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Impoverished women first to be hit by price rise
Paper Edition | Page: 9 A group of female activists voiced their rejection on Wednesday of the planned fuel-price hike, which they said would put more burden on low-income women workers and homemakers.The activists, who represent different organizations and communities, have joined the Women's Action Committee (KAP).Siti Kholifah from Tanah Baru in Depok, West Java, said women, who ...
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Editorial Another 15 years
Paper Edition | Page: 6 Indonesia was the proud recipient of an award from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for its persistence in reducing hunger and malnourishment. Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa accepted the award on Sunday during the 38th FAO conference in Rome, along with several other countries, for halving the proportion of hungry people ahead of the UN ...
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Coalition sceptical on PM Indonesia visit
The federal opposition doubts that Prime Minister Julia Gillard's upcoming visit to Indonesia will result in any new action to stop asylum seeker boats.Ms Gillard will meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for bilateral talks early in July.The visit is being seen as part of a last-ditch effort to stem the flow of would-be refugees ahead of the September 14 election.But ...
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Psychological distress may explain ‘ghost’ sighting at Bangladeshi garment factory
As AFP reports , 3,500 workers stopped work at the plant in Gazipur, north of Dhaka on Tuesday. They smashed furniture as they protested and demanded action to remove the ghost. "The agitating workers refused to join duty and vandalised the factory after the management did not take any steps to drive out the ghost," Gazipur industrial police inspector Showkat Kabir told AFP. ...
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Asia Roundup Mostly down ahead of US Fed decision
Asian markets were mostly lower yesterday, Wednesday June 19 2013 with focus on the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later in the trading day, but Tokyo enjoyed another rally as data showed a surge in exports thanks to a weaker yen. Wall Street again provided a healthy cue, with investors betting the Fed will stop short of reeling in its ';quantitative easing'; bond-buying ...
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Xi China Vietnam should follow path of friendly cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang wave during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2013. Photo: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged China and Vietnam to "unswervingly march together along the path of friendly cooperation" despite distractions.Xi made the comments during his three-hour-long talks with ...
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Nepal to earmark over $1b for hydro power development
The government of Nepal is likely to allocate more than 20 percent of resources in its upcoming national budget 2013/14 for the development of hydro power projects, Finance Minister Shankar Prasad Koirala said on Wednesday.As the main priority of Nepal is to tackle energy crisis prevailing in the country, the government will probably allocate more than 20 percent of the expenditures for the ...
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Indonesia to campaign on Papua progress in regl forum
The Indonesian government has invited foreign ministers from Melanesian nations grouped under the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to Jakarta to receive briefings on development in Papua and West Papua provinces, a move that could be seen as a campaign to obtain international support for the country's sovereignty over its easternmost region. Coordinating Political, Legal and Security ...
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Indonesia fuel hike likely to hit tourism hard
As the intended increase in fuel prices nears its deadline, people in Indonesia's tourist industry expressed deep concern as the hike would certainly affect their businesses. Bagus Soediana, chairman of the Bali Tourism Transportation Association (Pawiba), said transportation rates had remained the same since 2005, despite rocketing prices for vehicle parts and fuel. "We have not ...
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Philippines mending ties with Taiwan
After the outburst of public anger, amplified by official outrage orchestrated by an unpopular government, Taiwan is sounding less bellicose these days. Perhaps President Ma Ying-Jeou and his advisers think they have forced the Philippines into a corner. They would be wrong. After the shooting death of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-chen on May 9, in Philippine waters, it was incumbent on the ...
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White elephant tests Thailand-Myanmar relations
The Myanmar government has turned down an offer made by Thailand to lease a white elephant for a celebration of the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Thai delegation made the offer on June 13 during the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation held in Bali, according to an announcement published on the President's Office website on Tuesday. The ...
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Rockets Lazada gets $100 million in bid to be Southeast Asias Amazon
(Reuters) - Lazada, the Southeast Asian online retail company founded by Germany's Rocket Internet Gmbh, has secured another $100 million from investors in its bid to lift the region from its status as an e-commerce ...
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Asia Markets Australia Korea lead Asian stock fall after Fed
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks fell Thursday after the Federal Reserve signaled it may gradually wind down its bond purchases if the U.S. economy continued to improve, weighing down shares on Wall ...
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Gillards trip to Indonesia and gay marriage - parliamentary video highlights
Labor's Craig Emerson, the Liberal Scott Morrison, Greens Christine Milne and Adam Band, Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce and Democratic Labor party man John Madigan discuss the prime minister's visit to Indonesia, asylum seeker policy and gay marriage ...
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Vietnam to lower ceiling on dollar deposit rates - paper
HANOI, June 20 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:40pm EDT HANOI, June 20 (Reuters) - Vietnam will lower the 2-percent ceiling banks pay for dollar deposits between now and the end of 2013, but any downward adjustment may be incremental, a state-run newspaper quoted the central bank governor on Thursday as saying. "The interest rates on U.S. dollar deposits will be adjusted down," State Bank ...
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Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead at 51
LOS ANGELES -- James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the acclaimed HBO cable television series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, the network said. Gandolfini, 51, who began his career in theater in New York, making his Broadway debut in a 1992 revival of "A Streetcar Named ...
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Human Rights Film Fest Highlights Abuses Conflicts in US and Abroad
NEW YORK -- Ninety-nine Percent--The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, a portrait of the protest movement that began in 2011 in New York’s financial district, is one of the more unusual of 20 new offerings at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York. It was shot by teams around the United States, and anyone who wanted to participate could do so. "We thought ...
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UGM-made extensometer applied in China Myanmar
Paper Edition | Page: 4 A landslide early warning device, known as an extensometer, created by lecturers from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) school of engineering, has reportedly been utilized in Myanmar and China. But unfortunately it has not yet been widely used at home despite the device's affordable price and Indonesia's vulnerability to landslides.A lecturer of the school, Teuku ...
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Hardline groups still active recruiting
Paper Edition | Page: 5 As a number of terror suspects remain at large across Central Sulawesi residents have been warned about the possibility of further orchestrated attacks by organized cells.Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Ari Dono Sukmanto acknowledged that although only a few people were involved in hardline network activities in Poso, they were intent on carrying out violent ...
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So many cases against Nazaruddin with little result
Paper Edition | Page: 4 Antigraft watchdogs urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to deliver on its promise to resolve cases involving former Democratic Party treasurer and graft convict Muhammad Nazaruddin.The watchdogs, including the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), the Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and the Indonesian Legal Roundtable (ILR), blasted the KPK its ...
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Experts warn of e-ID chaos for poll
Paper Edition | Page: 4 Election experts have warned that the ongoing transition from paper to electronic identification (e-ID) cards could wreak havoc with poll registration for the 2014 election."The government considered using national e-ID cards as the only database for eligible voters but, so far, not all Indonesian citizens have been registered with e-ID cards," said Kurniawan ...
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Agents of change gather for small enterprises movement
Paper Edition | Page: 4 The Dayakan Indonesia (Empower Indonesia) movement was launched on Wednesday to enable agents of change across the country to gather and assist micro entrepreneurs and lower-middle income families to improve their livelihoods.Empower Indonesia comprises 17 institutions and individuals, including health movement Pencerah Nusantara, the Asgar Muda Foundation, Selamatkan ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks fall on Fed policy plan China data looms
Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:28pm EDT * MSCI Asia ex-Japan slips 1.7 pct, Nikkei down 0.6 pct * U.S. Treasury yields hit 15-mth high, underpin dollar * China "flash" PMI due at 0145 GMT By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian shares deepened losses on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed market fears that the Fed would begin reducing its stimulus later this ...
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Indonesia - Market factors to watch on June 20
JAKARTA, June 20 (Reuters) - Following is some company-related and market news that could affect the local market. ---------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT AT 0020 GMT -------------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P ...
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Fake Vietnam veteran admits 30-year lie
Tweed man Christopher John Bayliss has admitted he has been misrepresenting himself as a returned Vietnam veteran for 30 years. Pic: supplied A TWEED Heads man has admitted falsely claiming to be a Vietnam veteran for almost 30 years.Christopher John Bayliss, 61, of Bilambil Heights, yesterday confirmed to the Bulletin he had not served in the Australian Defence Force during the Vietnam War, ...
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Foreign couple's novel approach to helping Burmese village
The political situation in Myanmar is well-known throughout the world, but often overshadows the circumstances of local people and our rich culture. A couple overseas have combined the two to create an unusual approach to helping the people of one village in the country.
Myanmar is one of the most politically and socially isolated countries in the world, much bad press is leveled at our country for decisions made and actions taken that the people are not responsible for and while attention focuses on the political dynamic of the country, the plight of many Burmese such as poverty, lack of access to water and education, become overshadowed. One family in the United States has taken a novel approach to giving back to a country that has stolen their hearts. Read more
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