Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from October 2004

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from October 2004

70% say government wrong to give North Korea aid.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 70% say government wrong to give North Korea aid Yomiuri Nearly 70 percent of people surveyed disapproved of the government's humanitarian aid to North Korea, while almost the same...

Police say man admits murdering 4 in Omuta.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Police say man admits murdering 4 in Omuta Yomiuri FUKUOKA A man arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a 15-year-old boy has admitted involvement in the murders of four people...

Typhoon death toll rises to 20.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Typhoon death toll rises to 20 Yomiuri Typhoon No. 21, which caused landslides in Shikoku, Kinki and other regions Wednesday before sweeping through the Hokuriku and Tohoku regions, was...

MPD probing ministry official's Guam golf trip.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) MPD probing ministry official's Guam golf trip Yomiuri In the bribery case involving a senior Social Insurance Agency official and Tokyo-based computer manufacturer Kawaguchi Giken, an...

Abductees' families voice dismay over Nakayama's resignati.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Abductees' families voice dismay over Nakayama's resignation Yomiuri Families of those abducted by North Korea have reacted with dismay to the announcement of Kyoko Nakayama's resignation...

IN THE NEWS / Astronaut blasts off for France to teach spa.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) IN THE NEWS / Astronaut blasts off for France to teach space cadets Kyoko Takita Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri After working out of Houston for nearly 20 years, Chiaki Mukai, 52,...

Govt plans university lectures on joining intl organizatio.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Govt plans university lectures on joining intl organizations Yomiuri The Education, Science and Technology Ministry plans to invite Japanese staff at international organizations to lecture...

Visa joins drive to lure tourists.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Visa joins drive to lure tourists Yomiuri Visa International has officially joined the effort by All Nippon Airways and the Star Alliance to promote Japan as an international tourist...

Ex-Hyogo Labor Bureau official held over bribery.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ex-Hyogo Labor Bureau official held over bribery Yomiuri KOBE Police arrested a former Hyogo Labor Bureau assistant manager Wednesday on suspicion of receiving bribes in the form of...

POLITICAL PULSE / Premier sees postal reform as historic o.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) POLITICAL PULSE / Premier sees postal reform as historic opportunity for LDP Yoshio Okubo Yomiuri "Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi feels that he will have achieved a historic mission...

Factions retain grip on posts.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Factions retain grip on posts Yomiuri The influence of Liberal Democratic Party factions in the selection of 22 senior vice ministers Wednesday appears to have dashed hopes that ministers...

2 MMC execs deny negligence charge.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 2 MMC execs deny negligence charge Yomiuri YOKOHAMA Two former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of professional negligence resulting in...

Takebe: No letting up on postal privatization.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Takebe: No letting up on postal privatization Yomiuri In an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun shortly after his appointment as secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tsutomu...

EDITORIAL / Kyoto pact leaves Japan with long to-do list.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Kyoto pact leaves Japan with long to-do list Yomiuri The Kyoto Protocol, which requires industrial nations to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, is...

Koizumi to guide diplomacy.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Koizumi to guide diplomacy Yomiuri The lineup of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi' reshuffled Cabinet apparently reflects his desire to ensure that top officials at the Prime Minister's...

Reds missing Yamase's killer touch.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Reds missing Yamase's killer touch Michael Church Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Urawa Reds remain the team to beat in the J.League's second stage, but it seems the club's swagger...

Indirectly Speaking / Social interaction with non-Japanese.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Indirectly Speaking / Social interaction with non-Japanese Mike Guest Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri This month, rather than dealing with actual conversation content I will...

Historic station re-Orients itself.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Historic station re-Orients itself Kazuhiro Katayama Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Arms stretched and skirts billowing out, six men and women spin and spin and spin like tops,...

Dragons' pennant put on hold.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Dragons' pennant put on hold Jim Allen Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Alex Ramirez did all the celebrating Thursday night at Jingu Stadium, when he homered twice to prevent the...

Ogi accepts manager's job with Orix.
October 1, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Ogi accepts manager's job with Orix Yomiuri Akira Ogi has accepted an offer to manage the Orix Buffaloes, the new team to be created for next season by the merger of the Orix BlueWave and...

2005 AFL DRAW AT A GLANCE.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Season starts Thursday, March 24 with a night game between Brisbane and St Kilda at the Gabba Sunday twilight game between Richmond and St Kilda at Telstra Dome on April 24 Brisbane plays 17 Saturday night games after...

Pearce proves size isn't everything in AFL.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Statistics might not be all that matter at the AFL Draft Camp, but breaking a decade-old record is a good way to get noticed by AFL clubs. Soon after breaking Western Bulldogs player Steven Koops' 1995 record for...

ROUND BY ROUND.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ROUND 1 (Easter & Season Launch) Thursday, 24th March Brisbane Lions v St. Kilda at Gabba (night) Saturday, 26th March Kangaroos v Carlton at Telstra Dome Fremantle v Port Adelaide at Subiaco (night) Melbourne v...

Breadmore takes winning form into final eight.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) For Lauren Breadmore life has been quite hectic lately. The 21-year-old from Victoria is juggling a Commerce/Law degree at University of Melbourne, while touring and playing on the professional tennis circuit. ...

Lamborghini streets ahead.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) F OR AS long as motorcars have been around, the passion we Australians hold for our four- wheel chariots has known no bounds. For the past century, we have bought and loved the finest vehicles the world has...

High country streams tipped to draw crowds for trout season-opener.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A big contingent of local and interstate anglers is expected to celebrate tomorrow's opening of the 2004-2005 trout season in the ACT and NSW. Streams in the region have been closed since June to allow brown and...

First Federal then the world for Aussie amateurs.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A long, straight drive and a final scorecard of around 10-under-par is all you would need to win the Federal Amateur Open Championship at Red Hill this weekend - at least that's what the players believe. In front...

SCOREBOARD.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) here BELCONNEN Wednesday - Div 1 Men: Ginninderra Rats 72 b Tugg SC 58. Women: Wests Magpies 78 b Ginninderra Rats 69 U14 GIRLS BASKETBALL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS at Tuggeranong Yesterday - Game 50: ELTHAM WILDCATS 52...

VICE-REGAL.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC, received from His Excellency Mr Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Tawfik, Letters of Credence...

Ponting back for third Test.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been ruled out of the opening two cricket Tests of the four-match series against India starting next week. Cricket Australia last night confirmed Ponting would miss both Tests...

Lemmon wants two on the trot.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberra driver Greg Lemmon is aiming to capture his second Australian rally title in succession this weekend. Competing in the national N3 category for front-wheel-drive cars with an engine capacity under two...

A new stand-out Alfa for this year's show.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THAT purveyor of gorgeous- looking Italian motor vehicles, Alfa Romeo, will present one of the stars at this year's Australian motor show - the 300km/h Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione prototype. The show opens at Darling...

Obviously a Porsche, but so much better than the last.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) CREATING a new car that is significantly better than its predecessor is never an easy task for any car company. For Porsche, it's even more difficult. Not only is it trying to improve a car that already is at the...

The wood on old Golfs: why they're still up to par - USED-CAR CHECKOUT.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) V OLKSWAGEN Golf, Generation 5, has just hit the roads of Australia so it's a good time to take a look at the older versions to see how they stand up as used cars. These are medium-sized cars that, like all cars,...

What they are worth and what to look for.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Rust isn't common, as factory protection is excellent and backed up by a very long warranty. If you do come across rust, it's likely to be the result of poor quality crash repairs so it is wise to have the car...

Beautiful Benz a starry-eyed sports machine.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The feel imparts a sense of motoring security and well-being and the car begs to be driven hard and enthusiastically. Wheels are 16, 17 or 18-inch light-alloys, depending on the model combination and sports...

A classic re-born.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) I T WAS back in 1996 that the first-generation SLKs were launched and since then, more than 308,000 drivers around the world have put one in their garage. Now it's the latest-incarnation's turn to start...

Time Volvo V8 becomes right stuff.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) V OLVO has announced a 4.4-litre V8 engine for its hot-selling XC90 SUV but Australian buyers are not in the company's sights - at least not for a while. Initially the 232kW engine - Volvo's first V8 - will be...

Canberra teams find their way to success.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberra orienteers have enjoyed a series of successes at the Australian Championships carnival in central NSW. The carnival opened on Sunday with the NSW Championships, and round 13 of the National League, in a...

YESTERDAY'S RACING AND ACTTAB DIVIDENDS.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) BENDIGO TRACK DEAD 1 - MDN 1300m: 1.75 fav AUSSIE HUMOR (br g 4y Distorted Humor (USA) - Gershwin's Gift. Trainer: P Morgan) 57 (A Findlay) 1, 6.00 KUWAIT 57 (B Shinn) 2, 19.00 MIGHTY NATURAL 57 (Dale Smith) 3. Then...

My Chinese King ready to reign in Canberra.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The jockeys' Group 1 King Glen Boss will be sought to ride emerging stayer My Chinese King in the Canberra Cup on October 10 after the horse passed his test for the race by winning at Canterbury on Wednesday. ...

Canberra's business leaders say Liberal policies will restore confidence.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Business leaders have welcomed the ACT Liberal Party's business policy, saying plans to review or overturn ''anti-business'' legislation introduced by the Stanhope Government would restore confidence in the ACT...

THE FRIDGE DOOR.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) RECYCLING: Recycling bins will be emptied in Chapman, Curtin, Duffy, Fisher, Holder, Lyons, Rivett, Stirling, Waramanga and Weston on Monday. Put your bins out before 7am. 62601472. SENIORS' CENTRE: Communities at...

LOTTERIES.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) $2 Jackpot Lottery draw 8223: First, $100,000, No 65619; second, $10,000, No67677; third, $5000, No 57300. The jackpot prize of was not won. Tatts 2: 28, 23. 32 Div 1 Winners $500.00. Tatts Keno: 12, 13, 16, 17,...

Children's book seen as worse than its title admits.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) O NE SURE way to make a book desirable is to ban it. This is what has begun to happen with The Bad Book by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. A kind of fatwa has been declared and Griffiths is facing ridicule and the...

Blair cornered by US alliance.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T ONY Blair seeks to address what he calls ''the problem of trust''. Yet his attempts to defend the war against Iraq lead to further slippery explanations. During the past few days he has erected dividing lines...

Developing an argument for suburban renewal.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HE current debate about the Government's ''residential-core- area'' policy might be helped by a dispassionate summary of the pros and cons of that and alternative policies. Some would argue that the policy:...

Good and bad in our voting system.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) P REFERENTIAL voting one of Australia's electoral innovations. The House of Representatives has been using it since 1919. It has general acceptance among the parties and among academics. It also has its particular...

Climate change our biggest security threat.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The future is not what it used to be, indeed the future is not mandatory. ''The stone age did not come to an end because of a shortage of stones and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil.'' -...

Parents should demand equal funding for all schools.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) It costs $12,000 a year to go to Canberra Grammar School. The fees are not tax deductible. It's all hard-earned money. On top of this, Grammar receives Government funding (mainly federal) of $2354 per student....

CONTACT US.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) General inquiries.................................................................. 6280 2122 I want to place a classified................................................... 136 355 I have another advertising...

TO THE POINT.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) MORE VOTES FOR FREE FUNERALS Give us a break, Latham. Free hospitalisation at 75! Most of us are dead by then! Try for free funerals: that might be worth a lot more votes. Ron Mackie Deakin FEELING IS MUTUAL, COSTELLO...

TO SERVE THE NATIONAL CITY AND THROUGH IT THE NATION - No threat of sectarian war.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HE FEARS of four archbishops that Labor is playing the sectarian card with its schools policy at this election are misplaced. Labor is simply playing the class warfare and wealth-envy card, and religion scarcely...

Letters to the Editor.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Wrong message One of your editorials on Monday, September 27, was devoted to ''Tragedy on roads''. I have written twice to the Advertising Standards Bureau complaining about TV commercials which promote the sale...

REVIEW - This is one anniversary he won't forget.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, by Debbie Isitt. Directed by Peter Nettell. Monkey Mountain Productions. The Street Theatre. September 29-October 2. Visions of Sweeney Todd swim up with this one. It's a comedy...

IN BRIEF.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Organics wasteful Organic farming was no better for the environment than other forms of farming, an international specialist in crops said yesterday. Holger Kirchmann, of the Swedish University of Agricultural...

Turbines kill up to 60 birds a year each: critics.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Wind farms are killing thousands of birds and bats every year, yearly counts being as high as 60 birds a turbine, an international study claims. And British environmentalist Professor David Bellamy, who is...

BALLOT BITES.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) John mad at Labor ad Mark Latham thinks it is hysterical, but multi-squillionaire retailer John Ilhan, of Crazy John's mobile phones, doesn't like his trademark being used as a political reference to Prime Minister...

Both sides liked plan: health care reformer.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Coalition stepped up its criticism of the Labor Party's plan for free hospital care for older Australians yesterday, but the attack was undermined by the plan's architect. Prime Minister John Howard described...

Vanstone translates the language of love and diplomacy.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Foreign Minister Alexander Downer doesn't have to move over - just yet. But Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone knows that a little formal fluency in a foreign language translates well in the wider language of...

Medicare Gold gets conditional hospital support.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ACT private hospitals had the capacity to treat more older patients but heads of those facilities believed the ''devil is in the detail'' of Labor's $2.9 billion plan, they said yesterday. Calvary Hospital chief...

IN BRIEF.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ACT Green in strong position: Internet poll A new poll has found the Greens' Kerrie Tucker in a strong position to beat Liberal Gary Humphries for the ACT's second seat. A Bulletin-Nine poll of about 4000 people on...

Electronic voting again on trial in ACT election.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) An electronic voting system that could one day be the standard for conducting elections is again in use for the October 16 ACT poll. Under a system offered nowhere else in Australia, the ACT Electoral Commission...

Hotline for city whinges.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The ACT Liberals would provide $100,000 a year to better fund a hotline for residents to report problems such as graffiti, damaged footpaths and decaying roadside kangaroo carcasses, Opposition urban services...

Labor vows more planning reform.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Labor has vowed to start a second wave of reforms to the ACT's planning laws to create a simpler system and ensure all new houses meet energy and water efficiency targets. Labor's planning policy, issued by...

Pioneer Wood retires from ACT politics.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) More than three decades since entering politics and after running most of the portfolios in the ACT Government, retiring Brindabella MLA Bill Wood was farewelled from politics yesterday. At a function at the...

IN BRIEF.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Catchment care An ACT Water Supply Catchment Management Group has been established to oversee management in the Cotter Catchment. Announcing its establishment on Wednesday Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said the group...

Indonesian artist commemorates anniversary of unrest.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Swathed in the mists of the marsh pond at the National Gallery of Australia, an expatriate Indonesian artist yesterday commemorated the 39th anniversary of an abortive coup that heralded the massacre of thousands of...

Looting compounds impact of Qbn explosion.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, Queanbeyan resident Vic Garland was proved wrong. Mr Garland was just one victim of looting at the site of the explosion which destroyed two units, and made many...

Family's housing transfer rejected.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ACT law and government policy designed to protect children and families have not helped one disadvantaged family obtain a priority transfer out of a violent and drug and alcohol-dominated public housing complex in...

Communications, fire trails top of wish-list, inquest hears.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) More computer power for communications and more money for fire trail maintenance emerged as the big- ticket items on police and firefighters' wish-lists after the devastating bushfires that ravaged the Kosciuszko...

IN BRIEF.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Meninga manoeuvre Lawyers for former Australian rugby league Test captain and former Raiders captain Mal Meninga made a last ditch attempt yesterday to stop his trial on assault charges over a pub brawl last year....

Fireworks make for lively exchange, but is it a fizzer?
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) One side offered ''a driving force, an ethos, a vision, and values'', the other fireworks and buskers. And if a quick straw poll of a few long-term Canberrans after the ACT's version of The Great Debate was anything...

ACT pollies come up with cracker of a debate.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Stanhope Labor Government put forward its case for another term at the territory's version of the Great Debate yesterday, saying it was the only party with the ''strong sense of purpose and direction'' to lead the...

Silent plea at Parliament to help autism sufferers.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A ''silent plea'' went out yesterday for political parties to improve the lot of people with autism, as well as that of their families and carers. More than 600 chairs, bearing the photographs of people with...

Floriade is all about music for this travelling gypsy.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Okay, this is a Floriade story but we promise - at least on this occasion - not to mention tulips, daisies or poppies. Contrary to popular belief, Floriade is not solely about things horticultural. For those...

No such thing as 'just looking', psychologically.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberra psychologist Antoinette Harmer said yesterday there was no psychological distinction between people who viewed child pornography and child-sex offenders who physically abuse children. ''Psychologists...

FOUR ACT MEN FACE COURT.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Four Canberra men are expected to face court charged with child- pornography offences after their homes were raided as part of the nation-wide police operation targeting child-sex crimes. ACT Police officers...

ANU's $22m loss may be payback.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Australian National University appears to have lost $22 million in federal funding over the next three years - alleging either a massive administrative bungle or Howard Government ''payback'' over being outspoken...

ABOUT TOWN - Marriage of wine and delicious food always sheer bliss.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) I F IT'S about the happy marriage of wine and food, I'm there. If one of your friends whose food you enjoy is doing the marrying I'm there. And so it was for the launch of the 2004 range of Tallagandra Hill wines at...

What's going on.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) To put a notice into the 'What's Going On' section, email: events@canberratimes.com.au or fax, Att: Melissa on 62802282. Visual Aarwun Gallery presents new works by Pro Hart, Kerrie Lester and Dickerson. Open...

Shining with Corelli and others.
October 1, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Corelli and his Contemporaries. Salut! Baroque. Llewellyn Hall. September 24. ARCANGELO CORELLI was the central figure in the musical world of Italy during the later 17th and early 18th century when that country...

Watchdog concluded UFJ tried to hide bad loan data.
October 1, 2004... (From International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi)) The Asahi Shimbun Recently emerged details of the Financial Services Agency's inspections of UFJ Bank indicate that the watchdog determined the bank had deliberately falsified borrowers'...

Poll: 87% of `onsen' not what they seem.
October 1, 2004... (From International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi)) The Asahi Shimbun Bathers already steaming over a recent deluge of spa-mislabeling scandals will likely wonder what ``natural'' hot springs really are when they learn the results of a...