By Niniek Karmini The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia, and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was marred in Buddhist-dominated Thailand by two bomb blasts that killed one person and injured seven.
Filipinos debate over the pope’s condom remarks
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Some church members in Southeast Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation praised Pope Benedict XVI for saying condom