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Emergency Response Grows in Chad
Emergency water supplies are being rushed to southeastern Chad where about 50-thousand people have fled fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region. Several Arab tribes have been battling for control of mining operations there. to De Capua report on Darfur displaced The refugees and migrants have been gathering around the village of Tissi since January. Felix Leger is the country director ...
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Indonesia approves DBS purchase of Danamon stake
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia on Tuesday approved the purchase by Singapore's DBS of a 40 percent stake in Bank Danamon, but demanded the city-state open up its financial sector before any full takeover.More than a year after DBS launched its bid to make the biggest ever bank acquisition in Indonesia, central bank governor Darmin Nasution said it could acquire part of Danamon but could not yet ...
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India leads Asian cuts in Iran oil imports ahead of sanctions waiver
NEW DELHI // India has slashed Iranian oil imports by almost a fifth since December, the sharpest cut among Asian buyers, in a move that should increase its chances of winning a new US waiver next month on sanctions targeting oil trade with Iran. Sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe to force a halt to a controversial nuclear programme that Tehran says is for peaceful purposes saw ...
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Man missing in Batanghari River boat accident
Muhammad Iqbal Saleh, a member of a tugboat crew, went missing in Batanghari River, Jambi after a barge cable snapped and knocked him into the water.Harbormaster tower chief at the Jambi port, Elman Inik, said on Tuesday that he had ordered his staff to call the police and contact Iqbal's family."We have been searching, but have to stop now due to nightfall," he said.Muhammad ...
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Cebongan case files will be soon given to military prosecutors
Military Police investigators display evidence, including two AK-47 replicas, taken in the Kopassus prison case, at a press conference at Denpom IV Diponegoro headquarters in Semarang, Central Java, on ...
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Massive power failure strikes southern Thailand
BANGKOK -; A massive power failure has affected more than 8 million people in Thailand's 14 southern provinces, including popular tourist areas such as Koh Samui and Phuket, in one of the country's biggest blackouts in recent ...
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Colorado Indonesia Schools Win Schlumberger Scholarships
Schlumberger Ltd. announced Tuesday its contribution of five scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' (AAPG) Outstanding Student Chapter Awards. Two universities were selected as the 2013 chapter winners and four additional universities were awarded honorable mention student chapter scholarships. Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado was the top award ...
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Socks Are Optional As Pakistan Grapples With Power Cuts
Protesters march against the prolonged power outages in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on April 11. The country faces power outages of more than 18 hours a day in some parts of the ...
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Brief blackout in the South causes confusion
Most of the South was engulfed in darkness for 35 minutes from about 7.45pm Tuesday night following malfunctions at the main power station in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Kui Buri district. The distribution of electricity resumes, first after around 35 minutes at certain locations, but most of the region are still in the dark even after two hours. Initial reports quoting the Provincial ...
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Record Burmese python caught in Florida
Florida .It's a new record for the longest Burmese python caught in the wild in Florida. The previous record was a 17ft 7in python caught in August in Everglades national park.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the 18ft 8in snake was caught May 11 alongside a road in rural Miami-Dade County.Wildlife officials said Monday that a Miami man spotted about 3ft of ...
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Do Corporations Owe Anything To Bangladeshi Victims
trends to task. He posits that it is the job of domestic governments to regulate safety and that corporations muddle their goals by worrying about the environment, sustainability and community. But there are several capitalistic arguments in favor of business enterprises voluntarily adopting many of the principles entailed in Corporate Social Responsibility (hiring the best people for the job ...
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Nepal slams climbers illegal call from Mount Everest- Montana hiker dies in Yosemite rock climbing accident
May 19, 2010: Clouds hover above the world's highest peak Mount Everest, as seen from Syangboche, about 125 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Katmandu, ...
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Myanmar army continues to live in denial over abuses
Myanmar's rapidly evolving political landscape produced another symbolic event at the recent Armed Forces Day parade. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended for the first time, sitting alongside generals in the viewing stands as thousands of troops, tanks, and missiles passed by. An open question is who needed who more -- a deeply unpopular military seeking the aura of an ...
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SBY asks D-8 to enhance cooperation
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) welcomes Developing 8 (D-8) Secretary General, Seyed Ali-Mohammad Mousavi (left), to the Presidential Office in Jakarta, on Tuesday. The D-8 secretary general is consult with his Indonesian counterparts to improve cooperation between D-8 ...
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Speedy endorsement demanded for nursing bill
At least 150 nurses with the West-Nusa Tenggara (NTB) chapter of the Indonesian Nurses Association (PPNI) staged a rally in front of the province's Legislative Council (DPRD) and NTB governor's offices in Mataram, on Tuesday, asking for approval of a draft bill on nursing."Nurses have been treated differently from doctors and midwives, although in terms of capacity and the quality ...
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Thai police seize record 4.49 million meth tablets
Thai police have seized 4.49 million methamphetamine pills found in an apartment in the largest meth bust ever in Bangkok.Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung said Tuesday the tablets and 60 kilograms (132 pounds) of crystal meth were smuggled from Myanmar.He said they were destined for sales in the capital city and nearby provinces.The value of the drugs, hidden in dozens of pieces of ...
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Chinese premiers Pakistan trip expected to deepen all-weather partnership
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's first visit to Pakistan since he took office in March is expected to cement the all-weather partnership between the two countries.Li is due to arrive in Islamabad Wednesday after he concludes an official visit to India in a four-country tour which will also take him to Switzerland and Germany.Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao said earlier that China hopes ...
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Pakistan ambassador Chinese premiers visit milestone
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Pakistan will prove to be a milestone in the relationship between the two "old friends," Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khalid said in an ...
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Interior Minister receives British and Thai Ambassadors
Manama, May 21 (BNA) -- Interior Minister Lieutenant General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa today received British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Iain Lindsay, to review bilateral relations and issues of joint interests between both kingdoms. The Interior Minister also received Thai Ambassador to Bahrain, Vichai Varasirikul, to explore bilateral relations and issues of joint ...
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Thailand urged to explore edible insect market to cope with global food demands
BANGKOK - Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' -- edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 per cent by 2050. The agency ...
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Pakistan college offers tribute to Rabindranath Tagore
A leading college in Pakistan has organised a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore to mark the centenary of his winning the Nobel Prize for literature, with participants offering renditions of his poetry in song and recitation.The tribute was organised by the Department of History at Forman Christian College and the Ewing Literary Society on Monday.Tagore was the first non-European and first South ...
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Philippines protests Chinese warship’s presence
Members of the Philippine Navy SEALS display their gear during a ceremony celebrating the 115th anniversary of the Philippine navy at Fort San Felipe, Cavite city southwest of Manila, Philippines Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The Philippine government is planning to spend $1.8 billion dollars to modernize the Philippine navy with acquisition of additional ships and anti-submarine helicopters. AP ...
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Pakistans new government must put development before debt repayment | Nick Dearden
Pakistan's people had voted for last week , the debt payments the country is scheduled to make in the next two years will largely decide that government's economic policy. That is, unless the government decides to put its people ahead of those repayments. Given the scale of ...
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Saudi Arabia detains 10 more in Iran spying case
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 10 more people in a spying case it announced in March that it said was linked to Iran, state television reported on ...
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Iranians face internet curbs before prez election
Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of protests organised in part via ...
Cambodia Focus
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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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