World News – Page 204

Amid economy woes, Mongolian opposition candidate claims presidency

May 28, 2009 By Admin

By Ganbat Namjilsangarav The Associated Press ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolia’s opposition Democrats claimed victory this past Monday, May 25, in presidential elections after pledging to crack down on […]

South Koreans mourn ex-president who committed suicide

May 28, 2009 By Admin

By Young-Joon Ahn The Associated Press BONGHA, South Korea (AP) — Bowing deeply and laying white chrysanthemums before his portrait, tens of thousands of mourners journeyed this past Sunday, May […]

Indonesia says OK to Facebook — but no flirting!

May 28, 2009 By Admin

By Indra Harsaputra The Associated Press SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — This past Friday, May 22, Muslim clerics debating the exploding popularity of Facebook in Indonesia said that followers could use […]

Longevity of life a mixed blessing for Japanese

May 28, 2009 By Admin

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — This past Friday, May 22, Japan welcomed the news that it had topped the world longevity ratings, but with its citizens […]

Chinese ‘Erin Brokovich’ on her struggles and triumphs

May 28, 2009 By Admin

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Born in December 1969, Jingjing Zhang followed an unlikely career path for a Chinese woman. She is known for her environmental activism and was […]

Singapore’s gay community holds first-ever rally

May 21, 2009 By Admin

SINGAPORE (AP) — The gay community in tightly controlled Singapore held its first-ever rally on Saturday, May 16, taking advantage of looser laws on public gatherings to call for equality.

Yet-to-open sex park demolished in China

May 21, 2009 By Admin

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — This investment turned out to be as risky as it was risque.

Officials: Philippines has 1.1M illegal firearms

May 21, 2009 By Admin

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines needs tougher laws to deal with the more than 1 million illegal firearms in the country, some of […]

Malaysian Indians stuck with dictionary’s ethnic slur

May 21, 2009 By Admin

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An ethnic Malaysian Indian group has lost a legal bid to remove a word considered offensive from a government-published dictionary, a lawyer said on Friday, […]

Sri Lanka says civil war over, rebel leader killed

May 21, 2009 By Admin

By Ravi Nessman The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Following three bloody decades of civil war, Sri Lanka faces the daunting task of trying to reconcile and rebuild […]