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China to levy environment tax to fight pollution

27 Dec 2016 - 0     - 4265

THE HINDU, 26th DECEMBER, 2016-Battling recurring pollution enveloping its cities, China has passed a new law to levy environment tax on polluters, specially on heavy industries.

Over 14 million trapped in modern slavery in India

23 Dec 2016 - 0     - 4193

NEW DELHI AFP Dec22, 2016-According to the Walk Free Foundation’s 2014 Global Slavery Index, more than 14 million adults and children are trapped in modern slavery in India, the most of any country.   

India accuses Pakistani Islamist over airbase attack

21 Dec 2016 - 0     - 4121

NEW DELHI AFP Dec19, 2016- India on Monday accused Pakistani militant leader Maulana Masood Azhar of masterminding an audacious attack on an air force base in January that led to a breakdown in relations between the two nuclear-armed nations.  

Philippines threatened to be pulled out of UN

21 Aug 2016 - 1     - 14470

MANILA, AFP, Aug 21, 2016 - President Rodrigo Duterte threatened on Sunday to withdraw the Philippines from the United Nations, as he launched another profanity-laced tirade against the organisation for criticising his bloody war on crime.

S. Korea warns of possible N. Korean assassination squads

21 Aug 2016 - 0     - 13215

SEOUL, AFP, Aug 21, 2016 - South Korea warned Sunday of possible North Korean assassinations and kidnappings in revenge for recent high-profile defections to the South.

Thailand warns fans of Euro '16 heart attack threat

13 Jun 2016 - 0     - 10443

Thailand's health authorities have urged football fans to avoid getting overly excited while watching Euro 2016 lest those heart-stopping moments literally prove fatal.

Arrests in B'desh anti-militant drive top 8,000

13 Jun 2016 - 0     - 9496

Bangladesh police said Monday they have arrested more than 8,000 people in a nationwide crackdown on militants launched after a series of murders targeting minorities and secular activists.

Thai army chief summons political rivals to seek end to crisis

23 Sep 2014 - 0     - 8347

Thailand's army chief summoned leaders of rival political groups and parties, Election Commission members and senators to a meeting on Wednesday, a day after he declared martial law, to discuss a way out of the country's political turmoil.

Thai army gets down to work on economy, stifles dissent

19 Sep 2014 - 0     - 7130

Thailand's military rulers will settle down to work at their Bangkok headquarters on Tuesday, firmly in charge after royal endorsement but facing small protests that the security forces have so far handled with restraint.

Thai army gets down to work on economy, stifles dissent

27 May 2014 - 0     - 16388

Thailand's military rulers will settle down to work at their Bangkok headquarters on Tuesday, firmly in charge after royal endorsement but facing small protests that the security forces have so far handled with restraint.

Thai army chief summons political rivals to seek end to crisis

21 May 2014 - 0     - 16850

Thailand's army chief summoned leaders of rival political groups and parties, Election Commission members and senators to a meeting on Wednesday, a day after he declared martial law, to discuss a way out of the country's political turmoil.

Divers feel with their hands for corpses in depths of South Korean ferry

23 Apr 2014 - 0     - 11657

South Korean divers swam though dark, cold waters into a sunken ferry on Wednesday, feeling for children's bodies with their hands in a maze of cabins, corridors and upturned decks as they searched for hundreds of missing.

Former Pakistani president Musharraf pleads not guilty to treason

31 Mar 2014 - 0     - 12529

Pakistan's former president, Pervez Musharraf, on Monday pleaded not guilty to five counts of treason, in the latest chapter of a long-running drama between the country's increasingly assertive judiciary and its former military ruler.

Front companies, embassies mask North Korean weapons trade: U.N.

12 Mar 2014 - 0     - 13607

North Korea has developed sophisticated ways to circumvent United Nations sanctions, including the suspected use of its embassies to facilitate an illegal trade in weapons, a United Nations report issued on Tuesday said.

Pakistani PM approves air strikes on militant hideouts

20 Feb 2014 - 0     - 14202

Pakistani fighter jets bombed suspected militant hideouts in an ethnic Pashtun area on the Afghan border on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, security officials said, after attempts to engage insurgents in peace talks collapsed this week.

Thai protesters to rally against PM after deadly Bangkok clashes

19 Feb 2014 - 0     - 14029

Protesters seeking to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra plan to rally at her temporary office on Wednesday, creating another potential flashpoint a day after five people were killed in gun battles in Bangkok.

Thai government admits lack of power to renew troubled rice scheme

11 Feb 2014 - 0     - 12779

Thailand's caretaker government said on Tuesday it did not have the power to renew a rice subsidy scheme when it expires at the end of the month, risking further alienating farmers angry over late payments for their current crop.

Thailand to deploy 10,000 police in capital to secure voting

29 Jan 2014 - 0     - 9900

Thailand's government will deploy 10,000 police in the capital for Sunday's election, which protesters have promised to disrupt as part of their drawn-out attempt to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Pakistan bombs militant hideouts in tribal area after Taliban attacks

21 Jan 2014 - 0     - 9621

Pakistan fighter jets bombed suspected Taliban hideouts in a tribal area on the Afghan border on Tuesday killing at least 15 people, military sources and residents said, after a wave of insurgent attacks against security forces.

Thai farmers add to government woes with rice scheme protests

21 Jan 2014 - 0     - 9356

Some Thai rice farmers have threatened to switch sides and join protesters trying to topple the government if they do not get paid for their crop, a worrying development for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra whose support is based on the rural vote.

North Korea warns South and U.S. over "provocative" drills

16 Jan 2014 - 0     - 8111

North Korea has demanded that South Korea and the United States halt annual military drills due in February and March, saying they were a direct provocation, a statement that suggested a re-run of a sharp escalation in tension last year.

Thai anti-government protesters march, consumer confidence slumps

09 Jan 2014 - 0     - 7515

Protesters trying to topple Thailand's prime minister marched in Bangkok again on Thursday, testing support for a planned "shutdown" of the capital next week, and a survey showed consumer confidence slumped last month because of the crisis.

Thai anti-government protesters march to support Bangkok "shutdown"

07 Jan 2014 - 0     - 7837

Protesters trying to topple Thailand's prime minister marched in Bangkok on Tuesday to drum up support for their plans to bring the capital to a halt next week by blockading major roads and preventing the government from functioning.

China-Japan 'Voldemort' attacks up ante in propaganda war

07 Jan 2014 - 0     - 7495

Chinese state media warned Japan on Tuesday of an escalation in the war of public opinion after both countries compared each other to Lord Voldemort, the villain in the Harry Potter stories, in a tit-for-tat diplomatic spat.

Thai protesters march to oust PM, postpone election

20 Dec 2013 - 0     - 6797

Anti-government protesters resumed marches in Bangkok on Friday, trying to energize supporters in the centre of the Thai capital before a planned mass rally at the weekend to put pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down.

Japan to bolster military, boost Asia ties to counter China

17 Dec 2013 - 0     - 6690

Japan will boost its military spending in coming years, buying early-warning planes, beach-assault vehicles and troop-carrying aircraft, while seeking closer ties with Asian partners to counter a more militarily assertive China.

Four killed in Bangladesh clashes after Islamist leader executed

13 Dec 2013 - 0     - 7251

At least four people were killed in Bangladesh on Friday when supporters of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah vented their fury at his execution for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.

Thai 'red shirts' prepare rally to back PM against protesters

11 Dec 2013 - 0     - 6286

The red-shirted supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday they could take to the streets to protect the government from protesters who have forced her to call a snap election, setting the scene for a possible confrontation.

Tearful Thai PM urges protesters to take part in election

10 Dec 2013 - 0     - 6666

Her eyes welling with tears, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government protesters to clear the streets after she called a snap election, but protests leaders said she should step down within 24 hours.

Rare Singapore riot forces soul searching over foreign workers

10 Dec 2013 - 0     - 6585

Singapore's first major riot in four decades is forcing the wealthy island to confront a stubborn but vexing question: how to treat low-paid foreign workers whose muscle underpins much of the economy but whose presence increasingly riles its citizens.

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