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Fears for safety at Fukushima one year on - Sin Chew Jit Poh
The man did not want to be identified for fear of losing the 8000 yen ($100) daily paycheck he receives. "There are many spots where radiation levels are extremely high," he told AFP. The man said subcontractors like him were treated like animals.
Bitter winter kills Afghan children fleeing war - Sin Chew Jit Poh
I don't know what to do," said a woman who refused to give her name to a male reporter under the moral code of rural southern Afghanistan, where women are isolated from outsiders. She said she arrived in the camp after a NATO air strike killed two of ...
China recruiting 8000 police for restive Xinjiang - Sin Chew Jit Poh
BEIJING, January 31, 2012 (AFP) - Authorities in China's volatile Xinjiang region plan to recruit 8000 extra police officers, a government official said Tuesday, as they beef up security in the remote area. The Asian powerhouse is gearing up for a ...
China executes man who bombed tax office - Sin Chew Jit Poh
A local court official, who refused to be named, told AFP that authorities in Changsha carried out the execution by firing squad on Thursday. Bomb attacks have been increasingly frequent in recent years and are typically carried out by individuals ...
EU's poorest region teeters on the brink - Sin Chew Jit Poh
"It's only pensioners and unemployed, buying food on tick all the time," the local grocer, who refused to give her name, told AFP in her scantily stocked shop. The picture was even bleaker on the western arc of the region along the border with Serbia. ...
Germany dampens hopes as France warns of euro 'explosion' - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Earlier, a German government source, who insisted on anonymity, poured cold water on hopes for a deal at the summit. "Several partners have not yet understood the gravity of the situation" facing the EU, the source said. ...
Clinton in historic bid to open Myanmar - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Senior administration officials said Clinton would not announce an end to sweeping economic sanctions on Myanmar, a step that would require approval by Congress. But top US diplomats rarely undertake such high-profile visits without being ready to ...
Vietnam appeal begins for French-Vietnamese - Sin Chew Jit Poh
A court official in Ho Chi Minh City, who asked to remain anonymous, said a ruling on the appeal was expected on Tuesday. At his half-day trial in August, a court in the southern city ruled that Hoang wrote 33 articles under the pen name Phan Kien Quoc ...
China quizzes S. Korea reporters held near North border - Sin Chew Jit Poh
A JoongAng Ilbo official who also declined to be named said the party had not been formally detained. They had been ordered to stay in their hotel but were able to communicate freely with their office in Seoul. "The case is not serious because they ...
China to launch space station's first module - Sin Chew Jit Poh
A spokesman for the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern province of Gansu, who refused to be named, told AFP the module will be launched some time between September 27 and 30, just ahead of China's National Day on October 1. ...
Residents want China plant moved over pollution - Sin Chew Jit Poh
That's the only way to solve the problem," a young man living near the factory, who declined to be named, told AFP. Zhou Jiuguan, who grew up in the area, also called for the plant to be relocated. "But with the money involved, it's impossible," he ...
China hospital separates conjoined twins - Sin Chew Jit Poh
"The two babies are now in a stable condition and are being closely watched in the intensive care unit," a spokeswoman for the Shanghai Children's Medical Centre who declined to give her name told AFP. The centre's director, Liu Jinfen, ...
Libyan rebels set deadline for final battle - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Just hours after crossing over, Aisha gave birth to a baby girl, a government official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Aisha gave birth very early this morning. She had a little girl. Mother and daughter are doing fine. ...
In Hebron, bargains draw rare crowds to Old City - Sin Chew Jit Poh
But one shop owner, who declined to give his name, expressed concerns that the new-found customers could disappear as quickly as they arrived. "All it takes is one Israeli soldier to take a decision, and the whole city will shut back down again," he ...
Baghdad's Shorjah market is Ramadan centre, 700 years on - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Another shop owner declined to give his name, for fear of assassination. He lamented the scalding heat, topping 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), had kept some shoppers away, with Ramadan this year encompassing peak summer in Iraq. ...
Locals reached massacre victims before police - Sin Chew Jit Poh
A friend who stood nearby and declined to give her name said Line rescued more than 40 people. "It was not just me but many people here with boats," says Line. "There were maybe 20 boats, we got close and went round the island, we got much closer than ...
Pacific's Niue looks to tourism to grow population - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Asked about the suggestion, Talangi said "we'll look at everything", although one long-time resident, who asked not to be named, was unenthusiastic at the prospect. "How depressing to think that we might be turned into a major geriatric ward," she said ...
China warehouse fire kills 12 - Sin Chew Jit Poh
A spokesman for the city's fire brigade, who refused to be named, told AFP the fire had now been put out. "At present, 12 people have died and the reason for the blaze is still under investigation," he said. Firefighters rescued eight people from the ...
China province seeks to ease 'one-child' policy - Sin Chew Jit Poh
BEIJING, July 12, 2011 (AFP) - Authorities in China's most populous province have asked Beijing to ease the one-child policy, a government official said Tuesday, amid growing concerns over gender imbalances and an ageing population. ...
Vietnam set to execute by injection: official - Sin Chew Jit Poh
He asked not to be identified. The ministry recently held a conference to brief police about the new law, the official added. Most death sentences in Vietnam are handed down to drug traffickers and murderers. Vietnamese authorities do not issue capital ...
Strauss-Kahn starts New York house arrest - Sin Chew Jit Poh
"He's here," the officer, who asked not to be identified said, as other police set up metal barricades to keep away a huge crowd of journalists. Residents were shocked at the news and by the rowdy media presence that included rows of parked satellite ...
Vietnam troops use force at rare Hmong protest - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Protesters numbered in their thousands and "the army had to intervene to prevent these troubles from spreading", the source said. It is Vietnam's worst known case of ethnic unrest since protests in 2001 and 2004 in the Central Highlands by the ...
Libya op in full swing on French aircraft carrier - Sin Chew Jit Poh
One officer who requested anonymity said the mission was "complex" but that French pilots taking part in reconnaissance and bombing operations on Libya were being "particularly attentive because there are people on the ground. ...
Poignant wedding amid New Zealand rubble - Sin Chew Jit Poh
The man, who did not wish to be identified, described the 90-minute briefing as "extremely informative". "I think they were fair," said another man who has a friend unaccounted for. "They are in the process of finding bodies." The emotional toll of the ...
Abused Afghan women fear for future of shelters - Sin Chew Jit Poh
I'm very worried about this," she explains, speaking on condition of anonymity because of safety fears. Her story highlights concerns among activists that plans, announced last week, for the women's ministry to take control all 14 of Afghanistan's ...