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Pakistan’s new government gives go ahead to Iran gas pipeline
In order to overcome energy crisis in the country, Pakistan's new government led by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has given go-ahead to Iran-Pakistan gas ...
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Champions Trophy Semi-Final India vs Sri Lanka SL 423
Cricket News: India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Semi-Final, Cardiff, Wales ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, England June 20, 2013 India won the toss, and elected to field SL 42/3 (18.2 Ovs) Angelo Mathews* 0 (0) Mahela Jayawardene 2 (13) IND Umesh Yadav* 5.2-2-17-0 Ishant Sharma 4-1-7-2 CRR 2.29 Partnership 1(2) Last Wkt K Sangakkara 17(44) Last 5 overs Runs 6 ...
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Pakistan using Netsweeper to block Internet content say researchers
IDG News Service - Web content filtering company Netsweeper has supplied its products to Pakistan, even as some top IT companies have refused to supply gear for a controversial filtering project, a Canadian research group has disclosed. ...
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Singapores Haze Hits Hazardous Levels
Sales of air purifiers and face masks have surged after Singapore's pollution index hit the "hazardous" end of the scale Wednesday night. The haze is a result of slash-and-burn land clearing from the Indonesian island of ...
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10 Islamist militants get death penalty in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Islamist outfit were sentenced to death on Thursday by a fast-track court here after they were found guilty of involvement in a deadly suicide bombing in 2005 that claimed eight lives. The court handed down death penalty to 10 operatives of the banned Islamist ...
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The smog could last for weeks Singapore pollution level reaches hazardous record high
The smog engulfing Singapore could last for weeks, the city state's prime minister warned as air pollution levels reached record highs and hazardous ...
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10 Bangladesh Islamic extremists to be hanged
(36 mins ago) A Bangladeshi court sentenced 10 Islamic militants to death after finding them guilty of assisting a deadly suicide bombing on a lawyers' office in 2005, a prosecutor said. The militants, from the outlawed Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh, showed no remorse after a judge read out the verdict and sentence in a crowded court room in the capital Dhaka, special public prosecutor ...
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Singapore firm buys U.S. Bank Tower in downtown L.A.
Singapore investor Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd. The developer and landlord also owns commercial properties including offices, shopping centers and hotels in ...
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Indonesia and Singapore engulfed by forest fire smoke – video
Parts of Indonesia are engulfed in haze on Wednesday as smoke from forest fires decreases visibility and causes breathing concerns. Fires started by farmers in Riau province have spread to Singapore, where tourists are wearing gas masks as protection. Singapore is putting pressure on the Indonesian government to halt illegal ...
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Thailand “Flood Control Asia 2013″ Approaches
Thailand would be hosting Flood Control Asia 2013, Asia's first Flood Control and Protection Technology Exhibition on 29 - 31 October 2013 at BITEC, ...
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AP Exclusive Suspects Facebook page tipped Indonesia cops to Myanmar Embassy bomb plot
In this June 19, 2013 photo, an Indonesian youth browse his Facebook page at an internet cafe in Jakarta, Indonesia. The use of social networking to groom potential attackers is posing a new challenge to authorities in the world's most populous Muslim country that has been struggling to eradicate militant groups. (AP Photo/Tatan ...
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UNHCR Africa Refugee Crisis Overshadowed by Syria
GENEVA -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says the plight of millions of refugees and displaced people in Africa is being overshadowed by the crisis in Syria. To mark World Refugee day, the UNHCR is appealing to the international community to remember that Africans who are forcibly displaced by conflict also are in need of support. The U.N. refugee agency reports there are ...
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Transit Fee Hikes in Brazil Scrapped Amid Volatile Protests
Leaders in two of Brazil's biggest cities have scrapped plans to increase public transportation fees, which triggered massive anti-government protests throughout the South American nation. Officials in both Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro announced their decisions Wednesday to revert back to the previous fares. Several other Brazilian cities had already canceled plans to increase transit ...
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Russia China Downgraded in US Trafficking Report
Trafficking in Persons report Wednesday, and Russia, Uzbekistan and China were automatically downgraded to the lowest Tier 3 ranking. In total, the State Department says 21 of the 188 countries in its report do not fully comply with minimum standards to address trafficking and are not making significant efforts to do ...
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ICC Moves Kenyatta Trial to November
The International Criminal Court says Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will now go on trial November 12. The court announced the new start date Thursday, after granting Kenyatta's defense team more time to prepare their case. The trial had been scheduled to begin in July, but the court said there were delays in the prosecution providing evidence. Kenyatta is charged with five counts ...
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Cebongan prison killers face multiple charges
Three of the 12 commandos involved in the murder of four detainees at Cebongan prison in Sleman were tried Thursday at the Yogyakarta Military Court, where they faced multiple charges. The 12 commandos were from Army Special Forces (Kopassus) Group 2 in Kandang Menjangan, Sukoharjo, Central Java.Sgt. Ucok Tigor Simbolon, Second Sgt. Sugeng Sumaryanto and Corp. Kodik were charged with Article 340 ...
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Taiwan’s ICAO bid backed by US House of Reps
Taiwan Today Taiwan's bid for observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization has received unanimous legislative backing from the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 19. "H.R. 1151 was passed 424-0, the strongest showing of support to date for a pro-Taiwan bill voted on by U.S. Congress," a MOFA official said. ...
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MOFA welcomes US show of support for arms sales
Taiwan Today Washington's ongoing commitment to providing Taipei with defensive weapons under the Taiwan Relations Act and improving bilateral ties is welcomed by the ROC government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said June 19. The MOFA remarks follow the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which contains two revisions pertaining to Taiwan, in ...
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Singapore air quality threatened by haze
Singapore’s Prime Minister has warned that a haze blanketing Singapore from fires in Indonesia could persist for weeks or even longer. Lee Hsien Loong also said there could be consequences if Singapore-linked companies were found responsible for the burning. The illegal burning of forests and other land on Indonesia's Sumatra island, to the west of Singapore, to clear space for palm ...
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Asian stocks tumble on Fed easing China PMI
Asian stocks received a double blow on Thursday, falling the most in almost two years, after the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that asset-purchases could end later this year if the economy continues to improve while China’s PMI ...
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PM to appeal Thawils reinstatement as NSC chief
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has decided to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court against the reinstatement of Thawil Pliensri as secretary-general of the National Security Council. Tongthong Chandransu, PM's Office permanent secretary, said Thursday ...
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Suspects in luxury-car racket surrender to police
DSI said, the two men were innocent until proven guilty. However, Tarit claimed evidence clearly suggested the duo were behind the six burnt luxury cars. He added that investigators would continue to look for the other suspects in the case, including the elusive Nathee Rewthong, 31, a one-armed amputee. Meanwhile, some of the owners of the 548 luxury cars who were required by ...
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Divorce domestic abuse on the rise
The rate of divorce in Thailand has tripled from 10.8 per cent in 2009 to 33 per cent in 2012, while domestic violence has been recorded in at least a third of Thai families. At a Chulabhorn Research Institute seminar Thursday, Wimontip Musikaphan, a lecturer at Mahidol University's National Institute for Child and Family Development, presented family-happiness indicator studies between ...
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Top Chinese legislator meets Vietnamese president
Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang met here Thursday afternoon with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.During the meeting, Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), said the important consensus reached between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Sang has added fresh impetus to the long-term development of China-Vietnam relations.Xi and Sang held ...
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UPDATE 2-Smog in Singapore from Indonesia fires could last for weeks
Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:24am EDT * Air in Singapore, parts of Malaysia "hazardous" * Barclays report sees "hit to tourism" in Singapore * Indonesia says investors from Singapore partly to blame By Kevin Lim and John O'Callaghan SINGAPORE, June 20 (Reuters) - Haze from fires in Indonesia blanketing Singapore could persist for weeks or longer, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on ...
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Cambodia reliant on China for a range of infastructure projects
Cambodia is in need of foreign investment for a number of major infrastructure projects and China is becoming the country’s biggest investor on several key ventures. This is part of a broader expansion in China’s influence in Asia as the country continues to develop into the world’s second superpower.
Cambodia suffered through the economic downturn that came about following the financial crash toward the end of 2008. In 2009, the economy contracted 1%, which wrought significant hardship for many hundreds of thousands of people, most notably those employed in the garment sector as the export of clothing fell by around 20% in value. Read more
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