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Tibetan poet gives voice to dead protesters in new book
A blogger, a taxi driver, a Communist Party official and a Buddhist monk. All of them Tibetan, and all of them driven to the desperate step of setting themselves on fire in protest at Chinese rule. ... more
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Post-Fukushima, Asia still drives global nuclear growth
Safety concerns in the wake of the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan have done little to curb Asia's ambitious plans for expanding the role of nuclear power in the regional energy mix. ... more
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Floods kill five in India after cyclone: official
Cyclone-induced flooding has killed five people in eastern India, a government official told AFP Tuesday. ... more
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India's poor face grim rebuilding task after cyclone
Sitting on a wall of his collapsed one-room house in eastern India, B. Chinnaya reflects on the devastation that Cyclone Phailin wrought on his once vibrant fishing village. ... more
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