http://www.channelnewsasia.com Latest Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images_v1/top_mcnilogo.gif http://www.channelnewsasia.com 129 137 2008 MediaCorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT www.channelnewsasia.com http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/346780/1/.html UNITED NATIONS - The UN launched an emergency appeal for 187 million dollars Friday to help Myanmar's cyclone victims, with Ban Ki-moon warning lives were at stake if the ruling military refused to allow in aid. AFP Asia Pacific Fri, 09 May 2008 20:48:28 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/346745/1/.html TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka : Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb killing 11 people and wounding 29 in Sri Lanka's east late Friday, a day ahead of a crucial local poll in the area, the military said. AFP Asia Pacific Fri, 09 May 2008 17:29:19 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/346637/1/.html TOKYO : Japanese lawmakers voted Friday to allow the military use of space, breaking a decades-old taboo in the officially pacifist country which has an increasingly ambitious space programme. AFP Asia Pacific Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:31 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southeastasia/view/346727/1/.html PERAK : Malaysia's Perak state is calling on the federal government to respect the people's decision, as the state authority adopts policies that are non-discriminatory. South-East Asia Fri, 09 May 2008 16:20:28 GMT