Schools close, teachers targeted and panicked by Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 05:01
Panicked teachers in Thailand's restive south stayed home from school Wednesday after two teachers were killed in broad daylight amid threats from suspected Muslim insurgents that 20 would die.<...
In secular Syria, a TV soap raises controversy by criticizing Muslim hard-liners
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 04:00
In a new Syrian soap opera, a beautiful green-eyed young woman named Layla is torn over whether to take off the niqab, the billowing black Islamic garb that hides every part of her except her ey...
South Korea imposes independent sanctions on Iran over suspected nuclear weapons program
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 04:00
South Korea said Wednesday it will ban unauthorized financial dealings with Iran and impose other penalties as part of a U.S.-led campaign to enforce sanctions against the country over its dispu...
Malaysian prosecutors seek harsher sentence for 'Lizard King' to deter wildlife trafficking
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 04:00
Malaysian prosecutors filed an appeal Wednesday against a six-month jail sentence of a notorious wildlife trader convicted of smuggling endangered snakes, saying the penalty was insufficient to ...
