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CAR FREE DAY

A traffic police officer places a road sign and a cardboard featuring a cartoon police officer to ban cars on a street in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province, September 22. China launched its first nationwide urban public transport week in an attempt to raise residents’ awareness on energy saving and environmental protection. The “Green Transport and Health” campaign, which covers 108 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, encourages people to walk, ride bicycles and take public transportation like buses, subways and taxies rather than drive private cars, to ease the pollution, the ministry said. AP

Ruling party picks Fukuda to lead Japan

JAPAN’S ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum.

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Hindus, Muslims try to close rift created by bomb blasts

THE southern Indian city of Hyderabad is trying to heal itself. A series of bombings - two last month and another in May - created a distance between the city’s Hindu and Muslim communities. Now both groups are trying to bridge the gap.

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China observes ‘Car Free Day’ with the usual gridlock

MORE than 100 Chinese cities including Beijing staged a “Car Free Day” Saturday to fight congestion and pollution, but the streets of the capital remained defiantly clogged with traffic jams.

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