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Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim acquitted of sodomy charges Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was acquitted on Monday in a stunning conclusion to a two-year sodomy trial that he had condemned as a conspiracy to cripple his resurgent political alliance. “Thank God, justice has been served,” Anwar told reporters after being cleared of sexual misconduct with a young [...]
But there was no word on the fate of three Turkish sailors captured with them. “The liberation of the Georgian sailors hijacked by Somali pirates has ended successfully,” Georgias Maritime Transport Agency said in a statement. “The sailors are under armed guard on a ship controlled by the Georgian government,” it said. Armed raiders boarded [...]
Murray wins Brisbane Open World number four Andy Murray laid down a marker for the Australian Open with a 65-minute demolition of Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday. Murray, runner-up at Melbourne Park for the past two years as he chases his first Grand Slam, showed no mercy against the [...]
Malaysia’s Anwar acquitted in sodomy trial Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was acquitted Monday in a surprise end to a politically-charged sodomy trial he has called a government bid to cripple his opposition ahead of upcoming polls. The ruling by Judge Mohamad Zabidin Diah set off pandemonium in the Kuala Lumpur High Court, with Anwar [...]
Chinese held after attack on Japan’s Seoul embassy South Korean police detained a Chinese man accused of throwing petrol bombs at the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Sunday after claiming his grandmother was forced into wartime sex slavery. The man also claimed responsibility for an arson attack last month on Japan’s controversial Yasukuni shrine in [...]
South Korean president to visit China South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak arrives in China on Monday for talks with his counterpart Hu Jintao that will focus on the North Korean leadership transition following the death of Kim Jong-Il. Both countries are closely watching North Korea after the death of its longtime leader Kim Jong-Il on [...]
Tibetan dies after setting himself on fire A Tibetan died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwest China, state media said Sunday, taking the total number of such acts in the restive region to 14 in less than a year. The incidents happened Friday near the Kirti monastery in Sichuan province’s [...]
Indonesia jails wife of alleged Bali attacks mastermind An Indonesian court on Wednesday sentenced the wife of the alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings to 27 months in jail for falsifying her identity. Philippine national Ruqayyah Husein Luceno was arrested in Pakistan early last year with her husband Umar Patek in the town where [...]
“The euro is not in crisis, the currency has solidly maintained its exchange rate with the dollar,” Monti said on RAI 3 public television, adding that Italy’s “banking system is not under threat”. “The problem we are facing is that some EU countries have a public debt crisis,” he said. “Our crisis is a systemic [...]
R&D industry in Singapore SINGAPORE: Some 120 top international scientists including Nobel Laureates, Prof Ada Yonath and Prof Kurt Wuthrich are now in Singapore to discuss cross—disciplinary science. They are here for the 2nd Molecular Materials Meeting (M3) @ Singapore 2012 organised by A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE). Molecular materials science cuts [...]