In the wake of the bungled hostage-rescue operation that left
eight Hong Kong tourists and the gunman dead, the Philippine
media are finding themselves a target of anger by many who say
that sensationalism and no-holds-barred coverage added to the
bloody end to a crisis they call an international
embarrassment.
As the November general election in Burma approaches, the country’s junta is
revealing the political designs underway in order to place the powerful military
under civilian authority after a lapse of 22 years.
A breakdown in Pakistan’s justice system, a sign of a society
desensitised to violence, an example of mob brutality.
Feng Jun’s fight against a local government and the steel
mills he believes polluted the water that killed his daughter
has cost him nearly everything.
In an effort to introduce a story of “progress” into media coverage, Gen. David
Petraeus’s command claimed last week that the Taliban is suffering from
reduced morale in Marjah and elsewhere, despite evidence that the population of
Marjah still believes the Taliban controls that district.
Since their first child was born 16 years ago, Hiroyuki Ozaki has taken care of
the household, relinquishing his traditional role as the main breadwinner while
his wife held on to her career in the travel industry.
Rasik Rasheed’s (not his real name) hefty Internet bills
hardly bother his family. Cooped up at home due to curfews and
strikes here for nearly three months now, youngsters like him
have been busy not just with their studies but with waging
what they call the Kashmir struggle on the Internet.
With its thick forest cover and abundant wildlife, the Dawna
mountain range in south-eastern Burma is coming in the way of
a flagship highway project being pushed by one of Asia’s
premier financiers of roads.
Good news has become harder to come by these days in
Afghanistan, especially as the war-ravaged country gears up
for the parliamentary election scheduled on Sep. 18.
Wearing a floppy cotton cap for shade, an exhausted Sarawut Kunrapang enters
the compound of a mosque in the blistering afternoon sunshine. It is the latest
stop for this 27-year-old Thai Buddhist in his walk for peace since mid-July
from Bangkok.