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Taiwan accuses Philippines of lack of cooperation
The Taiwan investigation team, tasked with conducting a probe into the fatal shooting of a Taiwan fisherman, has returned to Taipei from Manila. On arrival, the team held a press conference at Taipei Airport. The team has called on the Philippine government to conduct a joint investigation with Taiwan into the incident. It's accused the Philippine authorities of dishonesty, saying the ...
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Abe to visit Myanmar to promote investment
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Myanmar from Friday to Sunday, the first Japanese prime minister to do so in 36 years, informed sources said Saturday. He will be accompanied by several dozen business leaders who are interested in investing in the country, the sources said. Abe is expected to have talks with President Thein Sein during his three-day visit. Abe plans to stress the ...
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Gunmen kill senior female member of Pakistani party
Nawaz Sharif and his PML-N party. It marked the first time an elected government replaced another one in a nation that has been run by military leaders for more than half its history. Results from a handful of constituencies are still awaited amid accusations of vote-rigging. The shooting came hours ahead of repolling in a key area beset by allegations of voting fraud. It was not immediately ...
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Hope and time running out or trapped Freeport workers
Workers surround an ambulance following the freeing of a trapped worker on Friday. On Saturday, 23 PT Freeport Indonesia workers were still trapped the company's site in Mimika, ...
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Hobbled once-grand railways reflect Pakistan’s decline
RUK, Pakistan - Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood at the platform, waiting for a train that would never come. "Cutbacks," Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resigned shrug. Ruk Station, in the center of Pakistan, is a dollhouse-pretty building, ringed by palm trees and rice paddies. Once, it stood at the ...
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Pakistani lawmaker killed on election eve
-- Pakistani lawmaker Zahra Shahid Hussain, who alleged vote rigging in Karachi, was shot to death Saturday on the eve of a highly contested re-run of balloting in her district, sources close to the family told ...
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Pakistan Woman Politician Gunned Down
Police in Pakistan say gunmen have killed a woman politician who was a member of former cricket star Imran Khan’s party. Police said Zohra Shahid Hussain was shot outside her home in the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday. The gunmen escaped, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police said it was unclear whether the killing was a murder or the result of a ...
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Indiana halts support of Pakistani fertilizer plant on US bomb concerns
By Susan Guyett, Reuters Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Midwest Fertilizer Corp, which has sought to build the plant in southern Indiana, is 48 percent owned by Fatima Group, ...
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China crushes Thailand at Beilun International Volleyball Tournament
China powered past Thailand in straight sets on Saturday for their second victory at the Beilun International Women's Volleyball Tournament.The Chinese, who lost to Thailand on four occassions in the past four years, gained sweet revenge with the 15-15, 25-13, 25-9 win.However, Chinese head coach Lang Ping played down the significance of the big victory."Thailand didn't play their ...
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Taiwan probe team returns slamming Philippines capricious treatment
Taiwan authorities decided on May 12 to dispatch a fleet to conduct regular patrol in waters to the south of the island to guard fishing boats following the shooting-death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine side at sea.(Photo Source: huanqiu.com) A Taiwan investigation team sent to Manila to probe a fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guard returned to Taipei on ...
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Irans president to attend Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Thailand
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit scheduled for May 19 to 20 in Thailand, semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi and Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh will accompany Ahmadinejad during his visit to Thailand, according to the report.The primary themes of the water summit, to be held in ...
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More new immigrants to serve as grassroots leaders in Singapore
Expecting to see more new immigrants to Singapore as community leaders in the future, Singapore's People's Association is planning to induct more of them into the ranks of grassroots leadership, local TV Channel NewsAsia reported on Saturday.Currently, some 3,000 new immigrants are grassroots leaders. They make up nine percent of Singapore's 33,000-member strong grassroots ...
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Attitude shift crucial to prevent road accidents
PSYCHOLOGICAL approaches might be more effective in addressing the attitude of motorists in order to deter road and traffic accidents.Acknowledging that road accidents were on the rise in Brunei despite years of awareness-raising campaigns and increasingly stricter law enforcement, ...
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Beijing meet focuses on promotion of equality
Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Datin Paduka Hjh Adina Othman (2nd R) and other delegates of the 5th East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial Meeting in Beijing pose for a group photo. Picture: Courtesy of ...
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Museums must be more communityfriendly in outlook role
MUSEUMS in the country should widen their outlook and improve themselves to be more community-friendly in their creativity, image and role.This was said by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, ...
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MIB concept to be highlighted at seminar in Makassar S Sulawesi
Head of the Secretariat of the MIB Supreme Council, Dr Hj Muhammad Hadi Muhammad Melayong (L) and Special Duties Officer, Rushdi Hj Abdul Rahman (R) prior to their departure last night. Picture: BT/Nabilah ...
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Court of Appeal calls for end to intermittent trials
THE Court of Appeal has called for an end to the practice of "intermittent trials" in the subordinate courts saying they were prone to a "serious risk" of miscarriage of justice.While hearing an appeal on bail revocation of two suspected burglars on Thursday, the Court of Appeal criticised the lengthy trial the defendants were enduring which began in December 2011 and had yet ...
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MoHA minister inspects sluggish projects
Minister of Home Affairs, YB Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Awang Othman (2nd L), being briefed by an officer during a working visit to the Brunei-Muara District Office new building project at Jalan Airport Lama. Picture: BT/Saiful ...
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Bangladesh collapse search over after 1127 died
Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended yesterday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the global garment industry. The death toll hit 1,127. Mohammed Amir Hossain Mazumder, deputy director of fire service and civil defense, said search for bodies from the April 24 collapse was called off at 6pm. Bulldozers and other ...
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Karachi gunmen kill Khan party woman
Gunmen have killed a Pakistani woman politician from cricket star Imran Khan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of partial election ...
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Pakistans Railroads Sum Up Nations Woes
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Authorities Hofstra student killed by police
View Photo Associated Press/Sleepy Hollow High School - In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra ...
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Americans Dream of Riches as Powerball Lottery Hits $600 Million
Saturday night's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical $600 million for a single winner, and may be even higher by the time the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers picked from machines holding 59 white balls, and a special Powerball pulled from a machine filled with 35 red balls. Even if the chances of winning are tiny -- one in 175 million -- those ...
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Ivory Coast Militia Leader Arrested for 2011 Massacre
Soldiers in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader who was allegedly involved in a 2011 massacre of political opponents. Military officials say Amade Oueremigave himself up Saturday as soldiers began to converge near his hideout. Oueremi and his fighters backed President Alassane Ouattara in the violence that broke out after the 2010 election when former president Laurent Gbagbo ...
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Assad Says He Will Not Step Down
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says in a newspaper interview that he will not step down before next year's elections. Assad's comments were published Saturday in the Argentine ...
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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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