Thousands have packed Cairo‘s iconic Tahrir Square to denounce a power grab by the ruling military, as the nation nervously awaited the results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election. Members and supporters of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood gathered in the square for the…
Turkey‘s conservative government has dropped plans for a controversial bill that would have slashed the time limit for abortions. “The government has backed away from initial plans to curb abortion rights,” an unnamed parliamentary source told the AFP news agency on Friday….
China said it summoned Vietnam‘s ambassador Thursday and strongly protested a law adopted by the Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly and Paracel islands under Hanoi‘s sovereignty. China and Vietnam, as well as other neighbouring nations, are locked in long-standing territorial…
Philippine authorities said Thursday they had seized a huge amount of iron ore intended to be smuggled to China, as part of a long-running battle against illegal miners. The 50,000 tonnes of iron ore, believed to be worth more than $2 million, were…
MANILA, Philippines - The Palace said that while “due respect” should be given to former President Arroyo, it is leaving it up to the Pasay Regional Trial Court to decide on her petition for bail or where she should be detained. “It…
The military on Friday said it has deployed planes to conduct a reconnaissance mission over the disputed Scarborough Shoal. “We are doing that…We are flying over there, that’s ours,” Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin confirmed Friday. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/06/22/12/ph-sends-planes-scan-scarborough
Solon withdraws ‘Ban God’ bill, says sorry - By David Dizon, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 06/22/2012 5:59 PM | Updated as of 06/22/2012 5:59 PM MANILA, Philippines – Kabataan party-list led by Rep. Raymond Palatino withdrew Friday a controversial bill that seeks to ban prayer…
Suspended U.S. Military Instructor Taught Officers To Wage ‘Total War’ On Islam The U.S. military is taking concrete action against an instructor, Lt. Col. Matthew A. Dooley, who taught U.S. military officers at the Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) to wage…
To preserve the environment and adapt to climate change, alliances must be made with communities of local people with a view to educating, rather than dictating to them. This is the maxim upheld by Ángel Quirós, a marine biologist and head…
The Kiriwong community in southern Thailand is confident of handling climate change, thanks to lessons learned from a natural disaster that hit its village 25 years ago. In 1988, a massive landslide triggered by floodwaters cascading down from southern Thailand’s high…