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Singapore to Host IADC Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation
For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, off-shore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies organises the International Seminar on Dredging and ...
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Rights groups criticize proposed media code in Sri Lanka saying it threatens free speech
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Rights groups are criticizing a code of media ethics proposed by Sri Lanka's government, saying Wednesday that the code could have a chilling effect on free speech in the Indian Ocean island nation. New York-based Human Rights Watch said the code is "unnecessary" and infringes on the right to free expression, while Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement said it ...
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Police to send Poso suicide bomber remains to Jakarta
The Central Sulawesi Police will send the remains of 34-year-old suicide bomber Zainul Arifin to Jakarta this evening to be later buried in his hometown of Lamongan, East Java. "We are about to hand over the remains to his family, who are waiting in Jakarta," Central Sulawesi Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Soemarno said on Wednesday. Previously, National Police spokesman Sr. ...
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Taiwan passes labor safety law amendments
Taiwan workers are looking forward to better occupational health and safety standards following the passage of amendments to the country's labor safety law June 18 in Taipei City. ...
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Taiwan stages Free Willy-style pygmy whale rescue
Taiwan Today In a scene reminiscent of Hollywood film "Free Willy," a pygmy killer whale was returned to the wild off the coast of southern Taiwan after over two months of rehabilitation, the ROC Forestry Bureau said June 18. A-gan was found beached in a pod of six pygmy whales in Pingtung County's Checheng Township on April 14, prompting authorities to contact professor Wang ...
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ROC-Guatemala ink declaration of bilateral ties
ROC President Ma Ying-jeou (right) and Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina toast the joint declaration of bilateral ties June 18 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. ...
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Thailand cuts rice subsidy price after $5.5b loss
Farmers spray pesticide over a paddy field in Ayutthaya province, nearly 80km north of Bangkok on August 7, 2012. Thailand says it will pay farmers 20 per cent less for rice to stem losses from a much-criticised subsidy programme that dislodged the country from its spot as the world's No. 1 exporter of the grain. -- FILE PHOTO: ...
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Two Thai monks arrested in child sex scandal Police
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai police said on Wednesday they had arrested two monks for procuring a 14-year-old boy to perform sexual acts with an abbot, in the latest scandal to shake the kingdom's Buddhist clergy. The pair, who deny any knowledge of the alleged abuse, could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted, Police Colonel Wirachon Bunthawi said from the northern city of Chiang Mai. ...
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PM to visit Indonesia to discuss boats
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will travel to Indonesia next month to discuss ways of combating people smuggling and terrorism.Ms Gillard will meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on July 5 to discuss a number of political, security and commercial issues.The talks, which are part of the annual Indonesia-Australia Leaders' Meeting, will canvas issues around education, trade, climate change ...
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Asian Stocks Fall On Uncertainty Over Fed Policy
Asian stocks fell broadly on Wednesday as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of the outcome of the two-day policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. With Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke scheduled to hold a press conference shortly after the meeting, investors wait to hear what he has to say about possible tapering of bond purchases and the future course of Fed policy. Japanese shares bucked ...
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Pakistan discovers new gas reserves
Islamabad, June 19/Nationalturk- In what could be termed as a good news for the country facing energy crisis, a huge reserves of natural gas have been discovered in Southern Pakistan. "Huge reserves of natural gas have been discovered in Sindh province of Pakistan. 39 million cubic feet gas reserves have been discovered during the drilling of wells in Sanghar area in Sindh," ...
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Pakistan seeks IMF bailout
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are opening on Wednesday week-long discussions on Islamabad's latest fiscal and macroeconomic adjustments and its request for a possible US$5 billion bailout package for repayment of the fund's outstanding loans. A senior official of the ministry of finance said the government had made a fiscal adjustment of about 2.5 percent of GDP ...
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Jet-setting Thai monk to return next week
Disciples of Luangpu Nen Kham Chattiko - who was identified as one of three monks seen aboard a private jet in a video clip that has drawn widespread criticism - said yesterday he would return next week from his trip abroad to resume his duties as abbot of Wat Pa Khantitham in Si Sa Ket's Kanthararom district. The 34-year-old was one of a trio of monks wearing earphones and sunglasses and ...
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Myanmar pushes human rights study
MYANMAR (Burma), formerly isolated internationally for its human rights abuses, plans to include the study of human rights at schools nationwide, a senior government official ...
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Pakistan violates ceasefire after Indian troops foiled infiltration bid
Poonch: Pakistani troops today violated ceasefire and opened indiscriminate firing along the Line of Control (LOC) in Poonch sector after an infiltration bid was foiled by Indian troops.A group of four armed persons from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) were seen moving towards an Indian forward post in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district around 0950 hours, PRO defence SN Acharya said.Alert ...
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Global Gold Demand Reinforced by Asian Consumers
Gold Council published a market update recently, which examines the effect of the recent fall in the gold price.The report also provides new consumer perspectives in India and China on gold price expectations and future purchasing ...
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Prison hunger strike by Vietnam revolutionarys son tests governments culture of intimidation
In this photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, lawyer Nguyen Thi Duong Ha stands in the courtyard of her home in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam. Her husband Cu Huy Ha Vu is entering the fourth week of a prison hunger strike to protest alleged poor treatment. The statues seen in her background are of Vu's father, the poet Cu Huy Can, left, and his uncle Xuan Dieu, also a famous poet (right). Vu was ...
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Philippines sends fresh troops to disputed shoal guarded by Chinese ships in new standoff
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has deployed a fresh batch of marines and supplies to a shoal in the disputed South China Sea, where a Chinese warship and surveillance vessels appeared last month and triggered a new standoff in the strategic waters, the Philippine defence secretary said Wednesday. The new contingent of Filipino marines replaced troops at the Second Thomas Shoal, where the ...
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Indonesia April retail sales growth picks up to 9.7 pct yy
JAKARTA, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:10am EDT JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Indonesia's retail sales in April rose 9.7 percent from a year earlier, bolstered by information and communication equipment, a Bank Indonesia survey showed on Wednesday. The growth rate accelerated from a revised 9.3 percent the previous month. But sales fell on a monthly basis due to a contraction in food, ...
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REFILE-STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Medtecs rises as higher demand for face masks seen
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:02am EDT Shares of Singapore-listed Medtecs International Corp Ltd surged as much as 10.2 percent on expectations of higher sales of face masks in the city-state, which is grappling with its worst air pollution in 16 years, traders said. The medical products maker's shares rose as high as S$0.065 with 1.8 million shares traded, 1.6 times the average full-day volume over ...
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UN says 45.2 million refugees and displaced people
GENEVA (AP) -- The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said ...
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Bali governor urged to take action against illegal turtle trade
Members of ProFauna wave banners and posters calling for an end to the illegal turtle trade while submitting of a petition to Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika in Denpasar, Bali, on Wednesday. As many as 15,000 people have signed the petition which urges the government to take tough measures against the illegal trade in turtles and their eggs that is common in ...
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Vietnamese President arrives in Beijing for visit
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon, kicking off his three-day state visit to China.Sang, as a guest of Chinese President Xi Jinping, will hold talks with Xi and other Chinese leaders on bilateral ties, regional affairs and international issues of common concern, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry.Besides Beijing, Sang will also visit Guangdong ...
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UPDATE 1-Thai government cuts rice price exporters unimpressed
Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:23am EDT * High intervention price meant huge losses for state * Moody's had warned of the budgetary consequences * Exporters say the new price is still too high (Adds exporters' comment, market outlook) By Pracha Hariraksapitak and Kittipong Thaicharoen BANGKOK, June 19 (Reuters) - Thailand's government approved a 20 percent cut in the guaranteed price it pays ...
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Indonesia to reduce mosque volumes
Indonesia's National Mosque Council is set to adjust the volume of more than 250,000 mosques, following complaints that they have become too ...
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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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