Japan catches flu from CanadaTORONTO - The human swine flu has spread from Canada to Japan via three Japanese who went back home from here Thursday. Asia Cup Hockey: Mighty South Korea held by MalaysiaKUANTAN - Tournament favourites South Korea started the Asia Cup hockey campaign on a sorry note as they were held 1-1 by hosts Malaysia in a Group A match here Saturday. 20 Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL - Twenty Taliban militants were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said. Klasnic calls former team-mates in kidney treatment claimBREMEN - Croatian footballer Ivan Klasnic is calling 64 players and coaches as witnesses as he seeks damages of more than 1 million euros ($1.35 million) in a medical dispute with his former club Werder Bremen. Asian directors take a leading role in CannesCANNES - Asian cinema has proven its growing international appeal with a series of trends that have helped to transform nations such as India, China, and South Korea into global movie powerhouses in recent years. Security hiked after western missions in Dhaka receive threatsDHAKA - Four missions of Western nations have received threats by suspected Islamist militant organistions, prompting Bangladesh government to considerably hike security arrangements. Japan confirms three cases of swine flu infectionTOKYO - Japan confirmed its first three cases of the new H1N1 influenza strain, commonly known as swine flu, detected at Narita International Airport, the government said Saturday. With husband unwell, Hasina may alter America tour plansDHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may be forced to alter her plans to visit North America due to her husband’s failing health, media reports said Saturday. AFC chief Hammam retains FIFA executive committee seatKUALA LUMPUR - Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed Bin Hammam has retained his FIFA executive committee seat for another four years, defeating Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain 23-21 in a bitter and vitriolic election at the AFC Congress here Friday. Anand receives Chess Oscar for the sixth timeBAKU - India’s Grand Master Viswanathan Anand received his sixth Chess Oscar and third in a row before the start of the President Cup here. 18 dead as typhoon Chan-Hom hits PhilippinesMANILA - At least 18 people were killed in landslides and other accidents caused by a powerful typhoon that pummelled the northern Philippines, disaster relief officials said Friday. Typhoon kills 10 in PhilippinesMANILA - At least 10 people have been killed after a typhoon hit the northern Philippine province of Pangasinan, officials said Friday. North Korea vows to expand nuclear deterrent; says US ‘hostile’SEOUL - North Korea stepped up its attacks against Washington Friday as a senior US envoy was due to arrive in South Korea for talks and vowed to expand its nuclear deterrent. Nepal gets a new villain - a transgenderKATHMANDU - Thirteen years ago, Nepal’s Maoists became dreaded when they began an underground war against the state. Later, the last king Gyanendra became hated when he strove to make himself an all-powerful monarch. Now, with monarchy abolished and the Maoists having laid down arms, Nepalis are being presented with a new villain. Role of Keralites in Malaysia laudedTAIPING - A Malaysian minister has praised the role of settlers from India’s Kerala state in boosting the Southeast Asian nation’s rubber industry and asked others of Indian origin to work together to make their mark in their adopted home. Secularism will go with bismillah in Bangladesh constitutionDHAKA - Bangladesh is planning to restore ’socialism’, one of the four original principles of state policy, in the constitution but will also retain the Islam expression ‘bismillah’, says Law Minister Shafique Ahmed. Gates: Little chance of Taliban getting Pakistan’s nukesKABUL - US Defence Secretary Roberts Gates said here Thursday that the Taliban’s reach to ‘within dozens of kilometers of Islamabad’ served as an alarm to the country, but expressed confidence that there was little chance for the militants to access the country’s nuclear weapons. Ethnic Indian speaker ejected from Malaysian state assemblyIPOH - Perak state legislature in Malaysia Thursday witnessed ejection of the speaker and installation of another, both ethnic Indians, amid day-long chaos. ‘Younis should be accountable for Pakistan’s T20 World Cup performance’KARACHI - Chief selector Abdul Qadir has told Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that skipper Younis Khan will be completely responsible for his team’s showing in next month’s World Twenty20 Championship in England. Eight Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL - Afghan army forces killed five Taliban militants in a clash in eastern Afghanistan while three other insurgents were killed by their own bomb, officials said Thursday. Eight Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL - Afghan army forces killed five Taliban militants in a clash in eastern Afghanistan while three other insurgents were killed by their own bomb, officials said Thursday. Hundreds protest US-led airstrikes in AfghanistanKABUL - Hundreds of people took to the streets Thursday in western Afghanistan to protest deadly airstrikes by US-led forces that allegedly killed more than 100 civilians, a lawmaker and witnesses said. Hundreds protest US-led airstrikes in AfghanistanKABUL - Hundreds of people took to the streets Thursday in western Afghanistan to protest deadly airstrikes by US-led forces that allegedly killed more than 100 civilians, a lawmaker and witnesses said. Hong Kong frees 28 people who travelled with flu patientHONG KONG - A group of 28 people, most of whom travelled on the same flight as a Mexican tourist who became Hong Kong’s only confirmed swine flu case, were released from quarantine Thursday, after health officials declared them infection-free. Two speakers cause chaos at Malaysian state assemblyIPOH - The Perak state legislature witnessed chaotic scenes Thursday with two presiding officers, both ethnic Indians, belonging to rival alliances trying to conduct the proceedings. Dhaka seeks foreign aid to dredge silted riversDHAKA - Bangladesh has sought foreign aid to dredge all its rivers and has told prospective donors that funds provided would be properly used. Indian singer Kailash Kher to record Bengali songsDHAKA - Indian singer Kailash Kher is moved by Baul and other Sufi music of Bangladesh and says his next album will be of songs in Bengali. `New Delhi to resume transit talks with Dhaka after polls’DHAKA - India has proposed ‘constructive talks’ on the contentious issue of transit facility through Bangladesh to reach its north-eastern region once a new government takes office in New Delhi after the general elections. Sedition charge against Malaysian Indian leader confirmedKUALA LUMPUR - A court Thursday confirmed a sedition charge against jailed leader of a banned Hindu outfit for writing a letter to Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown, blaming British colonialists for the poor condition of Indians, and posting the letter on a web site. Myanmar arrests US citizen for visiting Aung San Suu KyiYANGON - A US citizen arrested while swimming in a Yangon lake is under investigation for having spent three nights at the compound of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s state media reported Thursday. |
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