6 October 2008, 2:45 pm
6 October 2008, Jakarta/Jayapura - Greenpeace today embarked on the Indonesian leg of its "Forests for Climate" ship tour, to shine the spotlight on the rampant destruction of the Paradise Forests - the last remaining ancient forests of Southeast Asia.... read more
5 October 2008, 10:49 pm
The tourist paradise of the Maldives gets its first taste of democracy this week with presidential elections that could see the end of the road for Asia's longest-serving leader.... read more
5 October 2008, 4:53 pm
This novel?s protean, real-life heroine starts out as a film sensation in occupied China and ends up in Japanese parliament.... read more
4 October 2008, 4:00 am
An English theatre director is working on a version of the Indian epic Ramayana to be staged in Britain next month.... read more
3 October 2008, 9:13 pm
British Colonial Building. (Photo courtesy: The Philippines Daily Inquirer/ AsiaNews) Galle Face Green Hotel. (Photo courtesy: The Philippines Daily Inquirer/ AsiaNews)... read more
3 October 2008, 3:28 pm
A new space race is officially under way, and this one should have the sci-fi geeks salivating.... read more