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Corruption Scandals Plague Indian Commonwealth Games

Download   Uncertainty hovers over the 2010 Commonwealth Games with the organizers now facing charges of rampant corruption.

The government’s own watchdog has found evidence of financial irregularities in Games-related projects which have sparked protests from various groups.

Some officials of the Organizing Committee have already been dismissed while the government promises a thorough probe to find ...

Singapore Man Charged for Incitement over Facebook Comment

Download   A Singapore man is facing charges of incitement of violence due to comments he made on Facebook about the government’s handling of the Youth Olympic Games.

The 27-year-old urged other users of the social networking site to ‘burn’ the head of the Games committee.

There has been a lot of online criticism of Singapore’s handling of the Youth Games that saw low crowd numbers.

But the Government...

Papuan Toddler Killed by Police Bullet, Family Demands Justice

Download   Two-year-old Merlina was killed by Indonesian police in the restive province of Papua.

She was shot near her house during a police raid to arrest an alleged criminal.

Police say those responsi...

Exorcising the Ghosts of the Past in Malaysia

Download   Chinese Buddhists in Malaysia believe that the tormented spirits of their ancestors are released from hell every year, for a month, to seek food and entertainment.

Known as the Hungry Ghost F...

Cambodian Evictions

Download   Poor Cambodians are giving up on the legal system and turning to God instead for justice in land conflicts.

Evictions and land conflicts are taking place across Cambodia at an alarming rate.

O...

Pakistans Railways in Crisis

Download   The floods in Pakistan have brought more bad news for Pakistan’s struggling railways.

Several hundred kilometers of railway line have been washed away.

Before the floods the railways were faci...

Solar Solution to Rajasthan’s Electricity Black-outs

Download   In the desert state of Rajasthan, in India, summer temperatures can soar up to 50 degrees centigrade.

Here, electricity can be as elusive as rain. Blackouts are an everyday experience for mos...

Birdlife in Murray-Darling Basin in Full Bloom

Download   After more than ten years of drought, Australia's Murray Darling basin's most important bird breeding sites is now in full flood.

The Murray-Darling is one of Australia's biggest river system...