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Pakistan repeats vote despite killing
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's ...
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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmars visit
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) waves to the press during his meeting with Myanmar's President Thein Sein in Yangon, November 19, 2012.(Photo:Agencies) U.S. President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday. Rights ...
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Red-shirts mass rally held in capital of Thailand
Thousands of supporters of the United Front for Democracy against the Dictatorship (UDD), or the Red shirts, rally to commemorate the third anniversary of the military crackdown on the anti-government protesters in the main shopping district of Bangkok, capital of Thailand, May 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Gao ...
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Vietnam successfully tests flights of unmanned aircraft
Made-in-Vietnam unmanned aerial vehicles successfully flew over Vietnam's Central Highlands Lam Dong province, local media reported.Specifically, after three days of tests, from May 17-19, in Da Lat city and Lac Duong district of Lam Dong province, six vehicles made by the Vietnam Space Technology Institute, under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), successfully made 37 ...
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Taiwans justice ministry in talks with Philippines over joint probe
Taiwan's Ministry of Justice yesterday provided evidence suggesting that the Philippine coastal guard intentionally targeted sailors aboard a fishing boat during a shooting incident that left one Taiwanese fisherman dead, while noting that it is currently negotiating with its Philippine counterparts regarding a possible joint investigation. The Ministry of Justice held an international ...
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Thai PM has no plan to reshuffle Cabinet
PM secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva yesterday dismissed media reports that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is planning a Cabinet reshuffle. Red-shirt leaders Jatuporn Prompan, Apiwan Wiriyachai and Pakorn Buranupakorn were reported to be likely appointments as ministers in the next Cabinet reshuffle expected early next month, according to a source from the ruling Pheu Thai Party. ...
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Philippines retains US$81b export target
The Philippines will stand by its export target of US$81.53 billion for 2013 on the back of rising non-electronics shipments and a robust services sector, according to trade officials. The country aims to chalk up $61.10 billion in merchandise shipments, and $20.43 billion in services exports for 2013, according to Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) data. In 2012, the country slightly ...
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Myanmar leader heads to Washington
(4 mins ago) Myanmar President Thein Sein becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with President Barack Obama and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market, AFP ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Yen edges up from lows Asian shares firmer
Sun May 19, 2013 9:32pm EDT * Dollar slips from Friday's 4-1/2 year high vs yen * Asian shares firmer after Friday's Wall Street rally By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The yen pulled up from a 4-1/2 year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economics minister said a further steady drop in the yen could have negative effects on households, pushing the dollar ...
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Singapore Stocks - Factors to watch on May 20
Following are some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. --------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0002 GMT--------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1667.47 1.03% 17.000 USD/JPY 102.77 -0.15% -0.150 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.9559 -- 0.002 SPOT GOLD 1347.24 -0.84% -11.460 US CRUDE 95.85 -0.18% -0.170 DOW JONES 15354.40 0.80% 121.18 ...
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Small Florida city wonders who won $590Ml jackpot
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million -- the highest Powerball jackpot in history.It's an amount too high for many to imagine. Compare it to the budget for the city of Zephyrhills: This year's figure is just more than $49 million. The winning Powerball jackpot is 12 times ...
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Jakarta Journal Suhartos Indonesian Legacy 15 Years Later
JAKARTA, Indonesia ...
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Brunei Free From H7N9 Bird Flu Says Department Of Agriculture And Agrifood
View Comments Bandar Seri Begawan - Following the H7N9 outbreak that has occurred in China, Brunei's Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources said it will continue to implement monitoring work at poultry farms in the country. To date, Brunei remains free from the H7N9 infection and in an effort to keep this country free from bird flu, the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, Ministry ...
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Delegation Departs For Singapore For STP
Bandar Seri Begawan - A group of students from Lambak Kanan Primary School arrived in Singapore yesterday to attend the School Twinning Programme (STP) at Concord Primary School, Singapore. Four teachers and eight students are participating in the STP led by Cikgu Mariah Hj Zaidi. Students selected for this programme were assessed based on their achievements, be it academically or their active ...
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Korean Youths Get Taste Of Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan - Pusat Belia recently welcomed 10 Korean youths here on a youth exchange programme arranged by Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of Korea. The youths were treated to an array of cultural performances and activities lined-up by youths and joint-organisations who base their headquarters at Pusat Belia. Catching the interest of the youths were a 'Mat' drawing ...
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Poisoned alcohol kills British tourist in Indonesia
A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was traveling with fellow Briton Joseph Cook, 21, through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident. The pair, accompanied by a third tourist, drank ...
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Scotland clash with Pakistan abandoned
Scotland's second One-Day International with Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday.Misbah Ul Haq's men were due to play the second of two warm-up games ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on June 6, but the game was called off after heavy rain forced the umpires to rule that no play would take place.The match had been due to start at 10.45 (British ...
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Washington Week Focus on Burma US Government Scandals
WASHINGTON -- A groundbreaking visit by Burma’s president and continuing probes of U.S. government scandals highlight a busy week ahead in Washington. Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thein Sein reciprocates Monday with a visit to the White House. Last November, Obama hailed democratic reforms in Burma. "A dictatorship of five decades has ...
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HK train accident 62 injured
Over 60 people were injured when a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong’s light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor, police said Friday. Groups of passengers sat dazed on the pavement near where the train derailed, some bleeding and being treated by medics. Others were taken away on stretchers by dozens of paramedics and firefighters, television news ...
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Taiwan and Singapore conclude trade pact talks
Taiwan and Singapore have concluded two-year talks about a bilateral trade pact and will release an official report once an assessment has been completed, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement. The two sides are in the process of selecting appropriate legal texts for an official report, the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore and the Trade Office of the Republic of ...
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Philippines fears for workers in Taiwan amid row over death
The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Philippine representative Amadeo Perez said after returning to Manila from Taipei late Thursday that his government has verified at least one attack, in which a ...
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UN panel says sanctions are delaying development of N Korea’s…
North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on development of their prohibited weapons, UN experts say in a new report. Key parts of the expert panel’s report, obtained Friday by the Associated Press, provide further information on North Korea’s attempts to evade four rounds of ...
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N Korea condemns media freedom but praises two US reporters
How does North Korea celebrate World Press Freedom Day? First of all, two weeks late, on May 15 rather than May 3, presumably (and tellingly) because that’s how long it took to get around to it. But get around to it North Korea did, with a special editorial in the state-run Rodong Sinmun, the country’s preeminent newspaper. Entitled ';Mockery of Press,'; it targets the US ...
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Japan’s ‘secret’ trip to N Korea disrupts united stance against…
A small crack has appeared in the international show of unity against North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons, following the ';secret'; visit to Pyongyang this week by a special adviser to Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe. Isao Iijima arrived in the North Korean capital on Tuesday for a four-day visit that many believe was aimed at restarting talks on the ...
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China joins e-tail superhighway – The Age
When you think about centres of technological innovation, Silicon Valley, Seattle and Seoul are probably the first places that come to mind. After all, they are the homes of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Intel, Microsoft and Samsung – companies whose innovations transform the way other sectors, from financial services to telecoms and media, do business. Now, however, the rise of ...
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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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