31 Oct 2011 - 4:59pm
Malaysian blogger Just Read thinks it is "absurd" that the International Criminal Court may pursue charges against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former leader, when George W. Bush and Tony Blair were still roaming freely.
"I personally believe the US, under Barack Obama's directive, has plans to kill each and every one of Gaddafi's...
31 Oct 2011 - 4:54pm
TUNIS: Democratic elections should revive an economy brought to its knees by the revolution that swept from power the oligarchal regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the head of the Tunisian central bank said.
After years of averaging five-per cent growth, the revolution that began in December 2011 pushed Tunisia into economic free fall....
31 Oct 2011 - 2:23pm
MACAU, October 31, 2011 (AFP) - Dona Aida de Jesus is 96 years old and still runs the family restaurant in Macau. She is also something even more remarkable: one of the last custodians of a dying language.
"My friends all died, nobody speaks Patua with me any more," says de Jesus, as she helps serve Brazilian black beans, Portuguese stewed...
30 Oct 2011 - 9:21pm
DAMASCUS, October 30, 2011 (AFP) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has warned that any Western intervention would cause an "earthquake" inflaming the region, after almost 100 people died in the bloodiest two days of the uprising against his rule.
Assad in an interview with Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper warned of "another...
29 Oct 2011 - 10:25pm
SYDNEY: Australian flag carrier Qantas on Saturday took the drastic step of grounding its entire fleet indefinitely in an escalating industrial dispute that sparked travel chaos for passengers around the world.
The airline, which has been hit by a series of strikes, said all employees involved in the action would be locked out from Monday...
29 Oct 2011 - 4:59pm
THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court said Friday it was in contact with slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam over his surrender, as NATO decided to end its mission in Libya.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo warned however that the ICC head learned that a group of mercenaries had offered to move Seif to an African country that was...
29 Oct 2011 - 4:45pm
PERTH: Commonwealth leaders Saturday met to thrash out key reform proposals seen as critical to the bloc remaining relevant, but a contentious human rights plan appeared deadlocked. The grouping of 54 mainly former British colonies is under huge pressure to move with the times with its head Queen Elizabeth II on Friday saying it must adapt to...
28 Oct 2011 - 4:17pm
BANGKOK: Floods that have sparked an exodus from the Thai capital crept closer to the city centre on Friday as the government considered cutting through roads blocking the path of the water.
The city of 12 million people is on heightened alert because of threats on two fronts -- a seasonal high tide this weekend that is expected to coincide...
28 Oct 2011 - 1:41pm
TOKYO: Tokyo is to allow thousands of Thai workers employed by flood-hit Japanese firms to come to Japan and work, a government spokesman said Friday.
Dozens of Japanese companies in Thailand have halted production as rising flood waters have crippled factories or squeezed supply chains following months of heavy rain.
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27 Oct 2011 - 6:13pm
BAMAKO: Moamer Kadhafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has passed from Niger into Mali, security sources from both countries said Thursday. "Abdullah al-Senussi has arrived in the Malian desert, from Niger," where he was believed to be hiding under the protection of some...
