Heroin worth US$52 mil. seized at Australian port
May 13, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Australian police have arrested two Malaysian men after officials discovered 93 pounds (42 kilograms) of heroin stashed inside a shipment of furniture at a Sydney port. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
South Korea investigating two possible explosions
May 12, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – South Korean police say they are investigating two possible explosions at transportation centers in Seoul. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
Osama bin Laden claims US will have no security in final video recording: website
May 10, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Osama bin Laden warned in his final audio tape recorded before being killed by American commandos there will be no U.S. security before the Palestinians live in security, an Islamist website reported Sunday. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
First mother-in-law dies on news of bin Laden killing
May 9, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden’s first mother-in-law died of a stroke after hearing the news that U.S. forces killed him in Pakistan, a London-based Arabic newspaper reported Sunday. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
Bin Laden’s kids, wives being held by Pakistan gov’t
May 8, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – As U.S. investigators comb through a treasure trove of computer data and documents seized from Osama bin Laden’s home, Pakistani officials face a more domestic task: What to do with three of the slain terrorist leader’s wives and eight of his children. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
Workers enter Japan nuke reactor
May 6, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Japanese workers entered the No. 1 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant on Thursday for the first time since a hydrogen explosion ripped off its roof a day after a devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. High radiation levels inside the building have prevented staff from entering to start installing [...]
Cleanup begins after New Zealand tornado
May 5, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – A major cleanup began in tornado-hit Auckland Wednesday, as authorities in New Zealand’s largest city expressed amazement that the destructive twister resulted in only one death. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
TEPCO face unlimited liability: Japan gov’t
May 3, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) should face unlimited liability for damages stemming from its crippled nuclear power plant, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Monday, indicating Japan’s government will take a hard line against the utility in its rescue plan. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
Vote offers little change in communist-run Laos
May 1, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Laos, one of the world’s last communist nations, is holding parliamentary elections Saturday. But the vote will only preserve the status quo, because virtually all candidates owe allegiance to the all-powerful political party that’s ruled for 36 years. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News
Mumbai beaches to get first female lifeguards: reports
April 28, 2011 by editor · Leave a Comment
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – India’s financial and entertainment capital Mumbai is to get its first female lifeguards as part of an equality drive, reports said on Wednesday. China Post Online – Asia Pacific News