Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is planning to visit France on Tuesday, making that country the last leg of her first trip to Europe in 24 years. The French foreign ministry says Aung San Suu Kyi will meet with President Francois Hollande at the start of her four-day trip. It says she also […]
Malaysia Approves Extradition of Iranian to Thailand on Terror Allegations
Posted June 25th, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
A Malaysian court has approved the extradition of an Iranian man to Thailand on suspicion of involvement in a bomb plot against Israeli diplomats in that country. Masoud Sedaghatzadeh was arrested at a Malaysian airport on February 14 soon after an apparently accidental blast occurred at a Bangkok house where bombs were found. Thai police […]
North Korea Objects to Use of Its Flag in U.S., South Korean Military Exercise
Posted June 25th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
North Korea has reacted angrily to a joint U.S.-South Korean military exercise that was held Friday, denouncing the use of its national flag as a target. Around 2,000 South Korean and U.S. troops, along with jet fighters, tanks and attack helicopters took part in Friday’s exercise to test responses to any assault. The exercise was […]
China Astronauts Conduct First Manual Spacecraft Docking
Posted June 24th, 2012 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
China has conducted its first-ever manual docking between a spacecraft and an orbiting space module. The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module Sunday without using an automated system. One of the three is China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft was launched June 16, and it […]
China Astronauts Conduct First Manual Spacecraft Docking
Posted June 24th, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
China has conducted its first-ever manual docking between a spacecraft and an orbiting space module. The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module Sunday without using an automated system. One of the three is China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft was launched June 16, and it […]
China Astronauts Conduct First Manual Spacecraft Docking
Posted June 24th, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
China has conducted its first-ever manual docking between a spacecraft and an orbiting space module. The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module without using an automated system. One of the three is China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft was launched June 16, and it docked […]
Chinese Astronauts to Attempt Manual Space Docking
Posted June 23rd, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
China is planning to conduct its first manual docking between a spacecraft and an orbiting space module Sunday. Astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft will try to dock with the Tiangong-1 lab module without using an automated system. One of the three is China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft was launched June 16 […]
US: Tibetan Self-Immolations ‘Desperate acts’ of Protest Against Chinese Repression
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. State Department says the spate of self-immolations in Tibetan areas of southwestern China are not the work of outcasts or troublemakers as China contends, but rather the desperate acts of people who are being denied their basic human rights. U.S. Undersecretary of State Maria Otero spoke to VOA’s Tibetan service in a wide-ranging […]
US: Tibetan Self-Immolations ‘Desperate acts’ of Protest Against Chinese Repression, Tibet Service advis
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. State Department says the spate of self-immolations in Tibetan areas of southwestern China are not the work of outcasts or troublemakers as China contends, but rather the desperate acts of people who are being denied their basic human rights. U.S. Undersecretary of State Maria Otero spoke to VOA’s Tibetan service in a wide-ranging […]
Cambodian FM: Cambodia Will Not Deport Frenchman Linked to Chinese Probe
Posted June 22nd, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Cambodia says it will not deport a French architect who once worked closely with a disgraced senior Chinese official at the center of one of modern China’s biggest and most public political scandals. Frenchman Patrick Devillers was arrested earlier this month outside of Phnom Penh at the request of China, for his alleged involvement in […]
