Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from September 2004

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from September 2004

SPREADING THE JOY OF LIVING (Ittina Group of Bangalore provides high-quality housing to the middle-class people).
September 30, 2004... (From India Business Insight) The Ittina Group of Bangalore was established by Ittina Mahabaleshwarappa with the intention of providing high-quality housing to the middle-class people of Bangalore. It is one of the fastest-growing...

HOBBS NAMES WAITAKI CATCHMENT WATER ALLOCATION BOARD MEMBERS.
September 30, 2004... (From New Zealand Press Association) (Eds: EMBARGOED UNTIL MIDNIGHT) Wellington, Sept 30 - The Government has announced the five members of the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Board, responsible for developing the regional water...

KILLS-CORRECTIONS TO MORNINGS OF THURSDAY, SEPT 30.
September 30, 2004... (From New Zealand Press Association) Wellington, Sept 29 - The following corrections were issued to morning papers of Thursday, September 30. There were no kills to this cycle. H4840 BASKETBALL-ANBL-BREAKERS-CORRECTION ...

PRESS COUNCIL UPHOLDS COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DOMINION POST.
September 30, 2004... (From New Zealand Press Association) Wellington, Sept 30 - The Press Council has upheld a complaint from a diving course student that The Dominion Post published a photo and caption implying she was associated with the Mongrel Mob and...

Typhoon No. 21 kills 4; 14 missing.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Typhoon No. 21 kills 4; 14 missing Yomiuri OSAKA Typhoon No. 21 made landfall near Osaka at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, bringing strong winds and rain to the Kinki region, according...

Dance schools ordered to pay to play music.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Dance schools ordered to pay to play music Yomiuri The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered seven dance schools in Nagoya and other cities to pay about 36.46 million yen for violating the...

'Dumont had role in plot to shell Heathrow'.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Dumont had role in plot to shell Heathrow' Yoshinari Kurose Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri JAKARTA Lionel Dumont, a senior member of an organization linked to the...

Effects of POW victim of A-bombing donated.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Effects of POW victim of A-bombing donated Yomiuri HIROSHIMA The family of a U.S. prisoner of war who died in the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima has asked the Hiroshima Peace...

MMC secretly replaced bus parts.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) MMC secretly replaced bus parts Yomiuri OSAKA Mitsubishi Motors Corp. replaced defective parts on 30 buses operated by Osaka City's transport bureau in 2002 without reporting it to...

Russian wrestling brothers feted by ambassador at Osaka co.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Russian wrestling brothers feted by ambassador at Osaka consulate Yomiuri OSAKA Russian sumo wrestler brothers Roho and Hakurozan were given letters of commendation by Russian sports...

Housing body to ease tenant-screening rules.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Housing body to ease tenant-screening rules Yomiuri The Urban Renaissance Agency will change some of its screening criteria for tenants of public housing to allow non-income earners as...

Pension agency official received 1 mil. yen golf trips fro.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Pension agency official received 1 mil. yen golf trips from supplier Yomiuri A senior Social Insurance Agency official who has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from a Tokyo...

Yamasaki's full-time pledge causes govt flutters.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Yamasaki's full-time pledge causes govt flutters Yomiuri Although his new appointment as an assistant to the prime minister is a part-time position, former Liberal Democratic Party Vice...

Machimura: Revise top law for P-5 bid.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Machimura: Revise top law for P-5 bid Yomiuri Newly appointed Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Tuesday that the Constitution should be amended before Japan becomes a permanent...

Factions angry over lost clout.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Factions angry over lost clout Yomiuri Members of Liberal Democratic Party factions given unfavorable treatment in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's allotment of Cabinet posts and key...

Minshuto vows to attack new Cabinet, LDP lineup.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Minshuto vows to attack new Cabinet, LDP lineup Yomiuri Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) leaders Tuesday vowed to intensify the party's offensive against the government and ruling...

Asthma threatens kids, culture.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Asthma threatens kids, culture Masaharu Asaba Yomiuri An increasing number of children are suffering from bronchial asthma. The rise has been so rapid that the number of cases has...

EDITORIAL / Intl cooperation needed to curb crude prices.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) EDITORIAL / Intl cooperation needed to curb crude prices Yomiuri Crude futures have topped 50 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. If the abnormally high oil prices...

Koizumi faces rough road on way to postal reform.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Koizumi faces rough road on way to postal reform Yomiuri The newly reshuffled Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi now faces a number of tasks, including the privatization of...

Nagashima meets with Watanabe.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Nagashima meets with Watanabe Yomiuri Shigeo Nagashima, lifetime honorary manager of the Yomiuri Giants, visited the Tokyo office of The Yomiuri Shimbun on Wednesday afternoon to talk...

Private investors chase 'invincible' IPO issues.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Private investors chase 'invincible' IPO issues Yomiuri Initial public offerings are becoming more popular with individual investors as most issues over the past year have made their stock...

Yoshitomo Nara: 'From the Depth of My Drawer'.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Yoshitomo Nara: 'From the Depth of My Drawer' Mikiko Miyakawa Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Big-headed children with sulky-looking eyes and tiny mouths. These are the typical...

U.S. nutrition professor wins Honda Prize.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) U.S. nutrition professor wins Honda Prize Yomiuri The Honda Foundation said Wednesday it would award the Honda Prize for 2004 to Walter Willett, a 59-year-old professor of epidemiology and...

Weather station on Mt. Fuji to close.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Weather station on Mt. Fuji to close Yomiuri The Meteorological Agency's observatory on the top of Mt. Fuji will be closed Thursday after 72 years of manned operation, replaced by an...

Silent bossa star Gilberto returns.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Silent bossa star Gilberto returns Frank Spignese Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Miles Davis was once asked by a reporter what his favorite note was. Davis thought for a moment...

100 years later, Chekhov still relevant.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 100 years later, Chekhov still relevant Zal Sethna Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Throughout the year, the Japanese theater industry has done a fine job commemorating the 100th...

Prime time for a reevaluation of the 1st Japanese opera.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Prime time for a reevaluation of the 1st Japanese opera Mieko Sasaki Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri It may be a bit of a surprise for some to learn that Hosokawa Grazia, the...

'Sekai' emphasizes simple beauty of looking different.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Sekai' emphasizes simple beauty of looking different Saori Kan Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Looking into a small window, my eyes met those of a family, including a little girl...

Hiramatsu works on show in Ueno.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Hiramatsu works on show in Ueno Yomiuri About 60 works by Reiji Hiramatsu, a leading contemporary nihon-ga (Japanese painting) artist, will be on display at Matsuzakaya department store...

In Your Ear.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) In Your Ear Zal Sethna Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri NITRO MICROPHONE UNDERGROUND Straight From the Underground Columbia Music Entertainment, 3,000 yen Nitro...

Televiews / Autumn's top 10 of TV deja vu.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Televiews / Autumn's top 10 of TV deja vu Wm. Penn Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Groundhog Day is still five months away but this October, many Japanese TV viewers may feel...

Uehara hurls, bats Giants.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Uehara hurls, bats Giants Yomiuri Koji Uehara drove in a run and pitched five-hit ball through seven innings as the Yomiuri Giants downed the Hiroshima Carp 4-2 on Wednesday night in...

'Overdrive' spins out of controlOverdrive Two and half sta.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) 'Overdrive' spins out of controlOverdrive Two and half stars (out of five) Aaron Gerow Special to The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Overdrive Two and a half stars (out of five) Dir:...

Awash in cliches, 'Hellboy' fizzles.
September 30, 2004... (From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Awash in cliches, 'Hellboy' fizzles Tom Baker Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Hellboy Two stars Dir: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Ron Perlman, Rupert Evans, David Hyde...

IN BRIEF.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Hart to call it quits today Courageous Brisbane triple premiership player Shaun Hart will announce today his retirement after 15 seasons in the AFL. The 33-year-old former Norm Smith medallist missed out on a fourth...

A good run may mean we won't see much of Ain't Seen Nothin' in Cup.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Saturday is D-Day for Canberra's big spring Cups mare Ain't Seen Nothin' but the upshot is anything short of her best will almost certainly see her next race in front of hometown fans. Last spring, Ain't Seen...

MEDAL TALLY.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ! ! ! ! ! Country! G! S! B! Total! China! 63! 46! 32! 141! Great Britain! 35! 30! 29! 94! Canada! 28! 19! 25! 72! United States! 27! 22! 39! 88! Australia ! 26! 38! 36! 100! Ukraine! 24! 12! 19! 55! Spain! 20! 27!...

ACT Cricket has a 20/20 vision for the future.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) It is almost time again for cricket and this weekend the ACT's grade teams will be playing something that is almost cricket. Many teams will be near full strength for ACT Cricket's inaugural 20/20 Grade Cricket...

Hewitt's all-too-familiar style has same result.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) She may not sport the backwards cap, or shout a rousing ''c'mon'' after winning a big point, but Jaslyn Hewitt certainly possesses the same on-court tenacity and fighting spirit as her older and more famous brother,...

Nitties knuckles down for Open.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Golf is a game of consistency, but you don't need to tell that to James Nitties. The 21-year-old Australian amateur representative will start as one of the favourites to win this weekend's Federal Amateur Golf...

YESTERDAY'S RACING RESULTS AND ACTTAB DIVIDENDS.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) CANTERBURY TRACK GOOD 1 - HCP 1250m: 4.80 DOUBLE DARE (gr c 3y O'Reilly (NZ) - Dare (NZ). Trainer: C J Waller) 55 (L V Cassidy) 1, 2.70 fav FREEDOM REIGNS 55 (D Beadman) 2, 8.50 MISSILE DEVICE 53 (G Boss) 3. Then...

SCOREBOARD.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) here U14 GIRLS BASKETBALL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS at Tuggeranong: Yesterday -Game 32: BENDIGO BRAVES 61 b NORTH WEST TASMANIA BREAKERS 22. Scorers Bendigo - Cassie Spear 21, Erica Schippers & Ellie Cleary 10; Scorers...

Rogerson has plenty to pick from for Canberra.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Graeme Rogerson's Randwick stable will be represented in the Listed $100,000 Canberra Cup (2000m) on October 10, it is just a matter of deciding which horse to campaign. Rogerson is a regular winner of major...

Beau in Plate but hankers after Cup start.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Queanbeyan stayer Beau is another regional galloper racing for his Melbourne spring carnival ticket when he lines up in Saturday's Group 3 $200,000 Craven Plate (2000m) at Randwick. Like Canberra's Ain't Seen...

LAW LIST FOR TODAY.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) HIGH COURT Before the Full Court, in Court 2, at 10.15am: Blackadder v Ramsey Butchering Services Pty Ltd (for hearing). FEDERAL COURT Before Registrar Hedge, in Court 2, at 10.15am: Return of Subpoena: Quotable...

IN BRIEF.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Takeover nearly done Macquarie Office Trust announced yesterday its $850million friendly takeover of Principal America Office Trust was virtually complete, with Macquarie to compulsorily acquire the remaining units...

Global customers for UC courses on customs.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The University of Canberra has opened the world's first Centre for Customs and Excise Studies, already developing an international reputation as an exporter of training programs. The centre, at the new...

Office building first in Australia with green star rating.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A Canberra office building has become the first in Australia to be awarded five green stars from the Green Building Council of Australia. Council executive director Maria Atkinson said the design for...

Incentive to seek alternatives.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T he oil warning light is switching from amber to red. The $50 price for a barrel of crude oil reached this week is the highest it has ever gone in dollar terms, though not when you adjust for inflation. But it is...

Why our security is reliant on reducing poverty.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HE HEALTH AND WELFARE of Australians and the wider international community have been sacrificed by policies that divert funding from health care to killing. In the name of "security" our military power is...

Distributors cash in on the documentary.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) I F I WERE MORGAN SPURLOCK, I'd be quite pleased with myself. His documentary illustrating the poverty of a diet of food from McDonald's, Super Size Me, appears to be stopping the advance of super-size everything....

TO THE POINT.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) FLORIADE A MUST-SEE I visited Floriade today. It was at the usual high standard. The scarecrows were great. My favourite is the Education Union entry for which the model was obviously Mark Latham. See it. ...

CONTACT US.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) General inquiries.................................................................. 6280 2122 I want to place a classified................................................... 136 355 I have another advertising...

Identifying potentially dangerous drivers should start early.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) I ran a driving school for 13 years. I hold from that experience two firm beliefs. The first is that the most important thing that you do when teaching driving is to instill in the learner the thought that when...

BALLOT BITES.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Startling statistics Janine Lacy watch out. Eight of 10 single Australians would like to date your husband - if given a choice between the Opposition Leader and PM. But when it comes to sex appeal neither can hold a...

TO SERVE THE NATIONAL CITY AND THROUGH IT THE NATION - What about the stragglers?
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) M ARK LATHAM has produced in Labor's formal campaign launch a set of proposals skilfully crafted to appeal to swinging constituents and with the additional appeal, to the sober-minded, of being more fiscally...

History sheds light on global warming.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A LITTLE under 3000 years ago, a group of horse-riding nomads known as the Scythians started to venture east and west across the Russian steppes. At about the same time, African farmers began to explore their...

LOTTERIES.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Tatts 2 draw 6997: 38, 95. Division 1 dividend: $1124. Tatts Keno draw 5758: 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 21, 22, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 38, 43, 48, 53, 55, 56, 65. Jackpot increases to $1,006,800. Oz Lotto draw 554:...

THE FRIDGE DOOR.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) RECYCLING:Recycling bins will be emptied in Barton, Deakin, Duntroon, Forrest, Fyshwick, Garran, Griffith, Harman, Hughes, Isaacs, Kingston, Narrabundah, Oaks Estate, O'Malley, Phillip, Pialligo, Swinger Hill and...

VICE-REGAL.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) On Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council. Earlier, at St Christopher's...

Academy debunks 'boring' tag.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Who says Canberra's boring? The Academy in Civic nightclub has been named one of the top three nightclubs in Australia. The Canberra venue won the accolade at the Bartender Magazine Awards in Sydney this week,...

Aboriginal art sets the stage for Paris museum.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Federal Government will fund a permanent installation for Australian Aboriginal art to be hung in a new indigenous museum in Paris, it was announced yesterday at the National Gallery of Australia by Minister for...

IN BRIEF.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Lured with SMS Text messages were used to lure a 15-year-old girl to a suburban Brisbane house where she was bashed with cricket bats, police said. The girl said that when she entered the house she was struck...

Myriad of colour, flavour highlight of Thai cultural festival.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Royal Thai Embassy will be a myriad of colour and flavours this weekend for the Thai Food and Cultural festival. The festival commemorates the Queen of Thailand's birthday and this year will have an exciting...

IN BRIEF.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Higgins warning Gareth Higgins, son of ACT Chief Justice Terence Higgins, was warned yesterday he would be arrested and kept in custody if he failed to a keep a single appointment with Corrective Services staff...

IN BRIEF.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Carers policy The Government had allocated only 9c a week extra for the ACT's 43,000 carers, Democrats MLA Roslyn Dundas said yesterday at the launch of the Democrats' carers policy. The policy called for an...

Greens spell out environment plan.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A levy on plastic bags, a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the replanting of burnt-out pine forests with native vegetation were the centrepieces of the ACT Greens' environment policy issued...

Low-cost housing arrives in Gungahlin.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Low-income earners in Canberra have greater options for affordable housing after the official opening of a 28-unit development in Gungahlin yesterday. The complex was built by the not-for-profit organisation...

Labor pledges extra funding for women.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Labor made an election pitch for the female vote with the launch of its women's policy yesterday. The policy outlines the Government's approach to consultation with women and the creation of several new...

CASE STUDY - Medicare Gold great, if it's for real.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Recently diagnosed with cataracts, and with no private health insurance, Hughes resident Noel Semple, 82, is a fan of Mark Latham's proposed Medicare Gold package. Mr Latham announced yesterday a Medicare...

Libs promise help for small business.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The ACT Liberals would provide a better environment for small businesses to work as the engine room of the local economy under a policy issued yesterday. The Liberals' small business policy was issued by...

SCENE - Party pin-up is up to job, say faithful.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Nobody actually called John Howard ''Yesterday's Man'' at the Labor Party campaign launch yesterday. But that was the unsubtle message in the warm-up speeches before Mark Latham took the stage. ALP national...

Labor's cash supply still growing.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Opposition said yesterday it had uncovered $450 million more savings to pay for its election promises, but the Government stepped up its attack on Labor to reveal how many jobs they would cost in Canberra. ...

REACTION - Latham 'lacks plan for strong economy'.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Prime Minister John Howard said the Labor policy lacked the integral component of measures to strengthen Australia's economy. Re-emphasising his theme that only the Coalition can deliver low interest rates, Mr...

Battling for defence-related votes.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HE LABOR PARTY has promised another light infantry battalion for Townsville and extra benefits for service personnel.The Coalition has not yet issued its full defence policy, although Prime Minister John Howard...

$110 million for mental health: PM.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Prime Minister John Howard reconciled his Tough on Drugs policy with a harm-minimisation approach to drug abuse as he announced yesterday another $110million for mental health. After a number of specialists told...

Author happy with rain on her literary lunch.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Threatening skies and strong wind gusts might have deterred some from visiting Floriade yesterday, but Canberra author Marion Halligan, who staged a literary luncheon in the gardens, was revelling in the conditions....

Dingoes a dying breed, hybrids more aggressive to campers.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A leading Australian scientist has warned that aggressive wild dogs will become an increasing threat for campers and bushwalkers unless greater effort is made to save the dingo from extinction. A senior...

Dick fights for right to criticise air safety.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The legal battle between aviator Dick Smith and air traffic control provider AirServices Australia appears certain to escalate in the wake of the July 24 incident in which a Qantas flight from Perth had a near- miss...

Fires offer growth, expert tells court.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Giant bushfires in the Kosciuszko National Park were essential for the growth of alpine forests and more could be expected in years to come, the NSW Coroner's Court was told in Queanbeyan yesterday. Regional...

Local petrol prices set to rise.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Soaring Canberra petrol prices are likely to go even higher as the price of a barrel of oil broke the $US50 threshold in Asian markets for the second consecutive day yesterday. The territory's average petrol price...

National police memorial for Canberra.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Government will hold an Australia-wide design competition for a new national police memorial to be built in Kings Park near the Carillon. Justice Minister Chris Ellison and Territories Minister Jim Lloyd...

Plan will boost ACT hospitals: Corbell.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Labor's plan to pay hospital costs for older patients would free up $53million to cut elective surgery waiting lists and improve services in the ACT's public hospitals, Health Minister Simon Corbell said. Mr...

Residents pack up and move out of Donald Rd.
September 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The 24-year-old Queanbeyan man injured in Tuesday's explosion in a Donald Rd block of flats remains in a critical condition in a Sydney Hospital. Allan Degraf suffered second and third degree burns to 75 per...