The Jakarta Post

Baby survives landslide that buried house, killed family in Bangladesh

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:04:55 +0700

A 3-month-old baby girl survived unhurt after a landslide destroyed her family's home Sunday in southern Bangladesh, killing her parents and two older siblings, an official said.

Patriarch of banned Vietnamese Buddhist church dies after years under house arrest

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:49:01 +0700

Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died after months of ailing health. He was 87.

Thousands protest fuel price hike in Malaysia despite police warning

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:36:28 +0700

Thousands of Malaysians thronged a stadium Sunday for an opposition-backed protest against a steep hike in fuel prices, ignoring a police warning that the gathering was illegal.

Bush puts trade, aid to Africa, climate change high on his agenda at G-8 summit

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:25:18 +0700

Thousands of Islamists mark anniversary of Pakistan's crackdown on radical Red Mosque

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:19:51 +0700

Thousands of Islamists gathered Sunday in Pakistan's capital to mark the one-year anniversary of
a deadly military crackdown on the radical Red Mosque.

Not attending Olympics opening ceremony would be 'affront' to Chinese people: Bush

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:12:56 +0700

Indonesian official says arrests of Islamic militants have weakened terror network

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:06:31 +0700

The arrests last week of 10 suspected Islamic militants severely weakened Indonesia's terrorist movement, the country's foreign minister said Sunday.

Myanmar state-media says 1990 election victory by Nobel laureate no longer relevant

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:58:17 +0700

The overwhelming election victory by Aung San Suu Kyi's party in 1990 has been nullified by the

Malaysian police on global manhunt for investigator who stirred politics with sex claim

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:34:32 +0700

Malaysian police launched an international manhunt Sunday for a private detective who went

Collapse of residential building under construction in central China kills 8, injures 13

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:18:27 +0700

Xinhua News Agency says eight people have been killed in the collapse of a four-story building under construction in central China.