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What now for Bo Xilai?
Gu Kailai's suspended death sentence appears to set the scene for punishment to be meted out to her husband, Bo Xilai, 63. Eddie Luk 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=125610&sid=37420013&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Girl's Koran-burning arrest goes to top
Pakistan's president has called on officials to explain the arrest on blasphemy charges of a Christian girl with Down syndrome who allegedly burned pages inscribed with verses from the Koran. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125609&sid=37417190&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Bloody mine strike festers
Most workers have ignored an ultimatum to return to the job at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, deepening the standoff over a wildcat strike that has left 44 dead and shuttered operations. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125608&sid=37419290&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
North hits out at US test drills
The South Korean and US military began an annual joint exercise to test defenses against North Korea, a drill denounced by Pyongyang which vowed to strengthen its nuclear deterrent. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125607&sid=37417191&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Shackles taken off Burmese media
Burmese authorities have abolished censorship of print media - the latest in a series of rapid reforms and delighting journalists long under scrutiny. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125606&sid=37417400&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Philip leaves hospital after latest scare
Queen Elizabeth's 91-year-old husband Prince Philip was discharged from hospital yesterday after spending five nights receiving treatment for a recurrence of a bladder infection. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125605&sid=37418992&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Jailed for murder
The wife of ousted mainland politician Bo Xilai has been given a two-year suspended death sentence for the murder by poisoning of a British businessman after a business deal between them went sour. Agencies and Eddie Luk 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=31&art_id=125604&sid=37420012&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Top director in death plunge from LA bridge
Prominent Hollywood film director Tony Scott, whose signature works included Top Gun, jumped to his death from a bridge in San Pedro, California. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125603&sid=37419220&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Assange mom gets last say in radio rift
An Australian radio host has been taken off the air after taunting the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with a Nazi slogan, screaming at her "Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!" 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125602&sid=37417187&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Ex-US official adds to Chen release calls
Hundreds of activists and supporters of Taiwan's jailed ex-president Chen Shui-bian gathered outside his prison yesterday to demand his release as a former US government official visited him. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=125601&sid=37420027&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Japanese plead for safety
Tokyo has asked Beijing to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals after businesses, restaurants and cars were targeted by protesters furious over a landing on the Diaoyu Islands by rightists. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=125600&sid=37418737&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Diaoyu group mulls wider protest on Japan
Hong Kong's Diaoyu activists are planning an anti-Japan protest to drive home the message that the islands are not Tokyo territory. Phila Siu 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125599&sid=37417936&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
Gas leakages at hospital are no laughing matter
All public hospitals are being checked for possible leaks of nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas," after 42 out of 48 obstetrics staff of the Prince of Wales Hospital received up to 12 times the safe limit. Mary Ann Benitez and Kelly Ip 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125598&sid=37420300&con_type=3&archive_d_str=20120821
Laugh lines on bodies of art
If you're strutting around with a tattoo using Chinese characters but are puzzled by looks of surprise or giggles that your bodywork attracts, double check just what it says about you. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=125597&sid=37418616&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
No sex please - we're asexual
About 1 percent, or 70 million of the world's population, have no interest in the birds and the bees, experts claim. 8/21/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=125596&sid=37418615&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120821
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