International

Southeast Asia may remove monetary stimulus in 2010, UBS says
04/09/2009 05:00
Policy makers in Southeast Asiaâs biggest economies may begin to remove monetary stimulus in their financial systems as early as the second quarter of 2010 as growth resumes, according to UBG AG....
US general promises inquiry into NATO air strike
04/09/2009 05:00
Men mourn in front of a hospital after an airstrike killed scores of people in Kunduz September 4, 2009 The US commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan on Saturday promised a full investigation into a NATO air...
S Korean president announces cabinet reshuffles nominees
03/09/2009 05:00
South Korea’s presidential office on Thursday announced nominees for chiefs of major ministries, as well as the nation’s prime minister, in a move to conduct a reshuffle in the cabinet. Chung Un-chan, president of Seoul National University, reacts...
China’s Sinovac gets world’s first production license for A/H1N1 flu vaccine
03/09/2009 05:00
China approved Thursday the A/H1N1 flu vaccine produced by domestic pharmaceutical company Sinovac, making it the first to get a production license in the global race. A/H1N1 flu vaccines are made in Sinovac in Beijing, capital of China, Sep. 3,...
Former DPJ chief accepts nomination as party secretary general
03/09/2009 05:00
Ichiro Ozawa, former chief of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), on Thursday accepted DPJ president Yukio Hatoyama’s nomination as the party’s next secretary general. The file photo taken on Aug. 30, 2009 shows Ichiro Ozawa, former chief of the...
Private funeral for Michael Jackson held at Los Angeles cemetery
03/09/2009 05:00
About 200 invited guests Thursday night gathered at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in a Los Angeles suburb for the funeral of Michael Jackson. Katherine Jackson (L) and Joe Jackson attend Michael Jackson’s funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn...
Number of A/H1N1 cases in China colleges, high schools growing
03/09/2009 05:00
More Chinese students have been confirmed as having contracted A/H1N1 influenza as classes resume after the summer break. Health authorities in east China’s Zhejiang Province confirmed nine more cases of A/H1N1 influenza had been reported by...