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Thursday May 17, 2012
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  • Group: Blind Chinese activist Chen under US protection - Asian Correspondent (Saturday, 28 April) - BEIJING (AP) — A human rights group says a blind legal activist who fled house arrest in rural China is under the protection of U.S. officials and that high-level talks are taking place between the countries about his fate. The Texas-based ChinaAid group said in a statement Saturday that Chen...
  • KFC fined $8 million for Australia food poisoning - Asian Correspondent (Saturday, 28 April) - SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian judge has ordered KFC to pay 8 million Australian dollars ($8.3 million) to the family of a Sydney girl left brain damaged after eating one of the fast food giant’s chicken wraps. Monika Samaan’s family sued KFC, claiming the then-7-year-old girl contracted salmonella poisoning from...
  • Australia wins the Asian Pastry Cup 2012 - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - In a tremendous display of artistry, skill and nerves, Team Pastry Australia, under the captaincy of Le Cordon Bleu Sydney’s Head Culinary Teacher André Sandison, triumphed at the Asian Pastry Cup 2012 with Sydney Harbour themed chocolate and sugar showpieces, plated desserts and cakes.Over two days from April 18 to...
  • Digging for the long haul - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - Troubled mining firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. cannot seem to find ways to reverse a provincial ordinance which virtually shut down its proposed US$5.9 billion copper and gold project in Tampakan, South Cotabato. There is no showing signs that the anti-open pit mining dominated Provincial Board is going to amend, scrap...
  • Sachin, Rekha & the nomination game – nothing new, nothing by the rule book - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - To begin with some verbatim quotes. Article 80 of the Constitution of India: “The Council of States shall consist of – (a) twelve members to be nominated by the President in accordance with the provisions of clause (3); and (b) not more than two hundred and thirty-eight representatives of the...
  • China’s Projected Renewable Electricity Quota Regime and its Role in Wind-Generation - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - This post is from Nat Green, a second year law student at Vermont Law School and a joint research project student for 2011-2012 with the VLS U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law.  On February 27, 2012, China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced a new plan to develop a national quota...
  • Fostering a multidisciplinary approach to HIV/AIDS education in developing nations - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - A cross-disciplinary team from the University of Sydney has won an Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships grant to host a delegation of health sector representatives from four developing nations. The $805,000 grant will enable 23 health sector workers from Botswana, Cambodia, India and Zambia to attend an intensive three-month Professional HIV...
  • Burma’s war against Kachin rebels must stop for reform sake - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - While President Thein Sein government has been declaring publicly that it will not change it reform-course to backward direction, Burma Army has been constantly deploying more battalions in areas held by Kachin Independence Army, military-wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). It looks like Burma Army has a plan to...
  • UN chief `gravely alarmed’ at Syria killings - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - NEW DELHI (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is “gravely alarmed” at the continuing killings in Syria despite the government’s repeated commitments to end the violence. The U.N. chief told a news conference Friday that U.N. military observers in Syria are reporting heavy weapons in populated areas, despite...
  • Malaysia braces for rally seeking election reforms - Asian Correspondent (Friday, 27 April) - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities have sealed off parts of a public square where activists plan to stage a high-profile rally demanding more transparency in upcoming general elections. Thousands of people are likely to gather Saturday near Kuala Lumpur’s Independence Square to seek sweeping changes in polling regulations....