Briefs, October 25, 2012
YANGON - Myanmar has imposed a night-time curfew in at least two towns in the state of Rakhine after renewed deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas in the area. Official media said yesterday two people had been killed and eight injured in the violence since Sunday, while 1,039 homes had been burned down. Reuters
STOCKHOLM - Swedish fashion giant H&M yesterday denied accusations it encouraged "slave-like" wages at a subcontractor's factory in Cambodia. A documentary to be broadcast on Swedish television channel TV4 alleged that the factory workers were paid so little they had to borrow money just to buy food. AFP
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda named a new justice minister after the last one resigned in the wake of an uproar over past links to organised crime. Makoto Taki - who was shuffled out of the post earlier this month to make way for the now scandal-tainted Keishu Tanaka - has been put back in his old job. AFP
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict has named six new cardinals, including one from India and one from the Philippines. Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila and Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal of India are among new cardinals from around the world, the others being frm the US, Lebanon, Nigeria and Colombia. Reuters
