Tuesday 7th September, 2010
New modelneeded in Vietnam
By Anh Le Tran Vietnam glided through the global recession, with economic growth hitting 5.3% last year and expected to expand 6.5% in 2010. Nonetheless, a sharp deterioration in the country's ...
Aussie pedophile deported from Indonesia
An Adelaide man who spent the last fours years in an Indonesian jail for sexually abusing teenaged boys is being deported back to Australia.Former boxing promoter Donald John Storen, 61, was in Indone...
Taliban to continue Pakistan attacks
The Taliban said on Tuesday they would continue to target Pakistani security forces with suicide attacks as they claimed responsibility for the latest blast that killed 19, its spokesman said."We are ...
Pakistan races to save towns from floods
West AustralianRiver defences in Pakistan's flood-hit south were bolstered on Tuesday in a bid to save two towns from catastrophic flooding as the UN warned the world community must help the militant-hit nation ...
Islamic sect to celebrate early Idul Fitri
The Jakarta PostStarting the fasting month earlier than the rest of Muslims across the country, followers of the An Nadzier Islamic sect in Somba Opu district in the South Sulawesi regency of Gowa will celebrate Idul...
Parents say Miss Indonesia 2009 may be under supranatural influence
The Jakarta PostFariyawati, mother of Miss Indonesia 2009 Qory Sandioriva, has claimed that her daughter may be under a supranatural influence following a drastic habit change.Fariyawati said as quoted by kompas.com ...
Commuters walloped by strikes in France, London
The Jakarta PostPublic transit ground to a halt across France and on the London Tube on Tuesday, with tourists and commuters bearing the brunt of a wave of discontent over government austerity measures.French unions ...
KPK probes West Java governor’s state-funded greeting-card spending
The Jakarta PostThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has begun an investigation into West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan's Rp 1.7 billion (US$188,700) Idul Fitri greeting-card spending taken from the province’...
Tommy sues Garuda Indonesia
The Jakarta PostHutomo Mandala Putra aka Tommy Soeharto is suing Garuda Indonesia, citing errors in an article about him published in the national flag carrier’s magazine.Tommy's lawyer Ferry Firman Nurwahyu said i...
S. Korea: N. Korea asks for flood aid despite tension
The Jakarta PostNorth Korea requested a shipment of rice, cement and heavy equipment days after rival South Korea offered relief aid to its communist neighbor to help it recover from recent flooding, the South's Unif...
Russia and Vietnam team up for trial LTE network
TeleGeographyRussian company Antares has reached an agreement with Vietnam Data Communications (VDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vietnamese state-owned PTO Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT), to build a ...
Handmade shoes make comeback
Taiwan TodayLiberty Times As people in Taiwan show increasing concern for personal health and individual style, handmade shoes are coming back into vogue, reviving business for cobblers. Master cobbler Chen Bao...
Designers create Chinese character-shaped furniture
Taiwan TodayLiberty Times A recent workshop on Asian-style furniture at the Furniture Manufacturing Eco-Museum in Rende Township, Tainan County, required students to build ergonomic furniture in the shape of Chi...
Singapore prime minister touts ECFA benefits
Taiwan TodayChina Times The recent signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement between Taiwan and mainland China carries many advantages, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an exclusi...
Taiwan’s August CPI falls year on year
Taiwan TodayElaine Hou Taiwan’s consumer price index fell 0.46 percent in August from a year earlier, marking the first drop since January, the Cabinet-level Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Stati...
Crowds crazy for lucky train tickets
Taiwan TodayKwangyin Liu At Yongkang Station in Taiwan’s southern Tainan County, 50,000 commemorative train tickets printed with the figure 9999 sold out within five hours Sept. 6. The tickets are valid for S...
MOI expands childcare subsidy program
Taiwan TodayJune Tsai Families with third-born children under 2 will be eligible for childcare support beginning next year, according to the Ministry of the Interior Sept. 6. The existing system provides for fi...
Central bank head stands firm on 'hot money'
Taiwan TodayMeg Chang Capital control measures should be adopted to curb the more risky forms of capital flow and foreign-exchange speculation, Perng Fai-nan, chairman of the Central Bank of the Republic of Chin...
CEPD approves plan to boost WiMax industry
Taiwan TodayAudrey Wang The Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development approved a proposal aimed at promoting Taiwan’s WiMax industry Sept. 6. The proposal, prepared by the Ministry of Econom...
Taiwan maintains lead in semiconductor investment
Taiwan TodayGrace Kuo Taiwan will continue to lead the world in semiconductor investment this year and likely into next year, according to a Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International forecast released ...
CCA minister eyes expanded cross-strait cultural ties
Taiwan TodayChina Times Emile Chih-jen Sheng, Cabinet-level minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs, said Taipei and Beijing should consider opening reciprocal offices to promote cross-strait cultural ties....
Unrest in Thai south kills 4
The Straits TimesNARATHIWAT (Thailand) - SUSPECTED Islamic militants have killed four people in Thailand's restive south, police said on Tuesday, including a teacher whose death sparked calls for a region-wide closure...
'Don't meddle in Myanmar polls'
The Straits TimesBEIJING - CHINA on Tuesday hailed Myanmar as a 'friendly neighbour' and warned the world not to meddle in its upcoming election, as the head of the country's military junta was due to arrive for a sta...
No water for 1.2m in M'sia
The Straits TimesMore than 1.2 million Malaysians were without piped water on Tuesday, as contamination from a landfill forced a treatment plant to close. -- ST PHOTO: AUDREY TAN KUALA LUMPUR - MORE than 1.2 millio...
Oil prices fall below $74 in Asian trade
RTECrude prices slid below $74 in Asian trade, with the end of the US summer driving season seen pushing down petrol demand. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, shed 85 ...
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