Singapore announces relaxation of rules on political expression
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Singapore&#39;s new Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, has announced a partial relaxation of rules on political expression. But, he warns race and religion will remain sensitive issues subject to restrictions.
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Life returned to normal in Dhaka on Saturday after authorities relaxed a curfew imposed on Bangladesh's capital following university student clashes with the military this week.
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Text of report by Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post website on 7 September  Citizens' Radio will resume broadcasting in defiance of the law, chief organizer Tsang Kin-shing vowed yesterday, just a week after police took most of its equipment in a raid.
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The Turkish government says it will change a controversial law restricting freedom of expression.
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Hand baggage restrictions imposed on flights from the UK are to be eased, the government is expected to announce.
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SINGAPORE has slipped down the latest world press freedom ranking, according to international association Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF).
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Singapore&#39;s foreign ministry said yesterday that it welcomed President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s (é³æ°´æ) address a day earlier, calling it a development that would reduce tensions between Taiwan and China.
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BANGKOK -- Thailand's new military rulers tightened their grip yesterday, restricting political activities, assuming legislative powers and detaining some allies of the deposed prime minister.
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It will take 50 years or more for Southeast Asian nations to more closely resemble the European Union including the easing of border controls, according to Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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Thailand's ruling generals are set to impose tough new curbs on the media, including a ban on expressions of public opinion, as they tightened their grip on power two days after a bloodless coup.
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Free speech rights take precedence over government restrictions on political advertising, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that opens the door for greater influence by interest groups in the closing days of an election.
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Thailand's army-appointed cabinet agreed on Tuesday to let political parties resume activities, a government spokesman said days after ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's was disbanded.
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A month before Singapore goes under   the international spotlight as the venue of a major   International Monetary Fund conference, the government flexed   its muscles to remind the media of its controls on the press.
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Palestinian TV has toned down its martial posture, opting for gentler programming in line with rising hopes for Middle Eastern peace.
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Thailand's interim government lifts a ban on political party activities imposed after last September's coup.
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Singapore has tempered vows to relax freedom of speech and open up society with new rules and regulations, banning among other things microphones from performances in a free-speech designated &quot;Speakers&#39; Corner&quot;.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares ended slightly higher Friday after reversing an early dip, aided by gains in Singapore Press Holdings after it announced plans to merge some operations with a state-owned broadcaster.