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Indonesia plans cattle imports to meet Ramadan demand spike
JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Indonesia said it will import 45,000 head of cattle by the end of July as the Southeast Asian nation looks to stock up to meet an expected spike in demand ahead of a Muslim holy festival next month. In late May, Australia's beef industry received a lift from one of its biggest markets, after Indonesia relaxed restrictions on some imports to contain local beef prices and ...
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Gillard must apologise to Indonesia oppn
The Gillard government must apologise to Indonesia for "weakening" Australia's borders and for suspending live cattle exports, the opposition insists.Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for bilateral talks in July, a move Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says shows Ms Gillard is "humiliated and embarrassed" on the issue of ...
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Champions Trophy Rain threat looms large over India-Sri Lanka clash
Cricket News: Cardiff: With the 8-nation tournament entering its final stages, one can only hope that the rain stays away. The threat of rain looms large over the marquee clash, as India and Sri Lanka gear up to face off at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, Wales for the semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy on ...
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Dollar steady in Asian trade
Tokyo - The dollar held firm in Asia on Thursday after rallying on comments by the head of the US Federal Reserve that it could begin to scale back its monetary easing programme later this ...
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Players commit to playing in Dhaka League
Bangladesh's professional cricketers have withdrawn their threat to boycott the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. The decision was taken after assurances from the Bangladesh Cricket Board that the new gradation- and rotation-based system of players' transfers would only be applicable to this ...
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Singapore Struggles With Haze
Smog so dense you can hardly see and people walking around with face masks on: scenes often associated with polluted Beijing actually describe Singapore, where the air quality has reached "hazardous" levels this week following burning to clear land in neighboring Indonesia. Singapore's Pollutants Standards Index hit 321 late on Wednesday, the highest since Southeast Asia's ...
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US preconditions may scuttle talks with Afghanistan says Pakistans JUI-F chief.
Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has criticised the US and said that stringent preconditions could put Afghan reconciliation process in jeopardy. "Such preconditions can even scuttle the prospects of talks before any meaningful negotiations kick off," he said. "Instead, the US should take confidence-building measures that will lead to ...
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Muslim refugees in Burma will be forced to remain in squalid emergency camps for at least 12 months warns minister Alan Duncan
A British minister who visited tens of thousands of Muslim refugees in Burma said he believes they will be forced to remain in squalid emergency camps for at least another 12 months as there is no quick-fix solution to the ...
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In Search of a Solution in Thailand’s Deep South
Malaysia-mediated negotiations between the Thai Government and BRN began, there are calls by opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to suspend negotiations with the BRN until the level of violence is reduced. There are also risks that the military may go on the offensive again and conduct pre-emptive raids on suspected 'terrorist' hideouts. These apparently stalled negotiations could be ...
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Philippines US to hold naval exercises near disputed reef
MANILA, Philippines – The United States and the Philippines are to hold joint naval maneuvers in the South China Sea next week between the main island of Luzon and a reef claimed by both China and Manila, the Filipino navy said Thursday. The exercises taking place from June 27 to July 2 by the two allies are to be held about 108 kilometers (67 miles) east of Scarborough Shoal, navy ...
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Live India vs Sri Lanka - ICC Champions Trophy
India play familiar rivals Sri Lanka in the second semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy in Cardiff today. Catch live updates as they happen from ...
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A tour round an endangered wildlife market in Indonesia – in pictures
Got a spare $200? That's all you need to pick up an orphaned, caged orangutan at this market in Aceh, Sumatra. For three years the market has openly traded endangered species such as sun bears and pangolins, in conditions so bad that some animals die of ...
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Vietnamese tourists in Thailand abandoned
The vietnamese visitors of Travel Life were abandoned at the conference center after two days because the Thai partner - Thai 2020 Company - refused to continue serving them. According to the representative office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand in Ho Chi Minh City, from July 12 to 18, Herbalife Vietnam organized a seminar tour in Thailand for 3,000 Vietnamese. As the number of visitors ...
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Exposed The Harrowing Impact of Americas Deadly Drone War in Pakistan
President Barack Obama's big speech on U.S. counter-terror policy last month promised that drone strikes were "legal," "heavily constrained" and only carried out if there is "near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured." But the use of the most deadly type of drone attacks calls that rhetoric into question. Known as "signature strikes," ...
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Singapore pollution hits new high Malaysia shuts 200 schools amid haze from Indonesia fires
A woman checks her mobile phone as she walks past Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, June 20, 2013. Smoke haze is a nearly annual problem for Singapore and its northern neighbor Malaysia, often beginning in midyear when farmers in Indonesia seek to clear land cheaply by starting fires. It sometimes causes diplomatic strains as Malaysia and ...
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RPT-WRAPUP 1-Asian markets hammered on China fears Fed exit plan
Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:18am EDT * MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides 3.5 pct in biggest drop since 2011 * HSBC China "flash" PMI surprisingly weak, PBOC still tight * Asian currencies take a bath, Indian rupee at record low * U.S. Treasury yields hit 15-mth high, underpin US dollar By Chikako Mogi and Wayne Cole TOKYO/SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian markets buckled badly on Thursday after the ...
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Chinese Astronaut Gives Live Video Lesson From Space
Wang Yaping, China's second female astronaut, is one of three crew members sent to space last week on the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft. She delivered her lecture from the Tiangong-1 experimental space lab, which China views as a prototype for a full-fledged space station. Wang participated in a question-and-answer session with students in a Beijing school. She also conducted a series of ...
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RI cautious on Fed’s stimulus halt
The government has stated that it is currently in watchful mode over the imminent halt of US monetary stimulus, famously known as quantitative easing."We all know that this morning [US central bank] Governor Ben Bernanke has discussed the possible halt of quantitative easing. We must be cautious because this will affect financial markets all over the world. So, don't be surprised if ...
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REFILE-UPDATE 1-Intrepid Mines board survives coup over lost Indonesia mine
Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:07am EDT (Refiles to fix link to Factbox in sandwich box; no other changes to text) * Shareholders reject plan to play down legal pursuit * Over 20 pct of Intrepid held by new investors * Intrepid trying to find out who is behind new investors * Intrepid shares fall 8.7 pct after vote supports board MELBOURNE, June 20 (Reuters) - Shareholders of Intrepid Mines backed their ...
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Indonesia to raise gasoline diesel prices Saturday
A protester holds a jerrycan during a demonstration against the government's plans for hiking fuel prices in Jakarta, on June 19, 2013. Indonesia will carry out a big increase in fuel prices on Saturday, settling months of agonising over the politically divisive issue that was damaging confidence in Southeast Asia's biggest economy and sapping the state's finances. -- PHOTO: ...
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AP PHOTOS For amputees wounds from Bangladesh garment factory collapse will never fade
SAVAR, Bangladesh -- It was the worst disaster in the history of the garment industry. When the Rana Plaza factory building crashed down in April, 1,129 people were killed. But many others had to sacrifice their limbs to survive. Arms and legs were trapped under the building rubble, forcing rescuers with no medical training to perform amputations on the spot to free the victims. No anesthesia ...
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Vietnam China Expand Joint Exploration in Gulf of Tonkin
HANOI - Vietnam and China have extended an agreement to jointly explore for oil and gas in the Gulf of Tonkin until 2016, while significantly expanding the area involved. The two sides started joint explorations in the gulf - led by state-owned Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, and China National Offshore Oil Corp., or Cnooc - in November 2006. However, no reserves of commercial ...
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Asian assets hammered on China fears
Tokyo - Asian markets buckled badly on Thursday after the Federal Reserve heralded an eventual end to free money and China turned the screw on credit even as factory activity in the world's second largest economy hit a nine-month ...
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Singapore shrouded in fire smog
Officials in Singapore are urging people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution after a smoky haze caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia worsened ...
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Chinese medical team treats people in Brunei
/enpproperty--> A Chinese medical team on Wednesday continued to deepen cooperation with its international counterparts and to treat people in Brunei. The team is taking part in the first ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise. Thirty-five Chinese joined a field hospital as part of the joint exercise being held ...
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