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ADB sees poverty on the rise in Asia

Poverty is on the rise, and the Asian Development Bank has warned governments throughout the region, including the Philippines, not to go slow on their pump-priming initiatives to counter the ill effects of the global economic turmoil.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:09:00 AM

Society
China paper says Web filter only a matter of time

It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a state newspaper said on Thursday, after the plan was abruptly delayed this week.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:06:00 AM

Society
Thailand and Cambodia order troops to be on alert

Both Thailand and Cambodia ordered their soldiers Thursday to be on alert in case fighting erupts at their disputed border, despite conciliatory remarks by the Thai prime minister.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:04:00 AM

Society
No more treatment for Corazon Aquino: report

Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, who is battling colon cancer, has decided to forgo further chemotherapy or any other medical treatment, her spokeswoman has been quoted as saying.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:03:00 AM

Society
FACTBOX-N Korea's suspected human rights abuses
The following is a list of human rights abuses carried out by North Korea, according to a US State Department report released earlier this year.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM

Society
China blasts US climate bill
China said on Thursday that it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new US clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM

Society
Restriction of lawyers' freedom in Cambodia
A United Nations independent human rights expert today voiced concern at attempts to curtail lawyers' freedom to effectively represent their clients in Cambodia, with criminal charges being leveled recently against attorneys in the South-East Asian nation.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM

Society
HK employer fined for forcing maid to kowtow 100 times

A Hong Kong couple assaulted their Filipino maid and forced her to kowtow 100 times after she served an inadequately cooked meal, a court report said Friday.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM

Society
China babies 'sold for adoption'
Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM

Society
Malaysia opposition split in pig abattoir dispute

Malaysia's opposition alliance struggled to settle an ethnic dispute Thursday after Muslim officials decided to demolish a pig slaughterhouse, angering their ethnic Chinese allies.
4 Jul, 2009 - 7:00:00 AM

Latest Headlines

ADB sees poverty on the rise in Asia

China paper says Web filter only a matter of time

Vietnam sees alarming rise in boy births vs girls

Thailand and Cambodia order troops to be on alert

No more treatment for Corazon Aquino: report

FACTBOX-N Korea's suspected human rights abuses

China blasts US climate bill

Restriction of lawyers' freedom in Cambodia

HK employer fined for forcing maid to kowtow 100 times

China babies 'sold for adoption'

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