Top U.S. Officials Stalling Taiwan Arms Package- June 12, 2008 Top Bush administration officials are delaying a long-promised $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, raising the possibility that the issue will be left for the next president, according to sources inside and outside the administration.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/310046009/AR20080611... South Korea's Leader Vows to Make New Start- June 11, 2008 SEOUL, June 11 -- South Korean president Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday pledged to "restart" his fledgling administration following protests that began over a decision to allow the importation of U.S. beef but broadened into a backlash against the president himself.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/309597901/AR20080611... 28 Chinese Officials Cited for Quake Laxity- June 11, 2008 BEIJING, June 11 -- The Chinese Communist Party has disciplined 28 officials and promoted 50 as a result of their performances during rescue operations after the devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province, the party said Tuesday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/308776602/AR20080610... Fuel Protests Erupt in Asia As Oil Hits $139 a Barrel- June 11, 2008 LONDON, June 10 -- Protests over soaring fuel prices erupted in Asia on Tuesday as truckers in Hong Kong and tire-burning demonstrators in India and Nepal added their angry voices to protests that began last month in Europe.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/309272294/AR20080610... Author Looks to the Koran For 99 New Superheroes- June 11, 2008 KUWAIT CITY -- Naif al-Mutawa was in a London taxi with his sister when she asked when he'd go back to writing children's books. Mutawa, a Kuwaiti psychologist with two doctorates and an MBA from Columbia, said the question sparked a chain of thoughts:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/309244602/AR20080610... AIDS Drugs Reaching More People in Developing World, U.N. Says- June 10, 2008 UNITED NATIONS, June 9 -- About 3 million people infected with the AIDS virus in the developing world received life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs last year, a 42 percent increase over 2006 in the number with access to the medicines, a U.N. report said Monday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/308476373/AR20080609... |