Rights groups in Bangladesh demand severe punishment for a man who allegedly cut off most of his wife’s right hand in a row over her further education. (read the story…)
A senior Burmese monk has been ordered to leave his monastery in Rangoon because of a speech he gave at a pro-democracy event. (read the story…)
Some 143 people die and dozens are in hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in India’s state of West Bengal. (read the story…)
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Affymax, Inc. today announced that Takeda has decided not to commercialize peginesatide in Japan. Peginesatide is an investigational therapy for use in the treatment of patients with anemia due to chronic kidney disease . (read the story …)
AUSTRALIA’S beef industry is still absorbing the news that Indonesia will drastically slash live cattle imports in 2012. (read the story …)
Some debris from the March tsunami in Japan has reached the West Coast. (rwad on here …)
AP – Three men who plotted a suicide attack against an Australian army base because they believed Islam was under threat from Western nations were sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in prison. (rwad on here …)
AP – A Russian fishing vessel with 32 crew members was taking on water near Antarctica on Friday. Heavy sea ice was hampering rescue efforts, and officials said it could be four or five days before anybody reaches the ship to try to rescue the crew. (rwad on here …)
Reuters – China’s Vice President Xi Jinping, likely to take over as top leader late next year, will visit Vietnam for three days from Tuesday in what could be a test of how he handles festering territorial disputes in the South China Sea. (rwad on here …)
AP – Philippine police stormed a kidnappers’ hideout and rescued a 4-year-old American boy who was held for ransom for eight days, officials said Friday. Five suspects were arrested in the second recent case of a kidnapped U.S. minor in the Philippines. (rwad on here …)
