28-05-2006
BANTUL, Indonesia - Desperate relatives searched rubble for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake flattened nearly all the buildings in this rice-farming town while residents slept, killing more than 3,500 people on Indonesia‘s densely populated Java island
24-05-2006
Police registered a single, non-fatal attack against a police target on Friday, but said the violence that rocked this city and left 176 people dead over the past week was finally under control.
19-05-2006
The toll of dead rose in eerie silence Wednesday in South America‘s largest city as police who lost 40 comrades in gang attacks killed 22 more suspected criminals, but said little about how they are doing it - generating criticism from human rights groups.
17-05-2006
BANGKOK, May 16 (TNA) - Representatives of some Protestant Christian churches in Thailand have petitioned caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai in his capacity as caretaker Minister of Culture, urging that the Thai government ban the commercial release of the movie "The Da Vinci Code."
16-05-2006
Vulcanologists have warned a huge, potentially deadly eruption could occur at any time. Authorities have put the island of Java on red alert and imposed a mandatory evacuation order around the mountain.
15-05-2006
Indonesians watch Sunday, May 14, 2006, as lava flows down the side of Mount Merapi, about 250 miles southeast of Jakarta. Thousands of residents near the mountain have been ordered to evacuate. The region is on the highest alert as officials warn a deadly eruption could be imminent.
14-05-2006
Foreign Minister met representatives of the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea (NARKN) or SUKUUKAI in Tokyo
11-05-2006
Two Australian miners who survived for two weeks in a kennel-size cage trapped 3,000 feet underground walked out of the Beaconsfield Gold Mine early Tuesday and punched the air, freed by rescue crews drilling round-the-clock by hand.
05-05-2006
The best of New Zealand innovation, culture and creativity will be on show at a four-day showcase in Bangkok’s premier shopping complex.
03-04-2006
Iran tests sonar-evading underwater missile and is developing other atomic warhead-capable missiles. Iran has test-fired a sonar-evading underwater missile that is faster than any current enemy warship, a senior naval commander told state television on Sunday during a week of war games in the Gulf.
30-03-2006
Could have revealed the 9.11 plot on arrest, allowing Federal Authorities to have thwarted the terrorist attack.
29-03-2006
NPA continue to hold up the Phililpines’ development in ongoing guerrilla war. A bomb exploded on Wednesday inside a bus in Digos City in the southern Philippines, wounding seven people, police said. The bomb was crude, but, nevertheless, effective.
29-03-2006
Less than 2 weeks after the last cyclone caused widespread damage in Eastern Australia, the West coast is hit by category 5 cyclone.
29-03-2006
Alternative fuels increasingly more viable as the global warming debate hots up The experts have taken note of temperatures concerning global warming, and concluded that the world needs to go on an immediate low-carbon diet.
11-03-2006
The local administrators have been called by Chonburi Governor for a meeting to find out the solution in order to reduce social and drugs problems emphasized on teenagers. Meanwhile, Banglamung Chief District Office re x-rayed in the risky areas and regulated opening and closing time for games and internet shops and to be more strict not to allow in students during school time.
11-03-2006
Pattaya Deputy Mayor followed through the project of sweeping roaming elephants out of Pattaya and also pushed the budget up for the campaign to install signboards and as well to reserve wild animals. Moreover, beach zoning continues to be strict and to sweep prostitutes out of the beach, including the CCTV system installation through 24 hours in order to enhance Pattaya image.
11-03-2006
Banglamung District checks strictly over nightclubs and entertainment places for drug abusing. By recent inspection, three of a-go-go male dancers at a nightclub in Soi Sunee Plaza arrested for a positive existence of drugs after urinalysis test.
11-03-2006
Central Pattaya, South Pattaya road and Soi Bua Khao were submerged in flood. Water leaked through households, leveled at 1 meter. After the heavy rain, the traffic was chaos for couple of hours, while President of Pattaya on the way to inspect the area along with Pump vehicles to drain water out of those chaotic zones.
11-03-2006
Pattaya Mayor with his cabinets bringing food and water necessities to aid those who suffered from Flood.