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- Bangladesh (459)
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- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Bad weather hobbles Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies found
Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives “surrounded in darkness” gathered in an airport and prayed for the strength to move forward.The massive hunt for 162 people who vanished Sunday aboard the Airbus A320 from...
Ukraine in ‘full-blown financial crisis’ – National Bank head
Ukraine Ukraine’s GDP shrank by 7.5 percent from January till November 2014, as foreign exchange reserves fell to their lowest level since 2009, and inflation jumped to 21 percent by November, … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Questions raised about plane’s last moments
SURABAYA: A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded. Rescuers believe they have found the plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath waters...
Sydney spectacular to set off global New Year celebrations
SYDNEY – Australia’s biggest city was Wednesday preparing to lead the world in welcoming the New Year with spectacular fireworks over Sydney Harbour, defying terrorist fears days after a deadly siege.From Hong Kong to London, New York to Rio, millions around the world will celebrate when the clock ticks past midnight, ringing in 2015...
Indonesia believes it has found AirAsia plane on sea bed
SURABAYA: Indonesian rescuers believe they have found the wreck of a crashed AirAsia plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath waters where debris and bodies were found floating. Ships and planes had been scouring the Java Sea for Flight QZ8501 since Sunday, when it lost contact during bad weather...
2014 in review: Our 10 most-read stories this year
Pro-democracy protesters attend a rally in the occupied areas outside government headquarters in Hong Kong’s Admiralty in October. Pic: AP. It has been a momentous year across Asia. Leaders and regimes have been toppled by democratic and undemocratic means, the region has been rocked by a triple-aviation tragedy, and South Korea still...
China rail firms’ stocks surge after merger confirmed
MARINIVKA, Ukraine, (AFP) – Larissa Pogorelka began the year looking forward to seeing her son graduate college and planning for the future with cautious optimism.Now she will end 2014 homeless, after her house was destroyed in the fighting that swept through this region of east Ukraine, and counts herself lucky just to be alive.Nobody ever...
Bad weather halts recovery of bodies from AirAsia flight
PANGKALAN BUN (AFP) – Stormy weather forced Indonesian rescuers Wednesday to suspend their search for the bodies of 162 people aboard an ill-fated AirAsia plane, as investigators started trying to piece together why the flight plunged into the sea.After two days of scouring the Java Sea for signs of the missing aircraft, search teams on...
Journalists’ killings rise to 118 in 2014, press group says
BRUSSELS – The number of journalists who died in targeted killings, bomb attacks or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014 from 105 the year before, the International Federation of Journalists said on Tuesday.Another 17 died in accidents or natural disasters while on assignment, according to the Brussels-based IFJ, which says it is...
U.S. to station 150 armored vehicles in Europe
The United States plans by the end of next year to station around 150 tanks and armored vehicles in Europe for use by U.S. forces training there, according to a U.S. military commander.Russia says Kiev’s move to join NATO dangerous for EuropeUS Army may station tanks in Eastern Europe: generalU.S. sends ‘Ironhorse’ tanks to...
