Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, her face veiled against a horde of press photographers, was hustled out of prison on Monday to start the next chapter of her troubled life after more than nine years behind bars in Bali.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
THAILAND: Unpaid rice farmers protest as Thai government's problems mount
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of farmers rallied outside Thailand's justice ministry on Monday to protest against the state's failure to pay them for rice bought under a controversial subsidy scheme that the caretaker administration in Bangkok is struggling to fund.
THAILAND: 6 Wounded in Explosion at Bangkok Protest Site
(BANGKOK) — Police say six street cleaners have been wounded by a small explosion at an anti-government protest site in Thailand’s capital. Police Maj. Nopparuj Jitman says the explosion in central Bangkok was caused by an improvised bomb or a giant firecracker. He says the cleaners from the city hall were changing tree pots at a street isle near the rally site when the blast went off before noon Monday. The protesters want caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down to make way for an interim appointed government to implement what they say are necessary reforms to fight corruption. They’ve been protesting since November and have battled police on several occasions. At least 10 people have been killed and scores hospitalized during the unrest.
SOUTH KOREA: Dog Meat Issue to Hound 2018 Winter Olympics
Four years out from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea, the inevitable controversy over Koreans eating dogs has begun.
CHINA's Television War on JAPAN
Not much has changed over the years: Enemy Japanese soldiers still run amok on Chinese screens, the Chinese novelist and blogger Murong Xuecun writes in an op-ed column.
JAPAN in Photos: Heavy Snow Hits Tokyo
The heaviest snowfalls in two decades hit Tokyo over the weekend, disrupting public transportation and sending the Tokyo election turnout to the third lowest in history.
RUSSIA: Sochi Olympics:Two Athletes Win Second Straight Gold Medals
Two athletes defended their Olympic titles Sunday as eight countries won gold medals at the winter Games in Sochi, Russia.Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia captured the women's biathlon 7.5-kilometer sprint after winning four years ago at the Vancouver Games. German Felix Loch won his second straight men's luge title. Host Russia won its first gold medal, with Evgeni Plushenko and Julia Lipnitskaia leading it to the new team figure skating title. Their countrymen, including President...
RUSSIA wins first gold
Russia won the first gold medal in team figure skating ahead of teams from Canada (silver) and the United States (bronze). On the final day of the team competition, the free program, 2006 Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko and the young Julia Lepnitskaia were crowned the winners.
Ice dancing pair Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov, currently in third place, helped maintain the success of Team Russia.
Team event in figure skating debut in Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
Figure skaters will have a day off tomorrow, February 10. Figure skating competitions will continue on February 11 at the Iceberg Skating Palace when pairs will perform their short program.
RUSSIA pursues Beijing's Olympic success
The unfavourable close-ups on Sochi 2014 echo the exposure of China’s ugly underbelly in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics in 2008
JAPAN: Tokyo's gubernatorial election: Powering on
FOR a brief few weeks the millions of Japanese who do not love Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, had reason to hope. The combination of Morihiro Hosokawa and Junichiro Koizumi, two former premiers, entered the race for governor of Tokyo with a resonant campaign cry; to steer Japan rapidly towards zero nuclear power. With Mr Koizumi backing Mr Hosokawa’s candidacy, it seemed possible that he might deliver the biggest blow to Mr Abe and his pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since their return to power in December 2012. But on February 9th those hopes melted away as quickly as the snow which had blanketed Tokyo on the eve of the vote. The race was won handily by Yoichi Masuzoe (pictured right, on the campaign trail with Mr Abe, left), a former health minister backed by the LDP, according to projections from NHK, the national broadcaster.The result’s chief significance is that it clears the way for Mr Abe to press ahead with switching on some of Japan’s idled nuclear reactors, possibly as early as this summer. The crusade by the ever-popular Mr Koizumi, just under three years on from the 2011 catastrophe at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, had unnerved his former party. In the election for the upper house of parliament in July 2013, Tokyo elected two vehemently anti-nuclear MPs, showing the strength of opposition. Yet the anti-nuclear camp remained divided for ...
RUSSIA: Sochi 2014 Day 3 - Ice Hockey - Women's Prelim. Round Group B
Alexandra Vafina #9 of Russia celebrates after defeating Germany 4 to 1 during the Women's Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group B Game
RUSSIA: Sochi 2014 Day 3 - Biathlon Women's 7.5 km Sprint
(L-R) Bronze medalist Vita Semerenko of Ukraine, gold medalist Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia and silver medalist Olga Vilukhina of Russia pose after the flower ceremony after the Women's 7.5 km Sprint
RUSSIA: Sochi 2014 Day 3 - Biathlon Women's 7.5 km Sprint
(L-R) Silver medalist Olga Vilukhina of Russia, gold medalist Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia and bronze medalist Vita Semerenko of Ukraine pose during the flower ceremony after the Women's 7.5 km Sprint
JAPAN: Abe-backed politician elected Tokyo governor
Yoichi Masuzoe, a former welfare minister backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, handily beat a team of two charismatic former prime ministers in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election, brushing aside attempts to turn the election into a referendum on nuclear policy. Though not a clear referendum on Abe's policies, the win is key in his political and personal comeback.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304558804579372614042749926?KEYWORDS=Former+Welfare+Minister+Wins+Tokyo+Election
RUSSIA: Sochi 2014 Day 3 - Speed Skating Ladies 3000m
(L-R) Silver medalist Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic, gold medalist Irene Wust of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Olga Graf of Russia celebrate on the podium during the flower ceremony for the Women's 3000m Speed Skating event
RUSSIA: So Far, Empty Seats Abound at Sochi Olympics
It's still early, but attendance trends suggest modest ticket demand for the 2014 Winter Games.
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