Demonstrators defy a government ban in the
Syrian capital
Damascus and
protest for a second day, demanding the release of political prisoners.
(BBC)(Ahram Online)
The
Japanese yen reaches a postwar high against the
United States dollar on the basis that Japanese insurers will redeem overseas assets to pay for the cost of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
(Business Week)
Police in
Cambodia ask prosecutors to charge recruitment firm T&P with illegally detaining its staff.
(BBC)
Raymond Davis, an official with the
United States embassy in
Pakistan, is acquitted of charges of two counts of murder and released from jail after compensation is paid to the victims' families, the result of intense diplomatic talks between the United States and Pakistan.
(CNN)(Times of Pakistan)
Indian Railways driver
Surekha Yadav loco pilot mail drives the Deccan Queen from Pune to Mumbai CST, for Central Railways division, and becomes the first woman from this country to do so.
Demonstrators defy a government ban in the
Syrian capital
Damascus and
protest for a second day, demanding the release of political prisoners.
(BBC)(Ahram Online)
The
Japanese yen reaches a postwar high against the
United States dollar on the basis that Japanese insurers will redeem overseas assets to pay for the cost of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
(Business Week)
Police in
Cambodia ask prosecutors to charge recruitment firm T&P with illegally detaining its staff.
(BBC)
Raymond Davis, an official with the
United States embassy in
Pakistan, is acquitted of charges of two counts of murder and released from jail after compensation is paid to the victims' families, the result of intense diplomatic talks between the United States and Pakistan.
(CNN)(Times of Pakistan)
Indian Railways driver
Surekha Yadav loco pilot mail drives the Deccan Queen from Pune to Mumbai CST, for Central Railways division, and becomes the first woman from this country to do so.