a ride in the front seat of a US$420,000 armored BMW, riding with a tribal sheik (whom the US Marines label the John Gotti of Fallujah); note the AK-47 and the shotgun in back, [...]