Colombo: Sri Lanka has banned the July 1 issue of Time magazine because its cover story on Myanmar’s Buddhist-Muslim clashes could hurt religious sentiment on the island, an official said yesterday. Customs department spokesman Leslie Gamini said the issue carrying a photo of a prominent Myanmar monk under the headline: “The Face of Buddhist Terror” would be confiscated.
Cyber crime court plan
KUALA LUMPUR: A Barisan Nasional MP yesterday suggested a special court to tackle cyber crime, particularly to deal with the alleged group of cyber troopers funded by the opposition. Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar Radin said he was disappointed with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission as it failed to control social media. He said the government will consider all suggestions made by the public.
Girl, 6, dies from bird flu
PHNOM PENH: A six-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country’s toll from the deadly virus to nine this year, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. The girl, from the southern province of Kampot, died in a children’s hospital in the capital Phnom Penh on June 28. Tests confirmed she had contracted the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.
Nuclear plant hit by fire
TOKYO: Fire broke out in a rubbish pile at Japan’s tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear complex yesterday the operator said, the latest in a series of incidents at the crippled plant. Workers discovered flames licking at piles of cardboard boxes near an incineration facility at about 1pm, Tokyo Electric Power Co said. The fire was put out in a hour.
Rewards over
Xinjiang attacks
BEIJING: China announced rewards of up to 100,000 yuan ($16,000) yesterday for information leading the arrest of those responsible for the deadliest violence in four years in the vast far-western region of Xinjiang, dominated by Muslim Uighurs. A gang staged a series of attacks, killing 35 people last week.
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