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Pakistan bus bombing shocks survivors
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers take positions after militants attacked a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, on Saturday, June 15. Several militants held hundreds of people hostage inside the Bolan medical ...
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Six killed in attack on Pakistani army convoy
The Pakistani army convoy was ambushed by heavily armed militants, sources said Another army convoy in the same area was attacked in ...
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REPEAT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks tumble on weak China PMI Fed policy plan
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:03pm EDT * MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides 2.8 pct to 9-month low * U.S. Treasury yields hit 15-mth high, underpin dollar * China "flash" PMI hit 9-month lows * Asian credit market spreads widen 23 points By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian shares tumbled to nine-month lows on Thursday as slowing Chinese manufacturing activity exacerbated sentiment already ...
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Singapore demands action from Indonesia on haze
By Kevin Lim SINGAPORE, June 20 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:46pm EDT SINGAPORE, June 20 (Reuters) - Singapore called on Thursday for "definitive action" from Indonesia as air quality stuck at very unhealthy levels for a second day because of forest fires in its neighbour, disrupting businesses in the prosperous city-state. Work at several Singapore construction sites slowed with few ...
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Yau Yau Ready for Peace Talks Murle Delegation
United Nations troops protect civilians in Jonglei state, where David Yau Yau's rebels have finally called for peace talks with the South Sudanese ...
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US Scrambles to Salvage Afghan Peace Talks
Top U.S. diplomats scrambled Wednesday to salvage plans for preliminary peace talks with the Taliban, after Afghan President Hamid Karzai refused to participate in the U.S.-led talks in Qatar. Mr. Karzai, apparently irked by the opening of a Taliban political office in Doha, Qatar, also canceled negotiations with Washington on a troop pact governing U.S. presence in the country after NATO ...
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Hary Tanoe in talks to buy Bakrie’s TV station
Paper Edition | Page: 13 After taking over its toll roads and a property unit, media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo's MNC Group will likely buy one of the Bakrie Group's television stations.Sources said that publicly listed Visi Media Asia (VIVA) which is controlled by the Bakrie family, would sell its majority stake in PT Cakrawala Andalas Televisi, which operates ANTV television ...
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Swedish HM to open two stores in Jakarta this year
Paper Edition | Page: 13 H&M, a Swedish fashion and lifestyle retailer, is in preparation for the opening of its two stores in Jakarta this year in a bid to capitalize from the middle class market in the country.Here, the retailer known also as Hennes & Mauritz AB, will be working with PT Hindo which serves a franchise operator.PT Hindo country manager Sanveer Gill said H&M is ...
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Bureaucracy delays monorail project
Paper Edition | Page: 9 The construction of the Monorail project has been pushed back to the end of this year due to outstanding documents, an executive of PT Jakarta Monorail (JM) said on Wednesday.JM technical director Bovananto said the company needed more time to finish the financial closing document required by the city's administration, which reviewed the project's legal, ...
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Competition between taxi firms heats up
Paper Edition | Page: 9 The operation of taxis based in satellite towns has tightened up competition between taxi firms in the capital, according to a member of the Jakarta Transportation Council."The Jakarta administration will no longer issue licenses for new taxi companies. Some companies, therefore, have registered their businesses in towns adjacent to Jakarta like Bekasi, Bogor and ...
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Australia asylum seekers find peace and some joy in Jakarta
Paper Edition | Page: 9 Dozens of young men started their Saturday morning by cleaning the area surrounding their home in Kebon Baru Village, South Jakarta, jabbering in an unintelligible language. Smiling and laughing, some of them swept the floor and porch of the mosque while others picked trash from sewers.They are Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar, seeking asylum in Australia.Hasan, 17, ran ...
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Impoverished women first to be hit by price rise
Paper Edition | Page: 9 A group of female activists voiced their rejection on Wednesday of the planned fuel-price hike, which they said would put more burden on low-income women workers and homemakers.The activists, who represent different organizations and communities, have joined the Women's Action Committee (KAP).Siti Kholifah from Tanah Baru in Depok, West Java, said women, who ...
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Editorial Another 15 years
Paper Edition | Page: 6 Indonesia was the proud recipient of an award from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for its persistence in reducing hunger and malnourishment. Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa accepted the award on Sunday during the 38th FAO conference in Rome, along with several other countries, for halving the proportion of hungry people ahead of the UN ...
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Coalition sceptical on PM Indonesia visit
The federal opposition doubts that Prime Minister Julia Gillard's upcoming visit to Indonesia will result in any new action to stop asylum seeker boats.Ms Gillard will meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for bilateral talks early in July.The visit is being seen as part of a last-ditch effort to stem the flow of would-be refugees ahead of the September 14 election.But ...
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Psychological distress may explain ‘ghost’ sighting at Bangladeshi garment factory
As AFP reports , 3,500 workers stopped work at the plant in Gazipur, north of Dhaka on Tuesday. They smashed furniture as they protested and demanded action to remove the ghost. "The agitating workers refused to join duty and vandalised the factory after the management did not take any steps to drive out the ghost," Gazipur industrial police inspector Showkat Kabir told AFP. ...
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Asia Roundup Mostly down ahead of US Fed decision
Asian markets were mostly lower yesterday, Wednesday June 19 2013 with focus on the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later in the trading day, but Tokyo enjoyed another rally as data showed a surge in exports thanks to a weaker yen. Wall Street again provided a healthy cue, with investors betting the Fed will stop short of reeling in its ';quantitative easing'; bond-buying ...
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Xi China Vietnam should follow path of friendly cooperation
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: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged China and Vietnam to "unswervingly march together along the path of friendly cooperation" despite distractions.Xi made the comments during his three-hour-long talks with ...
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Nepal to earmark over $1b for hydro power development
The government of Nepal is likely to allocate more than 20 percent of resources in its upcoming national budget 2013/14 for the development of hydro power projects, Finance Minister Shankar Prasad Koirala said on Wednesday.As the main priority of Nepal is to tackle energy crisis prevailing in the country, the government will probably allocate more than 20 percent of the expenditures for the ...
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Indonesia to campaign on Papua progress in regl forum
The Indonesian government has invited foreign ministers from Melanesian nations grouped under the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to Jakarta to receive briefings on development in Papua and West Papua provinces, a move that could be seen as a campaign to obtain international support for the country's sovereignty over its easternmost region. Coordinating Political, Legal and Security ...
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Indonesia fuel hike likely to hit tourism hard
As the intended increase in fuel prices nears its deadline, people in Indonesia's tourist industry expressed deep concern as the hike would certainly affect their businesses. Bagus Soediana, chairman of the Bali Tourism Transportation Association (Pawiba), said transportation rates had remained the same since 2005, despite rocketing prices for vehicle parts and fuel. "We have not ...
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Philippines mending ties with Taiwan
After the outburst of public anger, amplified by official outrage orchestrated by an unpopular government, Taiwan is sounding less bellicose these days. Perhaps President Ma Ying-Jeou and his advisers think they have forced the Philippines into a corner. They would be wrong. After the shooting death of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-chen on May 9, in Philippine waters, it was incumbent on the ...
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White elephant tests Thailand-Myanmar relations
The Myanmar government has turned down an offer made by Thailand to lease a white elephant for a celebration of the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Thai delegation made the offer on June 13 during the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation held in Bali, according to an announcement published on the President's Office website on Tuesday. The ...
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Rockets Lazada gets $100 million in bid to be Southeast Asias Amazon
(Reuters) - Lazada, the Southeast Asian online retail company founded by Germany's Rocket Internet Gmbh, has secured another $100 million from investors in its bid to lift the region from its status as an e-commerce ...
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Asia Markets Australia Korea lead Asian stock fall after Fed
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks fell Thursday after the Federal Reserve signaled it may gradually wind down its bond purchases if the U.S. economy continued to improve, weighing down shares on Wall ...
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Gillards trip to Indonesia and gay marriage - parliamentary video highlights
Labor's Craig Emerson, the Liberal Scott Morrison, Greens Christine Milne and Adam Band, Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce and Democratic Labor party man John Madigan discuss the prime minister's visit to Indonesia, asylum seeker policy and gay marriage ...
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