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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 11 No. 306               

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Tamil Doctor Struck-off in UK for actively Supporting LTTE

By our special correspondent

Dr Muregeshu Vinayagamoorthy, a British-qualified Tamil doctor, aged 62, has been struck off the UK Medical registry for serious professional misconduct.

‘Phony theology’ of Obama center of Rightwing attack

By Philip Fernando

A fierce battle to define social values has made Republican candidates define conservatism in conformist ways sternly warning that President Obama is the antithesis of conservatism encompassing a “phony theology” devoid of social content. Mitt Romney has branded himself as “severely conservative,” Rick Santorum the consummate purist, Newt Gingrich the proven conservative with a record, while Ron Paul touted the libertarian conservative label.

Ship crew arrest in Kerala : Italy rushes diplomat to India

From R. Vasudevan---Reporting from New Delhi

Italy on Tuesday rushed a top diplomat to India amid a deepening row over the arrest of two Italian naval guards who also plan to move the Kerala High Court on Wednesday to quash the FIR charging them with the killing of two Indian fishermen at sea.

Zero children dying from tuberculosis by 2015 possible, if...

By Hara Mihalea - CNS

I like to start by sharing a real story which I experienced in one of my visits in the field last year. I'm sure many of you working in the field have similar stories to tell. During a monitoring visit for our PPM program I came across a referral slip made out by a pharmacy staff referring a 36 year old woman to the DOTS health center.

Burma keeps civil war while promising reforms

By - Zin Linn

What really happened to people in Kachin State? Why don’t government’s armed forces stop fighting in Kachin State? Who is taking advantage of this unreasonable war? There are lot of questions relating to this inhumane war launched by Burmese government against the Kachin ethnic people.

Prince Naif Chair for Youth Development Workshop in PMU

By Asif Anwar Alig


Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) hosted the first Prince Naif Chair for Youth Development Workshop in its campus. Vice Rector for Business Affairs and Development, Dr. Adel Al-Saleh welcomed participants from KSA universities and secondary schools.

Sehwag has a dig at Dhoni over “slow fielding” charge

From R. Vasudevan---Reporting from New Delhi

The controversial rotation policy, which has sparked of a heated debate among critics and speculation of a rift within the team, took a more confusing turn on Tuesday with Virender Sehwag saying he did not know that fielding abilities had anything to do with it.

Post Graduate slots under “Maulana Azad Scholarship Scheme” for Studying in India

The latest press release from the High Commission of India in Colombo revealed that it has decided to widen the scope of Maulana Azad Postgraduate Scholarship to include Arts, Humanities, Economics and Commerce streams and has also extended the deadline for receipt of applications to March 06, 2012.

Sweden agrees to construct houses for resettled people in Jaffna

R.Vanmathy reporting from Jaffna

Swedish Government has agreed to construct new houses for the Internally Displaced Persons in Jaffna says Imelda Sukumar, Government Agent, Jaffna. In a meeting with the Swedish Residential Representative who visited Jaffna last week, the requirement to build the houses for the displaced persons was taken up and was agreed promptly. It was only a formal agreement and the government has yet to enter into any agreement.

President’s son questioned over cash seizure

From R. Vasudevan--Reporting from New Delhi

Raosaheb Shekhawat, son of President Pratibha Patil and a Congress MLA, was on Tuesday questioned by the Amravati Police in connection with the seizure of Rs. one crore unaccounted cash here before last week’s civic polls.

Kashmir is a flashpoint endangering security of Asia

By Asif Haroon Raja

Under the partition plan worked out by the British in June 1947, the 600 princely states had been given the choice of either joining up with India or Pakistan, giving credence to communal demographic milieus and geographic proximity.

Assault on Public Servant:Case registered against former DMK minister Nehru-Car seized

By Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan

The Tiruchi City Police has registered a case against former Transport minister and DMK Tiruchi district secretary K.N. Nehru, the party's Tiruvarur district secretary Poondi Kalaivanan, former Tiruchi deputy mayor M. Anbazhagan and a few others for assaulting and abusing a jail Warder on the Central Prison campus here on Monday.

Sri Lanka marched on to second spot in the CB series

Tharany Rajasingham

Sri Lanka had won the 8th match in the CBS series at Brisbane by 51 runs against India, earning themselves a total of 11 runs and gaining the second spot with 11 points.

West Bengal CM Mamata ‘pulls up’ cops for cracking rape case

From R. Vasudevan--Reporting from New Delhi

Two senior police officers have been made to pay the price for solving a rape case that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said was a "fabricated story".

Al Rabeeah, the health minister of Saudi Arabia

By S.H.Moulana - Riyadh

The exclusive interview with the health minister, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah ‘It’s patients first, health minister spells out policy’, I read in one of the gulf dailies, is really outstanding. It shows what a dedicated person he is.

Over 50 pilots desert cash-strapped Kingfisher

From R. Vasudevan--Reporting from New Delhi

An exodus of pilots is perhaps the reason behind cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines' recent travails. Thirty-five of its A320 commanders put in their papers on February 14 and joined rival IndiGo the next day.

Ban on LTTE;Jayalalithaa government to adopt Centre's stand in Madras HC

By Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan

The Tamil Nadu government headed by AIAIDMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, has submitted before the Madras High Court that it was adopting the Centre's counter to a writ petition challenging an order of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal confirming the Union government's ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Ship crew arrests: India, Italy diplomatic row brewing

From R. Vasudevan--Reporting from New Delhi

With the Italian foreign minister Guilio Terzi ramping up pressure on India about the involvement of the Italian naval personnel in killing two local fishermen off the Kerala coast, a diplomatic row appears to be brewing between New Delhi and Rome.



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