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-REFILE-Freeport Indonesia union says 35-40 pct of workers resume work
JAKARTA, May 25 (Reuters) - Between 35 and 40 percent of workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit returned to work on Saturday to carry out maintenance work after a training tunnel collapse that killed 28 people, a ...
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16 children 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught ...
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Gunmen kill seven policemen in Pakistan
GUNMEN have killed seven police in an ambush attack in Taliban-plagued northwest Pakistan, officials say. The target of the late Friday attack was top police officer Dilawar Bangash who "survived with minor injuries" two officials said on Saturday. Bangash was heading from the region's main city of Peshawar to the garrison town of Kohat near the lawless tribal region when the attack ...
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At least 7 Filipino marines 4 Abu Sayyaf militants killed in clash in southern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - At least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in the southern Philippines. Nine other marines and about 10 Abu Sayyaf fighters were wounded in the gunbattle that raged for ...
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17 Children Dead in Pakistan School Bus Accidental Blast
A police officer in the city of Gujrat said the 17 victims burned to death when their bus caught fire in the blast. He said several other children were injured and hospitalized. Gujrat is about 200 kilometers southeast of the capital, ...
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Opposition party PKR postpones leadership polls to next year
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK): The opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat has pushed its party polls deadline to May next year from November this year, extending the mandate of its leadership by up to six months. The PKR delegates unanimously agreed to the motion to put off the polls proposed by secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail during the party congress on Saturday. He ...
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Vesak Day in honor of Buddha in Thailand
A Buddhist believer meditates during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Dharmmakaya in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on May 24, 2013. ...
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Chit fund scam Sudipta Sen cash trail may lead to Singapore Bangkok
probe to foreign shores. According to sources, FIU may seek the help of the international Egmont Group sharing financial information across member countries to spot money laundering. The Centre had set up the FIU-IND in November 2004, and India is a member of the Egmont Group. The Reserve Bank Of India has already decided to set up a coordination committee to look into the Ponzi and Collective ...
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Sri Lanka immigration officials accepted eTNs suggestion to correct tourist visa on arrival procedure
reported about its publisher's experience with an extortion scam by Sri Lanka Immigration Officers. eTN is now pleased to report that due to our article, the Controller General team of the Sri Lanka Department of Immigration and Emigration, Mr. W.A.C. Perera reached out to eTN Publisher Juergen T. Steinmetz and confirmed the following: 1) The Immigration Officer listed on your arrival ...
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Political Jockeying Ahead of Malaysia Election
The police said 45,000 people. Some politicians claimed it was 60,000. Other independent estimates were as high 150,000 individuals. Such squabbling over crowd numbers at political events isn't unique to Malaysia, but nonetheless likely sets the adversarial tone for the coming weeks or months until the next parliamentary election, due to be called by the end of April. "We want a free ...
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2014 Asian Golf Tourism Convention to be held at Mission Hills Haikou
Asia’s golf tourism industry will be gathering on China’s tropical island of Hainan next spring as the region’s most important golf tourism convention moves to award-winning golf resort Mission Hills Haikou. The baton for the 3rd Asia Golf Tourism Convention was passed to China at a signing and hand-over ceremony on the final day of AGTC 2013, held at the Royal Cliff Hotel ...
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US teen takes Danish supermodel to prom
A Southern California teenager turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Danish model as his date. Sports Illustrated model Nina Agdal agreed to step in as Jake Davidson's date for the traditional high school dance Thursday night after he got turned down by supermodel Kate Upton. The teenager appeared in a YouTube video that was viewed more than 2.5 million times asking Upton ...
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Healthy gorilla born to 1st time parents at US zoo
A baby gorilla has been born to first-time parents at an Ohio zoo. The healthy 5-pound (2.2-kilogram) male gorilla arrived Thursday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, joining 16 other gorillas there. It's the first offspring for mother Kambera, who has displayed a lack of maternal skills. Animal care experts are raising the baby in an environment that provides around-the-clock neonatal ...
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11 dead as Philippine troops clash with militants
MANILA (AFP) - Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines early Saturday as troops clashed with a militant group blamed for the country's deadliest terror attacks, the military said. The fighting left seven Filipino marines dead and nine others wounded on the island of Jolo, said Colonel Jose Cenabre, a local military commander. Four members of the Abu Sayyaf group were also ...
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Evangelist gets rare opportunity to preach Christianity in Vietnam
The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ...
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Soldiers Place US Flags in Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- On Memorial Day - Monday, May 27 this year - Americans remember those in the military who died while serving their country. Ahead of that day, soldiers place American flags in front of the more than 360,000 gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington. Army Colonel James Markert places a flag at the tombstone of Christopher Henderson, who was killed in ...
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Banker shot in Palu
A local banker was shot by an unidentified person while heading home from work on Friday night, with the assailant fleeing the scene and taking nothing from the victim. The victim was identified as Edison Tampubolon, head of BRI's Palu branch, Central Sulawesi. Edison is now hospitalized at Budi Agung General hospital with wounds to his left cheek and hand. According to ...
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Militants attacks kill nine in Pakistan
A PAIR of suspected militant attacks have killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan. In the deadlier of Friday's two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20km south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior police officer Shafiullah Khan. In the second ...
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Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ...
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Ceremony honors man who died in mission over Laos
So it will be her - Kris Olson Olexa Harrison, now of Lees Summit - who will represent the family Saturday morning on a football field in Olive Branch, Miss. A repatriation ceremony there will honor the recently recovered remains of Olsons crew, lost in the wreck of a spy plane over Laos.Every family has its memory keeper and I guess, among my siblings, thats me, Harrison, 54, said ...
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Indonesia seeks to regain status as spice country
Indonesia is seeking to more than triple its spice exports in 2015 to take advantage of the world's growing spice trade, a move that could see it revive its glory years as a world renowned spice exporter. Agriculture Minister Suswono said in Jakarta on Thursday that given the world's growing demand for spice products, Indonesia would be able to more than triple its spice exports to ...
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Pakistan army violates ceasefire in J-K Brigadier 2 jawans injured
A Brigadier and two jawans were injured on Friday night when Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Tutmari Gali sector in Jammu and Kashmir.Brigadier Sanjeev Langar suffered minor injuries in the firing along with the two jawans, Army sources said. "The Pakistan Army started firing at our positions in Tutmarigali in Kashmir ...
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Biden Phones Iraqi PM Concerned About Sectarian Violence
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to express concern over the recent rise in violence, including bombings. The White House says Biden pledged continued U.S. support for Iraq in its fight against terrorism. A statement says Biden and Maliki agreed on the importance of reaching out to all political leaders in Iraq and the need for a ...
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Malaysian police will appeal against decision to release opposition members
Malaysian police will appeal against a decision by a magistrate to deny remand to the opposition members and pro-opposition activist who had been detained to facilitate investigations under the Sedition Act 1948, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said. -- FILE PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS ...
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IPL spot-fixing ICC withdraws Pakistani umpire Rauf
The spot-fixing saga in the Indian Premier League (IPL) turned murkier today with controversial Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf being withdrawn by the ICC from next month's Champions Trophy in the UK for his alleged role in the scandal.In related development, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police claimed that Rajasthan Royals player, Ajit Chandila, was given 1.2 million Indian rupees (US$21,502) ...
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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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