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| China reveals misuse of $2.7 billion in lottery funds | | | China has uncovered widespread misappropriation of 16.9 billion yuan ($2.72 billion) of funds from its state lottery programme, underscoring the extent of official corruption as the country tries to root out graft. Funds were misappropriated through the buying and building of office buildings and hotels or embezzled, the National Audit Office said in a report on its website. The state auditor said the irregularities accounted for a quarter of the total of lottery funds received in its 2012-2014 investigation that spanned 18 provinces. |
| China probes deputy minister on Olympic panel for discipline breach | |  By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A deputy sports minister who sits on China's Olympic committee is being investigated for suspected "serious breaches of discipline and the law", the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said using a term often employed to denote corruption. China's sports bodies are in the international spotlight, as Beijing competes with Almaty in Kazakhstan to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022. China, which is aggressively seeking to stamp out graft in Party and government ranks, has also sought to eject corrupt elements from its sports establishment, especially within soccer, which has been hit by match-fixing scandals.
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| Moves to change two key constitution clauses fail in Myanmar house vote | | | Motions to amend Myanmar's constitution to remove a military legislative veto on key decisions and change rules that effectively bar Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency failed on Thursday to win sufficient support in parliament. The ballot followed a three-day joint session to debate changes to the army-drafted constitution and votes to amend the two key clauses fell short of the more than three-quarters support needed to put them to public referendum. The popular Nobel laureate Suu Kyi cannot become president because her two children are British, as was her late husband. |
| Police search Ryanair jet in Poland after hoax bomb call | | | Polish police acting on a tip-off from a hoax caller searched a Ryanair jet for an explosive device on Thursday but found nothing, police and the airline said. "This was an irresponsible prank," the spokesman, Mariusz Mrozek, told Polish broadcaster TVN24. Ryanair said the jet was on the tarmac at Warsaw's Modlin airport, waiting to board for a flight to Oslo, when the call came in. |
| Insight - "Paving paradise": Scientists alarmed over China island building in disputed sea | |  By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Concern is mounting among some scientists that China's reclamation work in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has done severe harm to one of the most important coral reef systems in Southeast Asia. China's use of dredged sand and coral to build artificial islands on seven reefs had also damaged reef systems beyond the outposts, meaning the affected area could be greater than first thought, several scientists who have studied satellite images of the Spratlys told Reuters. John McManus, a prominent University of Miami marine biologist who has worked with Philippine scientists to research the South China Sea, told fellow experts this month that China's reclamation "constitutes the most rapid rate of permanent loss of coral reef area in human history".
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| Myanmar parliament voting on amending key parts of constitution | | | By Hnin Yadana Zaw NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's parliament was voting on Thursday on whether to change two of the most contested provisions of the country's military-drafted constitution, using a rarely employed balloting system lawmakers said could make the result closer. Lawmakers have been debating since Tuesday proposed changes to the 2008 constitution that would weaken the military's control over the legislature. Officials inside parliament in Naypyitaw had set up ballot boxes, according to a Reuters witness, preparing for votes to be cast by paper ballot. |
| Internet firms should brief U.N. on tackling extremists - experts | | | By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Key Internet and social media companies should brief a United Nations Security Council sanctions committee on their efforts to stop al Qaeda, Islamic State and other extremist militants spreading their ideology online, U.N. experts said. Alexander Evans, coordinator of the team of experts, said such a briefing could stimulate a conversation among the 15-committee members on whether U.N. sanctions could be expanded to help stem Internet use by Islamist militants, but he added that the "the answers are not easy." "Late last year a range of actions made much of the social media domain less-permissive territory for (militants)," he said in an interview. "The companies are aware and they have responded, but the political question is have they done enough, who should do what and what's the international consensus on this." Diplomats said the committee is considering the recommendations by the experts, who monitor the U.N. sanctions and assess the strength of the groups. |
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