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Asian Five Nations A step backward may help UAE rugby move forward
The UAE's Gareth Armstrong tries to advance the ball against the Philippines Volcanoes in their Asian Five Nations closer at Manila on Saturday ...
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Universal ideals camaraderie bind Indo-StarTrek
Growing up with the Cold War, the space race and watching men landing on the Moon, Berthold Sinaulan found himself captivated when he first saw Star Trek on television."I was a junior high school student when I saw the show, then aired by [government broadcast company] TVRI. It was on a black-and-white television, but it was very colorful to me," 54-year-old Berthold told The Jakarta ...
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W. Tanjungjabung allocates Rp 400m to HIVAIDS control
West Tanjungjabung administration in Jambi province is providing Rp 400 million (US$40,996) worth of funds to combat HIV/AIDS in 2013 due to the large number of cases reported in the regency this year."All of the HIV/AIDS control funds come from the West Tanjungjabung regional budget because there has been no financial assistance provided by the central government for that purpose this ...
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Four arrested for hotel blast in souther Thailand
Four suspects were arrested yesterday in connection with an explosion at a Narathiwat hotel in the morning that left six people injured. The bombing took place at around 11am at Asia Hotel, in Sungai Kolok district of the southernmost Muslim-majority province. Room Nos 306 and 307 on the third floor of the hotel were severely damaged. The impact of the explosion brought down the ceilings of ...
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Asia’s sex imbalance is going to have huge consequences
Paper Edition | Page: 4 Asia will one day be filled with "millions of men desperate for women", Chinese government researchers warned last week.You mean it isn't now? These guys should look out the windows a bit more. Being desperate for women is pretty much the default state for guys aged 13 up.Already, Tianmen city in China's Hubei province is like a World of Warcraft ...
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The week in review The ‘Yes’ answer from Maharani
Paper Edition | Page: 4 The confession by a young woman that she was paid Rp 10 million (US$1,050) to have sex with a flamboyant defendant in a corruption scandal that has rocked a political party, which itself claimed to be corruption-free and based on religious ethics, was a startling relevation for millions of television viewers during a broadcast trial hearing on Friday.The 20-year-old ...
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Global calls to save Aceh forest
Paper Edition | Page: 1 More than a million people worldwide have joined online calls for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to block the Aceh administration's plan to open protected forests for commercial exploitation.Rudi Putra, an Acehnese activist who won the 2013 Future for Nature Award, initiated an online petition on Avaaz.org on May 7, demanding the President step in to the plan. ...
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Finding the quiet side of Thailand’s party island
The monthly full-moon party on Ko Phangan draws tens of thousands of tourists, but there’s much more to the Thai island than hard partying - and a new airport may bring far-reaching ...
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Chinese held in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over Quran abuse
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan): A Chinese man working on an energy project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) was being held today after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of a Quran, officials said.Lee Ping, administration manager of a Chinese consortium building the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project, was accused by co-Pakistani workers of throwing the ...
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Pakistan politician from Khan party gunned down
KARACHI (AFP) - Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls that were marked by more than 150 killings.Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women's wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the province of Sindh, was targeted by three gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in ...
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In the fast lane
It's more than just muscle cars and packed racing scenes -- Indonesian action star Joe Taslim is giving the latest Fast & Furious 6 action flick some of his own kicks.The judo athlete-turned-actor admitted he was nervous at times during the filming but thrilled to become part of the famous Hollywood franchise, sharing the big screen with names like Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. ...
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Joe Taslim His fast furious moment
Getting a role in Hollywood's blockbuster Fast & Furious 6 is a life-changing moment for actor Johannes "Joe" Taslim."My life has been great. I cannot complain," said the man when summing up the latest development in his five-year acting career.His rise to fame came following his successful role in The Raid action flick by Welsh Gareth Evans in 2011. A year later, ...
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by the way ... Turn on the curiosity spark for the joy of learning
Paper Edition | Page: 1 "What kind of light should an educator share with his or her students?" This is the million dollar question that keeps bothering me.In the hope of easing my mind, I asked third year university students in my class: "What do you want to take home from this class?" Their replies varied from an A to a pass. No one said he or she was there to learn. I ...
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Police Fatal NYC shooting an anti-gay hate crime
A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, in a neighborhood long known as a bedrock of the gay rights movement. New York's police commissioner called the killing a hate crime.Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the victim and his companion in Greenwich Village ...
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Jakarta needs more interactive museums
Ramadian, 30, rushed out of the Bank Indonesia museum in the historic Old Town area in West Jakarta on Saturday when his three-year-old son started crying. "He became scared because some of the rooms at the museum were too dark," he said, adding that he had not managed to see all the collections at the museum because of his son's outburst. Ramadian, who visited the Old Town with ...
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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 ...
Laos Digest
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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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