Asia Pacific News – Election Violence Hits New Heights in Philippines (The Online NewsHour)
Election Violence Hits New Heights in Philippines (The Online NewsHour)
This week, authorities in Maguindanao, in the southern Philippines, made the grizzly discovery of 57 bodies of those who were attacked while traveling in a convoy to file candidacy papers for provincial governor.
Taiwan indie drama wins Chinese-language ‘Oscars’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Taiwanese director Leon Dai’s low budget family drama on Saturday swept the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language “Oscars,” bagging the best picture and best director gongs.
Two Chinese actors win awards at Taiwan fest (MalaysiaNews.net)
Taipei, Nov 28 (DPA) Two Chinese actors Saturday won awards at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival, dubbed the Oscars for Chinese-language films.
Two Chinese actors win awards at Taiwan filmfest (EARTHtimes.org)
Taipei – Two Chinese actors on Saturday won awards at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival, dubbed as the Oscar awards for Chinese-language films around the world. Yu Shaoqun, who portrayed Peking opera singer Mei Lanfang in Forever Enthralled (Mei La…
Cambodian ex-prison chief pleads for release (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of deaths at an infamous torture center asked Cambodia’s genocide tribunal to release him Friday, citing the decade he already has served in jail and his cooperation with the panel.
Sites of Tokyo: The invasion of Japan that never happened (Merced Sun-Star)
TOKYO — There is no massive statue at Sagami Bay of an angel with a sword and a coronet. No rows of
South Korea’s president says he’s ready to meet North Korean leader ‘anytime’ (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s president announced he is willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il anytime to resolve the nuclear standoff on the divided peninsula and other issues.
Philippine democratic icon Aquino’s son files bid for presidency (EARTHtimes.org)
Manila – Senator Benigno Aquino III, son of Philippine democratic icon and former president Corazon Aquino, filed on Saturday his candidacy for president in next year’s elections. Aquino, 49, accompanied by vice-presidential running mate Manuel Roxas…
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