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Ahmadis deplore Suryadharma’s stance
The Priangan Barat chapter of Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) in West Java say Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali takes side and cheerleads intolerance. Ekky Mubariq of the chapter questioned Suryadharma's claim that 20 Ahmadi followers had quit JAI. On May 21, 2013, Suryadharma witnessed the 20 Ahmadis reciting ...
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C.K. Wu throws hat in ring for IOC presidency
United Daily News Taiwan's representative on the International Olympic Committee and president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), Wu Ching-kuo, announced his candidacy for president of the IOC May 23 in Taipei City. "I decided to announce my intentions here in Taipei, because this is where I started off," Wu said. Wu is the fourth person to announce his candidacy, ...
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Taiwan expands PV inverter testing capability
Taiwan Today Taiwan will set up a testing laboratory for high-power photovoltaic inverters, the Industrial Technology Research Institute announced May 22. ITRI is creating the lab with the backing of the ROC Bureau of Energy, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, said Duan Jia-ruey, head of ITRI's Center for Measurement Standards. The new lab will test PV inverter up to 120 kilowatts in ...
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HPH lauds Taiwan health promotion efforts
Chiou Shu-ti (second left), director-general of the DOH Bureau of Health Promotion, displays May 23 the agency's HPH recognition certificate. (Courtesy of Bureau of Health ...
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Hutchison establishes PoP in Myanmar
Hutchison Global Communications (HGC), the fixed line division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, has unveiled its first Point of Presence (PoP) in Myanmar, established in cooperation with Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), as part of a strategy to boost data and voice connectivity between Hong Kong and Myanmar, enabling international carriers and content providers from ...
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TAITRA launches 2013 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine
TAITRA President and CEO Chao Yuen-Chuan (third left) and TAITRA Vice President Peter W. J. Huang (fourth left) launch 2013 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine May 23 in Taipei City. ...
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Ma praises robust Taiwan-EU relations
Taiwan Today ROC President Ma Ying-jeou praised robust Taiwan-EU relations across a spectrum of areas May 23, expressing hope of taking economic exchanges to a new level. "Over the past five years, relations between Taiwan and EU members have forged steadily ahead, with the EU granting ROC citizens Schengen visa-waiver treatment and frequent visits to Taiwan by members of the European ...
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Taiwan wins Ireland backing for greater global role
Taiwan Today By Meg Chang Taiwan's bid for meaningful participation in international organizations and activities received strong legislative support from the Irish Senate May 22 in Dublin, according to the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Seanad Eireann passed the Ireland-Taiwan Relations Motion to support Paragraph 96 of the European Parliament Resolution of Sept. 12 2012 in the ...
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Bomb kills five rangers in Thailands restive south
Thai rangers stand next to the wreckage of a pickup truck that carried patrolling soldiers after it was hit by a roadside bomb detonated by suspected Muslim insurgents in Saiburi district of Pattani province, Southern Thailand, on Friday, May 24, 2013. Five paramilitary rangers were killed and one other wounded in an ambush when suspected rebels detonated a bomb buried in a road in ...
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Asian Stocks End Mixed Nikkei Rises After Turbulent Trading
Asian stocks traded mixed on Friday, with extreme volatility in Japanese shares keeping investors nervous. Japan's Nikkei index swung over 1,000 points for a second day in a row before ending notably higher on optimism over earnings growth and ...
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Korean and Pakistani presidents congratulate Azerbaijani leader
Korean and Pakistani presidents congratulate Azerbaijani leader The letters had in it good wishes addressed to President Ilham Aliyev, as well as the Government and the people of ...
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Two men arrested on suspicion of endangerment of aircraft after incident on Pakistan-UK flight
LONDON - Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.A fighter jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's ...
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2 Men Arrested After Pakistani Jet Is Diverted Over U.K.
Two men were arrested and removed from a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet Friday. It had been on its way from Lahore, Pakistan, to Manchester, England, when something that happened aboard led authorities to scramble Royal Air Force fighter jets and divert the passenger plane ...
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Pakistan aircraft incident rattles U.K.
Passengers disembark from a Pakistan International Airlines flightbound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London Friday. Chris Radburn/AP ...
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Britain scrambles fighter jets as Pakistani airliner diverted 2 arrested
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was diverted from its original course on Friday, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.A British security official said the situation involving ...
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Threats made aboard diverted Pakistan plane passenger
London: A passenger aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane flying from Lahore to Manchester that was diverted under military jet escort to Stansted, northeast of London on Friday said someone had made threats against its crew."We landed safely and then he (the pilot) announced that they had had some kind of threat from someone and that's why he landed the plane," the ...
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American killed in 2011 drone strike was jailed by Pakistan
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by ...
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Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place adviser
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on ...
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Singapore agrees to invest in Maharashtra infra
Shanmugaratnam here dwelt on ways to create infrastructure in Mumbai, Pune and other cities, on the lines of that in Singapore," an official said after the meeting. "The Singapore government has assured the state government of extending help in developing cities and has also expressed its willingness to invest in the state," he said. Although Singapore is small compared to India, ...
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UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted 2 men arrested
LONDON (AP) -- Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror ...
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RAF jets escort diverted Pakistani passenger plane
The RAF deployed a Typhoon jet to escort a Pakistan International Airlines flight diverted from Manchester to Stansted. Photograph: Alastair ...
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Cambodias Booming New Industry Orphanage Tourism
It's the end of your three week vacation in Southeast Asia. You did good. You managed to hit all the locations on the backpacker's circuit; lounging on the tropical Islands off the Thai Peninsula, experiencing the street food of Bangkok, exploring the temples of Siem Reap, and shopping on the floating markets of the Mekong River. Now, with just a few days left before your flight home, ...
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UPDATE 4-UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport 2 arrests
Fri May 24, 2013 10:47am EDT By Rhys Jones and Peter Griffiths LONDON May 24 (Reuters) - British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Passengers were leaving the plane and no one was hurt in the incident, a spokesman for the ...
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Pakistan Airlines flight diverted in U.K. - CNN
NEW: An unruly passenger prompted the diversion, a top airline official says The plane from Lahore, Pakistan, had 297 passengers aboard Two men were arrested and removed from the diverted aircraft, Essex Police say The Pakistan International Airlines flight to Manchester was diverted to ...
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Sumatra Indonesia the rainforests last stand – video
The rainforest of Sumatra in Indonesia is steadily being turned into a giant industrial plantation that can neither support the wildlife that lives there nor the native human population. Environmental groups estimate that at the current rate of deforestation, the natural rainforest will be all but gone within 20 years, and little is being done to stop it. John Vidal witnesses the struggle for ...
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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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