http://ekschi.com/todayonworld Just another Www.ekschi.com Blogs weblog Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:55:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Indonesians have been voting in parliamentary elections, which are being fiercely contested by dozens of parties. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7991067.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/indonesians-vote-in-key-elections/ North Korea's parliament re-elects leader Kim Jong-il as head of the military, the nation's most powerful position. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7991151.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/n-korea-renews-kims-leadership/ A small cargo plane crashes in Indonesia's eastern Papua province, killing all four people on board, police say. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7991122.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/four-dead-in-papua-plane-crash/ Protesters in Thailand surround the home of an influential royal adviser, accusing him of engineering an army coup. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7989048.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/mass-thai-protest-over-leadership/ China sentences two men to death for starting deadly fires during last year's anti-government riots in Tibet. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7989962.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/two-tibetans-sentenced-to-death/ Thousands of North Koreans rally in Pyongyang to celebrate what the state media say was a successful satellite launch. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7988939.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/n-korea-celebrates-rocket-launch/ A Chinese academic says he was beaten at the grave of Zhao Zhiyang, deposed during the Tiananmen protests. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7989042.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/scholar-beaten-at-tiananmen-grave/ A Russian capsule carrying a US space tourist and two professional astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7989226.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/space-tourist-lands-in-kazakhstan/ Malaysia's ruling Umno party, led by new Prime Minister Najib Razak, loses two out of three by-elections across the country. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7989035.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/by-election-loss-for-malaysian-pm/ A pet dog washed overboard and believed drowned is found four months later - as a castaway on a remote island. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7986816.stm http://ekschi.com/todayonworld/2009/04/09/australian-canine-castaway-survives-on-remote-island/