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| China Wants to End the Milk Scare |
| China started to check on all the milk products inside the country. The toxic milk scandal could affect the milk industry so the health officials announced that almost 50 Chinese brands were tested for any toxic substances and they contained no melamine. 47 brands of milk and yoghurt were checked up by specialists and no trace of melamine could be found.
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The Maritime Union of New Zealand slated Friday a free trade agreement negotiated between New Zealand, Australia and the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), saying it was bad for workers because it included Myanmar.
Union general secretary Trevor Hanson said it would boost the "violently anti-worker regime...
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The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, was taken to hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai with complaints of stomach pains, news reports and officials said Friday.
"There is nothing major to feel concerned about," his personal secretary Tenzin Taklha was quoted as saying by the Times of India...
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Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Friday announced his government would increase development spending in 2009 as part of initiatives to help the public deal with soaring inflation.
Abdullah, who is also finance minister, said a budget of 207.9 billion ringgit (63 billion dollars) would be allocated for next year, out...
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The Japanese government Friday unveiled a economic stimulus package totalling 11.7 trillion yen (107.03 billion dollars) to lift the financial burden caused by rising oil prices and shore up the economy.
The government was to install the package to help small- and medium-size firms raise funds, financially support business sectors...
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Most of the issues in the long-term security agreement being negotiated between Iraq and the United States remain unresolved, an Iraqi legislator said on Friday, ruling out the likelihood that the deal would ever reach parliament for approval.
Abdel Kareem al-Samarraie, a member of parliament's Security and Defence Committee, said...
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China's Olympic gold medalists were given a heroes welcome Friday when they arrived in Hong Kong for a three-day programme of sell-out events and celebrations.
The 100-strong delegation of athletes and medalists were met by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and more than 100 cheering schoolchildren.
The delegation includes...
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An Indonesian Islamist hardliner went on trial amid tight security Friday over an attack on a rally for religious tolerance in June in which dozens of people were injured.
Government prosecutors charged Munarman, who, like many Indonesians, goes by one name, of committing harassment and destruction of property belonging to supporters...
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An Afghan woman and two children were killed and four other children injured as German soldiers opened fire on a civilian vehicle in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghan police said Friday.
The incident - which occurred south-east of the provincial capital, also called Kunduz - took place Thursday evening in a region where German...
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Kabul (dpa) - Almost a dozen Taliban militants were killed in a fight with US-led coalition forces in south-eastern Paktika province, the US military claimed Friday.
In a bid to disrupt militant activities, the combined forces searched compounds in Bermel district of the province on Thursday, the statement said.
The militants...
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Japan's Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co on Friday unveiled a plan to build an electrodeposited copper foil factory in Malaysia as the company expects demands to rapidly grow in Asia.
The nonferrous metal company plans to invest about 15 billion yen (137.22 million dollars) for a new plant to be located next to an existing factory in...
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 Study: HPV Levels Similar in Women and Men
The human papilloma is a papilloma virus which infects the skin and mucous membranes of humans. 130 HPV types have been discovered until now and some of them can cause...
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 Kyrgyzstan Earthquake Killed Sixty People
A powerful earthquake shook Kyrgyzstan, close to China’s border. Sixty people were killed during the calamity, as the top emergency official of Kyrgyzstan announced on...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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