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Twelve killed over 20 injured in powerful bombing in Pakistan
Twelve people, including eight police personnel, were killed and over 20 injured on Thursday in a powerful bombing in Pakistan's Quetta city.The deafening explosion took place in Bhosa Mandi area of Quetta Thursday morning, DawnNews reported.Fayyaz Sumbal, a senior police official, said militants targeted the vehicle of police's Rapid Response Force (RRF) through a remote control ...
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Italian on the run nabbed in Thailand
An Italian who is suspcted to have defrauded millions of dollars from Italian financial institutions and other crimes, has been arrested by police in Thailand. Media reports said today Stefano Raccaqni, 38, (pictured) was arrested on Tuesday in Chiang Mai, 600 kilometres north of Bangkok, on a request from Italy via Interpol. He faces charges of defrauding Italian banks and finance companies ...
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Blast in Pakistan Kills 13 Police Officers in Restive Region
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Pakistani police targeted in deadly Quetta car bombing
Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police say.The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, also wounded 23 people, said the senior police officer Fayaz Sumbal. The car was packed with around 100kg (220lb) of explosives and was parked alongside a road in the city. It was detonated by remote control when a vehicle carrying members of ...
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Philippines Pasig River Rehabilitation Program Includes Dredging
At least 1,200 families living along the Pasig River have been relocated to safer areas as part of government efforts to keep them out of harm’s way during typhoons, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on ...
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Indonesian police arrest 2 militants sought in connection with plan to attack Myanmar Embassy
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police said they have arrested two suspected militants in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy. National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said Sigit Indrajit was believed to have planned the foiled attack and was captured Wednesday night in northern Jakarta. The second militant, identified only as Rohadi, was taken early Thursday ...
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Bangladesh govt report pins down building collapse cause
DHAKA, Bangladesh A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-industry disaster in history, the committee head said Thursday. Last month's disaster killed more than 1,100 workers and highlighted the hazardous ...
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Japanese climber 80 becomes oldest atop Mount Everest
KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb Everest breaking the record set by a Nepali who climbed Everest at the age of 76 in ...
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Burmese Pythons Still Making Headlines
The Python Challenge in the Everglades in January and February has faded from conversation, but Burmese pythons are still creating ...
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Former star offers morale booster to players in match against China
Indonesian players have been encouraged to look back to a victorious moment in 1989 for inspiration in their quarterfinal matches against China in the Sudirman Cup.The players suffered a 5-0 rout at the hands of the eight-time champion in the group matches and they will face the same opponent on Thursday at the Putera Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.It could be time for redemption or another ...
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Saratoga to triple assets in 5 years
Paper Edition | Page: 13 Investment company PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya is targeting a further tripling of its assets in the next five years on the back of the country's strong domestic economy.The company's president director, Sandiaga Uno, said that Saratoga's total assets were worth above Rp 10 trillion (US$1.02 billion) as of the end of last year, which was a triple increase ...
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Indonesian police nab mastermind of Myanmar embassy bomb plot
JAKARTA - Indonesia's anti-terrorism police have caught an alleged leader of a cell planning to bomb the Myanmar embassy and another suspected terrorist with bomb-making ingredients. The arrests were made in a late night operation that stretched into the early hours of Thursday. "Sigit, on our wanted list and suspected to be the mastermind behind the plan to bomb the Myanmar embassy, ...
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Ranger militant killed in a shootout in southern Thailand
NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - A paramilitary ranger and a suspected militant were killed in a shootout early on Thursday in Thailand's insurgency-torn south, an army spokesman said, as violence continues to rattle the Muslim-majority region despite ongoing peace talks. The clash took place as up to 40 paramilitary rangers, acting on a tip-off, closed in on a house in the Cho Ai Rong ...
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Malaysian opposition politician says he has been detained for sedition
Chua Tian Chang, aka Tian Chua, vice president of PKR, and MP for Batu. Tian Chua, a vice-president of the oppostion Parti Keadilan Rakyat says he has been detained by police under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act. -- BH FILE PHOTO: MOHD OSMAN ...
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Car Bomb Kills 12 In Pakistans Southwest
Police in Pakistan say a bomb planted on a vehicle in the southwest of the country has killed 12 people, including 11 police officers. Police officials said the attack just outside Quetta also wounded more than 20. Police said the bomb targeted a vehicle carrying members of the police's special forces. Quetta is the capital of southwestern Balochistan Province, which is a ...
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Malaysia leads the way in Basel III debt
Thu May 23, 2013 2:52am EDT * Banks line up first loss-absorbing bonds * Deals will test appetite for new style subordinated debt * Other lenders in Asia may follow template By Kit Yin Boey May 23 (IFR) - Malaysia is poised to host Asia's first public issue of loss-absorbing bank debt, so-called bail-in bonds, since the region began the transition to Basel III standards earlier this ...
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Blast kills 12 in Pakistans Balochistan province
Militants in Balochistan, a province rich in natural gas, have been fighting Pakistani military forces for self-rule. For years, they have complained that the government has paid little attention to them and their economic ...
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Bangladeshs garment industry still offers women best work opportunity | Syed Zain Al-Mahmood
A revised minimum wage could help women working in harsh conditions who have few other places to go, but employers say they are also suffering as a result of disrupted ...
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Korea Japan dominance eroded in Asian football
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea and Japan's domination of eastern Asian football is being further eroded, judging by the make-up of the quarterfinalists in this season's Asian Champions League.The two nations have between them won all but one of the past seven Asian Champions League titles -- with the exception being a penalty shootout loss in the final -- and have been the top dogs ...
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Roadside bomb kills 13 in southwest Pakistan
Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region's natural gas and other resources. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb in the city of Quetta. It was planted in a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw and blew up as a truck carrying the security men passed by. Sixteen people were wounded and the death toll could rise, said police in the ...
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Asian mkts sell off on Bernanke remarks China PMI
Asian markets on Thursday, sending stock prices down, the US dollar to three-year highs, and Japanese government bond yields to their highest in a year. Stock and bond markets took their cue from the drop in US equities and Treasuries after Bernanke's remarks at a Congressional hearing sparked worries of an earlier than expected reduction in US monetary stimulus. A weak manufacturing survey ...
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Report Saudi bailout of Pakistan energy sector likely
Pakistan may get a bailout worth up to $15 billion from Saudi Arabia for its troubled energy sector, a Pakistani official told Dawn newspaper. The Saudi assistance could consist of supplies of crude and furnace oil on deferred payment at a time when Pakistan's energy sector faces a host of financial and other problems, resulting in constant load shedding or rolling blackouts. The report ...
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Thai stocks fall to two-week low before long weekend
BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters) - Thailand's main SET index was down 1.6 percent at midday, underperforming others in Southeast Asia, as investors cashed in on recently rallying shares ahead of a three-day weekend and the central bank's policy rate review next week. Sentiment was broadly weak on worries in Asia about a reduction in U.S. monetary stimulus. Local brokers said the Thai stock ...
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Indonesia financial regulator expects new banking law completed in 2014
JAKARTA | Thu May 23, 2013 2:06am EDT JAKARTA May 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia's chief financial regulator, who will have oversight of the bank sector from next year, said a new banking law was certain to come into force in 2014. Legislators are already drafting the law which senior MPs told Reuters on Wednesday they expected to include a maximum 51 percent limit on the amount a ...
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12 Killed in Pakistan Blast
Officials in southwest Pakistan say an explosion has ripped through a vehicle used by security forces, killing at least 12 people and wounding nearly two ...
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