Asia Compact | 18.07.2008, 18:00 UTC

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		Recommend to a friend   Feedback   Unsubscribe Newsletter | 18.07.2008, 18:00 UTC Asia Compact Your guide to information and selected links Overview of Topics Bollywood Festival Opens in Stuttgart ASEAN Gears Up For Meeting How Much Press Freedom in China? Asia News 18 July 2008 15.00 UTC Asia Compact Quiz of the Month Bollywood Festival Opens in Stuttgart The Metropol Kino cinema hall in the bustling city centre of Stuttgart is in a festive mode. Red carpets show the way to the entrance hall, and rose petals are strewn on the tables in the centre. Huge posters of Indian cine stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan adorn the walls. This is the venue of the Indian film festival 'Bollywood and Beyond' in Stuttgart organized by the Film Office of Baden Württemberg. The festival was started five years ago as part of the partnership between the two cities of Stuttgart in Germany and Mumbai in India. [more] Bollywood Meets Germany ASEAN Gears Up For Meeting The foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations or ASEAN countries are due to meet next week in Singapore. Along with rising food and oil prices, Myanmar will also be high on the agenda. The ministers will likely discuss Myanmar's handling of the Cyclone Nargis disaster, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and left more than two million homeless. The military regime of Myanmar drew widespread criticism for not accepting help from Western nations initially despite the magnitude of the disaster. [more] Disha Uppal asks Debbie Stothard, the coordinator of the Alternative ASEAN Network for Burma about her expectations How Much Press Freedom in China? In July 2001, Beijing celebrated Friday the 13th in style. That's when the International Olympic Committee in Moscow awarded the Chinese capital the 2008 Games. Not only because the Chinese bid proposed wonderful stadiums and an environmentally-friendly edition of the Games but also because it promised to make great progress in the area of human rights. To what extent has this promise been fulfilled? [more] Proper Compensation for 1.5 Million Olympic Evictions Asia News 18 July 2008 15.00 UTC - Indian Foreign Secretary meets IAEA officials - Six-Nation foreign ministers to meet - Anwar Ibrahim refuses DNA test - Nepal gears up for new president - Grenade blast injures 35 in Kashmir - Pakistan & India resume peace talks - Kalmaegi hits China's south-eastern coast [more] Asia Compact The row between Cambodia and Thailand about a disputed temple on the border flares up, ASEAN countries are all set to meet next week -- Myanmar is high on the agenda and Bollywood comes to the south-western German city of Stuttgart. [more] Listen to the latest programme Quiz of the Month Answer the following question to win a short-wave radio and other Deutsche Welle prizes! What is the capital of Tibet? [more] Note To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please click here. If you have any questions or comments, please send us an E-mail: myasia@dw-world.de For more information, please click here. © 2008 DEUTSCHE WELLE | > Contact |