Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from December 2004, page 2

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from December 2004

Nothing mythical about the poor, struggling artist tag.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HERE is no shortage of creative effort in the visual arts. But, effort and sales of works do not generate a realistic income for the artist - unlike for writers or musicians. There is no direct financial...

Tracking aid dollars.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HE WAR on terror has brought renewed focus on nation- building and is becoming a part of the West's efforts to deny terrorists sanctuary in failed and dysfunctional nation-states. But exactly what value for money...

TO THE POINT.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) GESTURES GREAT AND SMALL Along with generous aid, surely a symbolic gesture of solidarity with the victims of the horrific natural disaster in South-East Asia is appropriate. All flags in Canberra could be flown at...

CONTACT US.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) General inquiries.................................................................. 6280 2122 I want to place a classified................................................... 136 355 I have another advertising...

TO SERVE THE NATIONAL CITY AND THROUGH IT THE NATION - Signs ominous and optimistic.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) F ROM some perspectives, the events of 2004 might have seemed to have suggested confidence in the future. Australians re-elected their Government, and Americans their President. The world economy, and the...

IN BRIEF.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Girl tortured to death Japanese police arrested yesterday a newspaper vendor suspected of torturing to death a seven-year-old girl, ending a six-week hunt. A police spokesman said Kaoru Kobayashi, 36, was arrested...

Hard-working cancer staff are angels, not 'inefficient'.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) I was somewhat disturbed to read the article relating to cancer staff at Canberra Hospital (CT, December 30). I had the misfortune of spending several weeks in the Canberra Hospital in both the oncology and...

Ukraine's PM pushed aside over complaints.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Ukraine's West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko forged ahead yesterday with thrashing out a new government, brushing off a last-ditch legal challenge by his defeated pro- Moscow presidential rival. ...

Aftershocks continue to rattle region.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Repeated, powerful aftershocks were still occurring over a massive area in the Indian Ocean and it would take months for the region to settle, a leading Australian seismologist said yesterday. ''A huge area of...

Hours of warning lost without system: expert.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) It would take less than $26million to set up an effective, highly accurate global tsunami warning system, one of the world's leading tsunami researchers said. ''If you had suggested the need for such a warning...

The coolest job in town as holiday fun heats up.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Phillip Hart has perhaps Canberra's coolest job. As the person behind the counter at the ice-skating rink in Woden, Mr Hart has a very chilled-out workplace. Yesterday afternoon it was 11 degrees or so inside the...

WHERE TO TAKE THE KIDS.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ACT Library: Various children's activities across town, starting January 10. More information and bookings, 62059000. Australian War Memorial: Various hands-on programs, running daily. Open daily, 9am-5pm. Free....

Web site draws a million by word of mouth.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) An ACT Government web site that was not formally publicised has registered more than one million requests in its first five months of operation. The ACT Locate web site, www.gim.act. gov.au/ lactlocate is a...

Revellers asked to dig deep.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberrans will be asked to observe a minute's silence during tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations to remember victims of Sunday's tsunami disaster. The minute's silence will be observed in Civic Square at 8pm. ...

Holiday breath-testing stirs sobering thoughts in motorists.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) When police pulled over motorists for random breath tests in Woden yesterday, perhaps the last thing they expected was a man who had already received the dreaded death knock. Police were on Adelaide Avenue to...

Day to pay respects, and say thanks.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberra's Anzac Parade, used to ceremonies commemorating the sacrifices of tens of thousands of Australians killed in their country's service, was a symbolically important part of the route of just one man's...

Second man arrested over murder attempts.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A second man has been arrested over shooting attacks on peacekeeping forces in the Solomon Islands, allegedly with links to the murder of Australian peacekeeper Adam Dunning. Australian Federal Police...

Thousands touched by the life and duty of a young man.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A fallen comrade, a relative's colleague, a former student, a friend - a man who deserved a solemn goodbye for the peacekeeping work he'd done and the sacrifice he made. About 2500 Canberrans lined the Reid side...

Thousands flee as India warns of new tsunami threat.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The United States, India, Australia and Japan had formed an international coalition to coordinate world-wide relief and reconstruction efforts, US President George W.Bush said yesterday. ''We will prevail over...

Alison owes her life to sleeping in.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Ms Battisson said they used the phones to find out what was happening, and whether they were safe from more tsunamis caused by aftershocks. But that did not stop a fright every time a helicopter flew overhead -...

Hundreds line city streets as Canberra mourns its fallen son.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Hundreds of Canberrans lined city streets yesterday to farewell AFP Protective Services officer Adam Dunning, murdered last week in the Solomon Islands. More than 1000 mourners - including Prime Minister John...

Why a Canberra woman owes her life to sleeping in.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) It was a birthday Alison Battisson will never forget. Ms Battisson, 26, of Kaleen, had just arrived in the Australian embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, after surviving the most terrible - and quite...

LAW LIST FOR TODAY.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) HIGH COURT . FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA Before Justice Coleman, in Court 1, in the Duty List, at 10am: Annetts/Gaffey, Christie, Fleming, Heyward, Honeysett/Johnson, Leach, Michael, McQueen/Noble,...

Kudos on a quiet note ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) I T IS always an interesting experience visiting Ian Blake in his Belconnen home-cum-recording studio. Blake is the recipient of one of the ArtsACT Creative Fellowships for 2005 and on this occasion I am greeted by...

ABOUT TOWN - Spectacular innovative fantastic '04.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) INDULGE me a little peek back at the social year that was as we hurtle into the next with a big bash in the city, plenty of entertainment and fireworks of course for a memorable New Year's Eve. For ''spectacular''...

Salieri work opens La Scala again.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) M ILAN, synonymous with opera and fashion, is undergoing a renaissance, with the reopening of Il Teatro della Scala after five years of renovation. It's also seeing a revival of composer Antonio Salieri's opera...

What's going on ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) To put a notice into the What's Going On section, the listings must be submitted on the proper form, five days ahead of publication, e-mail: events@canberratimes.com.au or fax, Att: Melissa Scholte 62802282....

Resolve to be realistic.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) W ERE THE ancient Babylonians smokers? This intellectually stimulating question leaps to mind because if you've made some new year resolutions, you've taken part in a tradition begun in ancient Babylon about 4000...

French-tutored, keeping it real ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A sidewalk cafe, chatter, excellent coffee - not Paris, but a busy Manuka street, where Nicole Canham is telling me about her experiences while living and studying in France, and about her plans now that she's back...

On disc.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Classical Wings of Song. James Galway (flute) & the London Symphony Orchestra. (DGG 477 5085.) Serenade - Classics of British Light Music. Various orchestras. (ABC Classics 476 2600.) THESE discs offer a selection...

Summer art scholars gather from all over.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) I T'S almost time for a crowd of artistically-minded Year 11 students to descend on Canberra for the National Gallery of Australia and Sony Foundation's annual summer scholarship program. From January 16 to 22,...

No Kerr's cur, me, I'm his peer.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A CTING Madam Deputy Speaker, knowing that the public is fascinated by the lives of the rich and famous, I thought I might offer to those readers whose simple lives are not as thrilling as those of us of the...

Dancing all the way to the gene bank COVER STORY.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HERE were no pink satin pointe shoes or tutus in the Skelton family home in Kaleen. That was not to be. But, remarkably, four out of the four boys studied dance, three of them choosing to make a career from it....

Rockin' eskies.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) IF YOU'RE an adult and looking for a way to become involved in Summernats as an entrant but do not have a car, then there's always the popular High Performance Esky Competition. The competition requires entrants...

Letting the good times roll.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) AFTER captivating the crowd with their jet-powered delivery van at Summernats 17, the boys from the CAPA/Donut King Stunt Team will be back in 2005 with an even bigger line-up. With the whole team in attendance,...

Family fun, competitions and prizes.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) WHY should adults have all the fun at the Summernats? The Kids Krazy Hat Competition provides the younger car enthusiast with the opportunity to compete for a number of cool Summernats prizes by creating their own...

Enjoy high performance shopping.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) SHOPPING has never been so good - especially the high performance kind. Just about everything you need to build a high performance car is for sale at Summernats 18. Even if that's not your plan, dress-up gear and a...

Californians visit Summernats for a second time and take on special judging role.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) INTERNATIONAL award-winning car customisers, Joe and Carol Cusumano, will return to Summernats on January 7-9, 2005. The couple from California had such a good time at Summernats in 2000 that they have decided...

Winners are grinners.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) WINNING an award at the Summernats is the pinnacle of achievement in the Australian Show Car scene. While there are a number of awards up for grabs, 'Grand Champion' is the coveted award of the festival. This...

Recognising the 'girl power' behind Summernats 18.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) SUMMERNATS 18 is put together by a number of hard- working individuals, but few are as dedicated as a handful of female employees. Cindy McTaggart has worked with event promoter, Chic Henry, for nine years....

Chic Henry's handy event tips.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) BEFORE you arrive at the Summernats, it's a good idea to arm yourself with all the information available to help you enjoy the event at Exhibition Park in Canberra from January 7-9, 2005. Information can be...

Unique celebration of automotive art.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THE Street Machine Magazine Summernats is a celebration of automotive art, engineering and showmanship and nothing sums this up more than the cars on display at Exhibition Park in Canberra from January 7-9, 2005....

More than a car show.
December 31, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THE main reason I staged the first Summernats was to create a party, much more than a show, for the cars I enjoy the most - modified, customised, low, loud, tough, rare and unusual hotrods, street machines and any...

Royal engagement announced.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Royal engagement announced Yomiuri The Imperial Household Agency officially announced the engagement of Princess Nori to Yoshiki Kuroda on Thursday, after the announcement was twice...

Japanese death toll at 14 The Yomiuri Shimbun.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Japanese death toll at 14 The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri The number of Japanese killed in Sunday's massive earthquake off Sumatra island, Indonesia, and the subsequent tsunami around the...

Man arrested in kidnapping of Nara girl.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Man arrested in kidnapping of Nara girl Yomiuri NARA The Nara prefectural police on Thursday arrested a man of Sangocho in the prefecture on suspicion of kidnapping a 7-year-old girl...

Huge tsunami 'could hit Japan in 100-200 years'.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Huge tsunami 'could hit Japan in 100-200 years' Jane ODwyer Yomiuri On Jan. 26, 1700, a massive tsunami, not unlike the one that wreaked havoc across South Asia on Sunday, washed...

Woman arrested over revenge killing of sister.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Woman arrested over revenge killing of sister Yomiuri KASHIWAZAKIC Niigata A 34-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of killing her sister in Saitama after surrendering herself to...

Thai govt to bury some tsunami victims.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Thai govt to bury some tsunami victims Yomiuri The Foreign Ministry said Thursday the Thai government had announced that some foreign victims of Sunday's tsunami in and around Phuket...

Quake-racked village to relocate communities.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Quake-racked village to relocate communities Yomiuri NIIGATA The Yamakoshimura village government plans to relocate nearly half its 14 village communities, hard hit by the Niigata...

Teen held after mother killed in cell-phone row.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Teen held after mother killed in cell-phone row Yomiuri OSAKA A 19-year-old university student was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stabbing his mother to death, apparently after...

Medical aid teams planned.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Medical aid teams planned Yomiuri The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to launch in January a system to dispatch disaster medical assistance teams (DMAT) immediately in the event...

4 high school students die in road accident.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 4 high school students die in road accident Yomiuri MITO Four male high school students were killed in a car accident Thursday on national road No. 6 in Kamitsuchida, Chiyodamachi,...

Stiff penalties for bank account sales.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Stiff penalties for bank account sales Yomiuri OSAKA A revised law that bans the sale of bank accounts took effect Thursday in an attempt to stop them being used for fraudulent...

OBITUARY / Masao Kato / Champion go player.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) OBITUARY / Masao Kato / Champion go player Yomiuri Go champion Masao Kato, who won many big titles, died of a stroke Thursday afternoon, midway through his effort to reform The Nihon Ki-In...

Suspect's arrest prompts relief in Nara.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Suspect's arrest prompts relief in Nara Yomiuri OSAKA The arrest of a 36-year-old man Thursday on suspicion of kidnapping 7-year-old Kaede Ariyama of Nara mid-November prompted sighs...

First steps toward a life together.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) First steps toward a life together Yomiuri The official announcement Thursday of Princess Nori's engagement to Yoshiki Kuroda marks one of the couple's first steps toward a new life...

EDITORIAL / Princess' engagement cause for celebration.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Princess' engagement cause for celebration Yomiuri Princess Nori and her fiance, Yoshiki Kuroda, looked at each other at the press conference, as if to let their exchange of...

Canon targets flat-screen TV mart.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Canon targets flat-screen TV mart Mamoru Kurihara Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The flat-screen television market will become even more competitive in 2005 as Canon Inc. plans...

No. of newly listed firms up 45% in '04.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) No. of newly listed firms up 45% in '04 Yomiuri The number of companies that newly listed shares on domestic stock exchanges in 2004 increased by 175, or 45 percent, from the previous...

IRCJ plans to set up Daiei advisory board.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) IRCJ plans to set up Daiei advisory board Yomiuri The Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan plans to set up an advisory board of its own executives and experienced Daiei Inc....

Daiei plans to shutter 53 stores.
December 31, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Daiei plans to shutter 53 stores Yomiuri Struggling retail giant Daiei Inc. plans to close all its stores in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions and Okinawa Prefecture, sources said...

CPM spanner in Quadrilateral works.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Soma Mookherjee in Kolkata Dec. 30. - While the chief minister sermonises about attracting investment and developing infrastructure, his party men have been instigating residents of Singur in Hooghly to...

Uncle Scrooge state delays Metro.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Srinjoy Chowdhury in New Delhi Dec. 30. - Festive season it may well be, but where there's Christmas there's also Scrooge. The Tollygunge-Garia segment of Metro is only 30 per cent ready even though the...

South Dinajpur gets its first rail link.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, Dec. 30. - "Humne lathi department (home) manga tha lekin hame Rail mila. Humne abhitak lathi nehi chhora (I had asked for the home department. I couldn't get it but then I am...

Lalu comes, 'conquers', opens.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Anjan Chakraborty in Bankura Dec. 30. - The occasion was the foundation laying ceremony of Bankura-Chatna-Mukutmonipur railway link and remote inauguration of train services in Mahendralalnagar-Amta and...

Traders peeved over no invite to bus meet.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) BOLPUR, Dec. 30. - Traders of Bolpur are up in arms against the Birbhum district authorities as the traders' organisations were not invited to a meeting which would decide the demand for re-introduction of...

Cong man poisoned in property feud.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) KRISHNAGAR, Dec. 30. - A Congress worker was poisoned allegedly by a CPI-M panchayat member's husband and son over a dispute triggered due to the grabbing of their property. The incident occurred on 26...

RKM comes to aid of brothers.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Nani Gopal Pal in Purulia Dec. 30. - Dayamay and Sukumar, the Bauri brothers, became helpless when their father died in the New Kenda Colliery disaster, under Eastern Coalifields Limited (ECL). They come...

Friction in JKP(N) over CPM tilt.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Shyam Sundar Roy in Midnapore Dec. 30. - Will Jharkhand Party (Naren) tilt towards the CPI-M, against which the former JKP chief, Naren Hansda, fought till his death ? This seems to be the question doing the...

Father seeks justice for son's death.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) MIDNAPORE, Dec. 30. - Mr Arup Ghosh, a resident of Durlavgunge (Chandrakona Road) in Garbeta, Midnapore West, in a petition urged the West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman to look into the murder of...

Midnapore MP to donate from MPLAD funds.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service MIDNAPORE, Dec. 30. - Midnapore MP, Mr Prabodh Panda, has expressed his wish to donate Rs 10 lakh from his MPLAD funds to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund as assistance to the...

Japan's Latest Group Suicide: 3 Found Dead.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) TOKYO, Dec. 30. - In what seems to be Japan's latest group suicide, three people were found dead inside a truck, police said today. The two men and a woman, believed to either in their 20's or 30's were found...

100 years ago today.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Star Theatre. - The Christmas programme at Star Theatre can always be relied upon to furnish ample provision of seasonable entertainment. On Christmas Day that indefatigable playwright Mr A. L. Bose produced a...

No man is an island Especially when we are grieving.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) In what is officially described as the worst natural disaster ever, the search for Nicobar Island tribes may appear as a bad anthropological joke to some. But it isn't. The tsunami that many fear may end up...

British muddle Is it about to go India's way?
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) September 11 has had some queer effects worldwide. It led to the banning of Muslim women's headscarves (as a side effect, Sikh turbans as well) in French schools. The British are moving in the opposite...

Rhesus factor Tale of two species, both uneasy, in Delhi.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) If they are not menacing in the terraces of Delhi homes, they must be roaming the corridors of power, causing the babus no small worry - both for life and file. Several episodes of monkeys snatching books of...

PATENT LAWS Developing Countries Suffer The Most.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) By DIPAK BASU The Trips (Trade Related Intellectual Property) agreement requires that by 1 January, 2005, developing countries like India must become compliant - particularly by allowing product patents...

US earthquake monitors tried in vain to warn of tsunami.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) The Times, London WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. - The desperate attempts of three US earthquake monitors to warn nations situated on the Indian Ocean of the approaching tsunami emerged last night. The geophysicists,...

New Air Chief for space protection.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Srinjoy Chowdhury in New Delhi Dec. 30. - Protecting India's assets in space - mostly satellites for surveillance and communications - will be a major priority of the new chief of the Indian Air Force, Mr SP...

Centre's 'irresponsibility' caused panic.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service HYDERABAD, Dec. 30. - The very least the Union home or science and technology ministries could have done before plunging the nation into panic with their tsunami alerts, was get basic...

Asia runs scared.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Toll 1,22,000 May touch 80,000 in Indonesia alone Asia News Network & Agencies BANDA ACEH (Indonesia), Dec. 30. - Residents fled Asian coasts, heeding hollow warnings of new tsunamis today, as the death toll...

Divers at epicentre tell of epic journey to safety.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) ANN & Agencies JAKARTA, Dec. 30. - When the catastrophic earthquake struck, British tourist Mr Al Howard and his French girlfriend Ms Sophie Pasquier were among the closest people on the planet to its...

Tale of two PMs.
December 31, 2004... (From The Statesman (India)) Singh for early warning system to deal with Tsunami-like disaster Agencies THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Dec. 30. - Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, today, said the deadly Tsunami disaster had reinforced the need for...