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Iraqi Voters Cast Ballots in Delayed Elections
Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces are voting Thursday in provincial elections that officials delayed by two months because of security concerns. Tight security, including bans on vehicular traffic, is in place in Anbar province in western Iraq and Ninewah province in the country's south. Some 2.8 million people are eligible to vote in the polls to fill 69 provincial council ...
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Afghan Peace Talks Not Expected Thursday
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Secretary of State John Kerry spoke twice with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to ease his concerns. Preliminary negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban had been expected to start on Thursday in Doha, Qatar, but now the start date is unclear. Mr. Karzai, apparently irked by the opening of a Taliban political office this week in Doha, canceled ...
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Inflation to rise for three months after fuel price hike BI
Bank Indonesia (BI) says the rise in the price of subsidized-fuel price will drive inflation during the next three months."There will be monthly inflation of at least 2 percent starting June," BI Governor Agus Martowardojo said as quoted ...
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Govt to import 45000 cows for Ramadhan
The government intends to import 45,000 cows to meet the demand for beef during Ramadhan and Idul Fitri."The government will import 15,000 cows around June and 30,000 before July," Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said as quoted by kontan.co.id on Thursday.Last year, the government slashed the head of cattle import quota by more than 30 percent and beef import quota by nearly 60 percent to ...
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BRI to increase e-money transactions
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) plans to expand the number of e-money users to support the development of cashless transactions."Our e-money card user target is 3 million by the end of this year," BRI deputy general manager of liabilities and banking services Imam Subowo said as quoted by kontan.co.id.At the first quarter of this year, the number of BRI e-money cards stood at 800,000.BRI ...
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Govt to announce fuel price hike on Friday Hidayat
Industry Minister MS Hidayat said the government would announce the subsidized-fuel price hike policy on Friday, a day after a plenary session on the policy."The policy will possibly be announced tomorrow evening," he said in Jakarta on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com. A plenary meeting was held on Thursday to finalize preparations for the fuel price hike.According to him, the ...
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BRI to develop 12000 branchless banking agents
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) plans to deploy 12,000 agents in an effort to expand its branchless banking reach.BRI Corporate Secretary Muhammad Ali said as quoted ...
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Two more Pakistanis charged in Malaysia murder of US pastor
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Another two Pakistani men were charged in court on Thursday with the murder of an American pastor who was found strangled in his Malaysian home last month, a report said. One of their countrymen, who worked as a security guard, was already charged last week with murdering David James Ginter, 62. Ginter was found in his home on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur early May with ...
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Asian Stocks Tumble On Bernanke Comments China Worries
Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday, with investor sentiment hurt by Fed Chairman Bernanke's comments signaling the end of bond buying by the middle of next year and concerns over slowing growth in China. Speaking at a news conference after a two-day Fed policy meeting, Bernanke yesterday indicated that the Fed is moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program later this year as long as ...
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Bhadaas coming out on July 28 has Pakistani actress Meera in lead
Entertainment News: Produced under the banner of Serene Films, 'Bhadaas' has Pakistani actress Meera in the lead role and it also features Aryeman Ramse, Ahsutosh Kaushik, Shree Rajput, Ananth Mahadevan, Rudra Kaushish, Mohini Neelkanth and Mushtaq Khan. The film is coming out on July ...
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China Vietnam should seek South China Sea solution Chinese President
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: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China and Vietnam should push forward with seeking a political solution to the South China Sea issue.Xi and visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang held three-hour-long talks ...
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Why is Pakistan bombing Afghanistan
Afghanistan -- When the first Pakistani mortars landed in the farm-fields of eastern Afghanistan's Chogam village early last month, the farmers scattered from their crops in panic. As the shelling intensified throughout June, the residents of Chogam, in the eastern border province of Kunar, were forced to sleep behind sheltering boulders or in caves dug out of the area's steep, craggy ...
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Sri Lanka make changes asked to bat on wet day
India won the crucial toss on what was expected to be wet and a stop-start day, and expectedly asked Sri Lanka to bat. It's widely considered to be the thing to do on days when rain and Duckworth-Lewis are expected to play significant roles. The start was already delayed by half an ...
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Philippines will not leave SEA Games Federation
Philippine athletes who took part in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games show off their medals 07 December 2005. The Philippines garnered the most medals at the ...
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12 soldiers of Indonesias elite army unit go on trial over deadly prison attack
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Soldiers from Indonesia's elite special forces have gone before a military court charged with storming a prison and killing four detainees on the main Java island. The 12 soldiers of Kopassus were put on four separate trials Thursday in Yogyakarta province, facing premeditated murder charges that could result in the death penalty. They are accused of bursting into ...
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Pakistan defends allocation of funds to JuD
LAHORE: The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has justified its allocation of over Rs 61 million to the largest centre of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, saying the funds are needed to continue the services being provided to people by the facility. A spokesman of ...
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8 tips on how to send money from the Philippines to anywhere in the world
1. Canvass the best service cost for you. 2. Choose the most trusted money transfer service provider. 3. Get a provider that's fast! There are money transfer providers that offer overseas money transfers in minutes. Yes, that quick! 4. Choose the one with very accessible locations. Like a provider with many locations worldwide for easier and hassle-free retrieval of money. 5. ...
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Pollution in Singapore Hits Record Level
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India places its Asian bet on Japan
By Peter Lee In a dismaying week for the People's Republic of China (PRC), India turned away from it, and gave further signals that it is ready to move beyond the narrative of Japanese World War II aggression that has informed China's Asian diplomacy and anchored the US presence in Asia for over half a century in favor of a view of Japan as a leading and laudable security actor in ...
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Singapore Haze Soars to Hazardous Levels
A smoky haze fueled by forest fires in Indonesia continues to reach hazardous new levels in neighboring Singapore and is threatening to further irritate ties between the two countries. Singapore officials urged people to stay indoors Thursday, as a shroud of smog hanging over the city-state sent an air pollution index soaring to an all-time high of 371, shattering a record set the previous ...
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Taiwan targets Muslim markets for promotion
A local food company staffer demonstrates her company's products to a Muslim buyer during a special exhibition staged earlier this year in Taipei City as a warm-up for Halal Taiwan. (Staff photo/Chen ...
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Gongliao rock festival aims for million visitors
Taiwan Today The 14th Gongliao Hohaiyan Rock Festival will kick off July 10, with bands May Day and Sodagreen performing the opening and closing sets, respectively, New Taipei City Mayor Eric Liluan Chu said at a media conference June 18. "We hope to attract one million visitors this year," Chu said, adding that the five-day festival drew almost 870,000 spectators in 2012, generating ...
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Haze along Straits of Malacca worsens
Malaysia's landmarks (from left) Wawasan Bridge, Millennium Monument, Putra Mosque and the office of prime minister Putra Perdana are shrouded with haze in Putrajaya on June 18, 2013. Marine police here have warned all barter-trading vessels plying the Straits of Malacca to refrain from navigating the waterway at night due to the haze. -- FILE PHOTO: ...
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No foul play in six-year-old William Yaus death in Malaysia says coroner
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK): A Coroner's Court here ruled that the cause of death of six-year-old William Yau Zhen Zhong who was found floating in Sungai Sireh in Port Klang on Jan 24, is due to misadventure. The decision by the court on Thursday has dismissed a theory saying that the boy was abused by his family or was murdered. Coroner Mohd Hezri Shaharil howver said the ...
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In Vietnam New Virus Isolated From Patients With Severe Brain Infections
Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease. The virus was found in a total of 28 out of 644 patients with severe brain infections in the study, corresponding to around 4%, but not in any of the 122 patients with non-infectious brain disorders ...
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Laos looking ahead
The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.
Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in the economy. Read more
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