Category: Society
Bali crash pilots pass drug, alcohol tests
The pilot and co-pilot of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali’s airport have passed initial drug tests, an official said on Monday, as investigators probe the causes [...]
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Endangered pangolins found on Chinese poacher boat
The Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a protected [...]
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Philippine gun lobby backs illegal weapon clampdown
The Philippines’ leading firearms lobby on Sunday said it backed a government campaign to clamp down on illegal guns following a spate of high-profile deaths this year. [...]
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Shun pro-choice candidates, Philippine Catholics told
The Philippines’ powerful Catholic Church is to ask Filipinos to vote candidates who support birth control out of office in the May elections, a Church official said [...]
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BBC, UK university in row over N Korea trip
The BBC is embroiled in a row with the London School of Economics after one of its reporters allegedly posed as a student in order to film undercover in North Korea. The [...]
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Former graft-buster wins HK film prize in police role
A former graft-buster won the best new performer prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards for a role reprising his corruption-fighting persona in a police thriller, which swept the [...]
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Son defends Marcos over Philippine generals in drag
Deposed Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ son has rejected a recently released US government account that his late father forced military chiefs to parade in drag [...]
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Thailand: Songkran road toll rises to 218
Forty-five people were killed and 494 injured in 451 accidents on Sunday, the fourth of the “seven dangerous days” of Songkran, the Disaster Prevention and [...]
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China puts official with 46 mistresses in the dock
A senior official is being tried in a Chinese court for several cases of corruption and illegal income which helped him to maintain 46 mistresses at different times and an [...]
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Two men arrested for Taiwan train explosives: local media
TAIPEI: Taiwan police on Sunday arrested two men on suspicion of setting explosive devices on a high-speed train that prompted the evacuation of more than 600 passengers, [...]
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Singapore schools rethinking trips to China and Korea
Schools are reconsidering their overseas programmes after the bird flu outbreak in China, and the possible threat of conflict in the Korean peninsula. Tour agencies that The [...]
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‘Chinese hackers’ deface Philippines news website
Suspected Chinese hackers defaced the website of the Philippines News Agency (PNA) on Sunday, officials said, a possible repeat of cyber attacks last year also blamed on [...]
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China rape victim’s mother loses labour camp case
A Chinese woman sent to labour camp after demanding her daughter’s rapists be punished lost her compensation case Friday, state media said, as gruesome details emerged [...]
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Petrol, gas canisters found on Taiwan train
More than 600 passengers were evacuated from a high-speed train bound for Taipei on Friday after what appeared to be petrol and two small gas canisters were found in [...]
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Japan races to read new Murakami novel
Japanese salarymen interrupted their commutes to buy Haruki Murakami’s new novel Friday, as papers and broadcasters raced to give the first review of one of the most [...]
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