Turk terrorists may hijack Chinese airplanes: Pak intelligenceOctober 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani intelligence authorities have warned that extremists may try to hijack Chinese airplanes and kidnap Chinese nationals working in the country. Intelligence agencies have issued notice to the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) asking them to strengthen security measures in and around Chinese establishments inside Pakistan.
Obama, speaking of China, says no trading system will work if trade agreements aren't enforcedSeptember 14th, 2009 Obama says trade agreements must be enforcedNEW YORK — President Barack Obama is defending his decision to impose punitive tariffs on imported Chinese tires. In a speech Monday in New York, Obama said he took action because trade agreements must be enforced in order for trading systems to work.
Hundreds protest beating of Hong Kong journalists in ChinaSeptember 13th, 2009 HONG KONG - Hundreds of people marched in Hong Kong Sunday to protest the beating by police of three journalists from the city covering unrest in the western Chinese city of Urumqi. Organisers said around 700 people took part in the demonstration over the incident nine days ago.
Malaysian Indian Congress extends age limit to woo new membersAugust 16th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) plans to push the age limit for the membership of its youth wing from 40 to 45 "to enable the party to have a new generation of leaders". The age limit for MIC youth and its executive committee members will be extended in order to let more people join the youth wing, MIC president S.
Internet filter for Aus students gives access to porn, blocks education sitesJuly 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An error in the Internet filter installed by NSW education department in Australia led to students accessing pornographic material when searching for study material. Other educational sites and harmless web pages for the local member of parliament - and even Education Minister Verity Firth's own site - have been blocked by the filter.
Obama: Human rights important to US-China ties, cites freedom of speech and religionJuly 27th, 2009 Obama: Human rights important to US-China tiesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States and China must cooperate across the range of issues but he knows the economic powerhouses will not agree on every issue. The American leader, in opening two days of critical talks with the Chinese, pointed in particular on Monday to differences on human rights.
Delhi company sells 50,000 solar goggles in two daysJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The excitement of the century's longest total solar eclipse was quite evident from the sales of Gnomon Astrotech, a Delhi based firm that sold a record 50,000 solar goggles across India in just two days. The company imported a large number of solar goggles, solar filter films and telescopes from a US-based firm to meet the huge demand during the celestial spectacle.
China allows more time for controversial internet filterJuly 1st, 2009 BEIJING - China has backed down from its Wednesday deadline for computer makers to pre-install controversial internet filtering software, following a backlash from inside and outside the country. The delay in installing the Green Dam Youth Escort firewall is to allow computer manufacturers more time to comply with the new requirement, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a statement.
Wash. judge: No, blaring your horn in front of your neighbor's house is not free speechJune 10th, 2009 Wash. judge: Blaring car horn is not free speechEVERETT, Wash. — Being honked off doesn't give you a right to honk on, a judge told a woman who vented at a neighbor by leaning on her car horn at 6 a.m.
China says porn filters are not spywaresJune 10th, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese authorities have rejected media reports that claim that the government is installing spyware on all computers in the guise of porn filters. From July onwards, all computers being sold in China will have pornography filtering softwares, but authorities claim that it is not advanced enough to act as spyware.
Wash. judge rules blaring your horn in front of your neighbor's house is not free speechJune 9th, 2009 Judge: Blaring your car horn is not free speechEVERETT, Wash. — Being honked off doesn't give you a right to honk on, a judge told a woman who vented at a neighbor by leaning on her car horn at 6 a.m.
State Department signs up 20k people who wanted text messages about Obama's Cairo speechJune 6th, 2009 20K people outside US got Obama speech textsWASHINGTON — More than 20,000 people outside the U.S. received free text messages about President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims in Cairo, Egypt.
Student who threw shoe at Chinese PM cleared of any offenceJune 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Martin Jahnke the student who threw a shoe at Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has been cleared of any offence, after the Cambridge Magistrates' Court found him not guilty in a two-day trial. The district judge said that there was insufficient evidence to prove Jahnke guilty of causing harassment or distress to the Chinese Prime Minister.
US Officials: Chinese ships come close to American sub-hunter in an echo of March incidentsMay 5th, 2009 Officials: Chinese ships approach US vessel at seaWASHINGTON — The Pentagon says Chinese ships came dangerously close to a U.S. surveillance ship in a possible repeat of an incident two months ago.
Mena Suvari 'promotes' Chinese condomsMarch 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actress Mena Suvari has inadvertently appeared in a Chinese advertisement - in which she seems to promote condoms. The American Beauty stunner is snapped wearing a backless dress and posing seductively on the contraceptive packets, sold by the Chinese firm Eyesome, reports Contactmusic.
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