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Vietnam president visits China
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit as Beijing and Hanoi aim to build their political mutual trust and strengthen trade ties amid a sea dispute.Sang's trip to China is of special importance as this is the first visit to China made by a Vietnamese leader since its neighbor's new leadership assumed power in March.An analyst ...
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Cambodia China celebrate 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties
Cambodia and China on Wednesday jointly celebrated the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, vowing to further enhance the ties to a new high level.The event was highly attended by President of Cambodia's National Assembly Heng Samrin, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, members of the Cambodian government, parliament, and senate, and foreign ...
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Asian trio punch World Cup tickets
Having everything to play for on Tuesday, Australia, Iran and South Korea all secured berths at the 2014 World Cup on a dramatic final day of Asian qualifying. They join Japan, which was the first nation to qualify. Australia beat Iraq 1-0, waiting until the 83rd minute before Josh Kennedy headed home the winner that secured second spot in Group B. Iran booked its place with a disciplined ...
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Asian death wave tops a year of big disasters
The earthquake and tidal waves that took the lives of more than 23,000 in countries around the Indian Ocean was the latest and biggest of a series of natural disasters in 2004, one of the worst years in recent memory. The other events include:February 24Morocco. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit the northeastern region of Al Hoceima, killing 628 and injuring more than 900. March ...
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Cambodian lost city not so lost after all
In this photo taken in June 2012, Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex stands in Siem Reap province, some 230 kilometers (143 miles) northwest Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's Angkor Wat temples ...
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Brazil Sends Federal Police to Suppress Protests
In Brazil's most populous city, Sao Paulo, 50,000 people massed at the main cathedral. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed protests that drew 250,00 people across the country Tuesday, with small bands of radicals splitting off to fight with police and break into stores. The Justice Ministry says the National Force special police will be sent to five of the six cities ...
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Report Global Warming Could Reverse Development
NEW DELHI -- Present warming trends could roll back decades of development and exacerbate poverty in some of the world’s poorest regions in South Asia, South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new World Bank study, which calls for urgent action to reverse global warming because the window for action is narrowing rapidly. From declining food production to water shortages, ...
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China North Korea Willing to Resume 6-Party Nuclear Talks
China says a North Korean official has expressed a willingness to return to long-stalled six-party talks on dismantling his nation's nuclear weapons program. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said top North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan made the comment Wednesday in a meeting with Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui in Beijing. In an article posted on its website, the ...
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India Nepal monsoon floods leave 160 dead
DEHRADUN, India (AFP) - Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of people stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India and neighbouring Nepal, killing more than 160, officials said.Thousands of pilgrims and tourists have already been evacuated after floods and landslides caused by early monsoon rains wrought devastation through ...
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Another Semarang cop tests positive
A police officer has been questioned on suspicion of being a drug dealer. Adj. Second Inps. Ariyawan was detained after an test showed him to be a drug user. "We have tested him and his blood sample was positive. We are now questioning him to establish whether he is is a dealer," Semarang Police Chief Sr. Comr. Elan Subilan said. Ariyawan has been suspected for quite some time. ...
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Mayora books extra profits from last year
Publicly listed food manufacturer PT Mayora Indah Tbk announced that it managed to increase its net profits by up to 53.97 percent last year. "We have benefited from the stable price of raw materials and fair bank interest rates," PT Mayora Indah Tbk president director Andre Suhendra told reporters after a shareholders meeting (RUPS) at Imperial Aryaduta hotel in Karawaci, ...
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RI to raise risk management information exchange issues at APEC’s customs meeting
The government is planning to raise the risk management and information exchange issues at today's APEC Sub-committee meeting on Customs Procedures (SCCP) held in Medan, North Sumatra.Customs and Excise Director General Agung Kuswandono said the directorate general would present two papers, one on the subject of establishing an online system for cargo manifest reports and the other on ...
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Business as usual in Dumai but locals waiting for face masks
DUMAI (Riau) - Setting off from Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau province in Sumatra, it took our small group about eight hours to reach a hot spot in Pelintung village, near Dumai. There, we saw a charred plantation. As we walked across it, we could still feel the heat and the smell of the smoke was strong. When we got to one end of the scorched land, we saw three police officers and a ...
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China Vietnam agree to set up hotline
BEIJING -; China and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to set up a hotline to resolve fishing incidents in disputed South China Sea waters that have been a frequent source of tensions between the two ideological ...
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AirAsia to fly to 2 more Indonesian cities from Singapore
Low-cost carrier AirAsia will fly from Singapore directly to the Indonesian cities of Medan and Surabaya, it announced on Wednesday.There will be two flights daily to and from Medan, and one daily to and from Surabaya.The expansion is a result of the demand growing for both leisure and business travelers, the Straits Times quoted an AirAsia spokesman as saying.The company also said that it is ...
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Singapore smog levels set new record soaring towards hazardous level
Singapore Smog levels in Singapore have hit the highest level on record with the air pollutant index approaching the "hazardous" level.The National Environment Agency (NEA) says the index has soared well past the 200-mark considered as "very unhealthy" and near the "hazardous" level of 301.The index soared to 290 at 9:00pm on Wednesday (local time), according the ...
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Singapore air pollution soars to very unhealthy levels
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air pollution level rose to "very unhealthy" levels late on Wednesday, with the main pollution index hitting the highest on record, as smoke from Indonesian forest fires enveloped the city-state. The Pollution Standards Index (PSI) soared to 290 at 9:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. British time), up from 190 just an hour earlier. A PSI reading above ...
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Pakistani girl dies in Kashmir border fire
A PAKISTANI girl has been killed after Indian troops opened fire across the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir between the two nuclear-armed rivals, officials ...
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Myanmar court convicts Muslims over violence
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities in Myanmar say a court has found two Muslim women guilty of sparking a recent outbreak of sectarian violence in the country, one of them by bumping into a novice ...
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AIRSHOW-Singapore Airlines orders 30 more Airbus A350s
PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:29am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft worth $8.6 billion at list prices, with options for 20 more of the jetliners. The airline could convert the options into larger A350-1000s under the terms of the deal, Airbus said at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday. The carrier now has 70 ...
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In Germany Obama Defends US Surveillance Programs
U.S. President Barack Obama listens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, June 19, ...
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South Africa to Host Worlds Biggest Telescope
JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa is preparing to host the biggest radio telescope in the world. Along with Australia, the country has been chosen to host ...
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Failure to address discrimination could undermine reforms in Myanmar - UN official
urged Myanmar’s Government to tackle continuing discrimination against ethnic minorities, warning that failure to act could undermine the reform process in the country. ';Myanmar today can act as a source of inspiration by showing how governments can be transformed by a renewed commitment to human rights,'; said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Paillay. ...
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Thailand cuts rice-buying subsidy after big losses
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand said Wednesday that it would slash the price paid to rice farmers under a controversial scheme that caused the kingdom to lose its place as the world's top exporter of the commodity last year.The country has paid its farmers around 50 percent more than the market value for rice since 2011 in an effort to boost incomes in the rural heartlands of the ruling party.The ...
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WALHI asks police to act against land forest burning
The Indonesian Forum for Environment (WALHI) has urged law enforcers to take tough measures against the alleged perpetrators of land and forest burning, which have caused raging fires in Riau."The law enforcers in this country should arrest the environmental criminals who have burned the land," said Riau-chapter WALHI executive director Riko Kurniawan in Pekanbaru on Wednesday, as ...
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Southeast Asia's growing prominence in world trade
Southeast Asia has been, for many centuries, a major part of world trade and the recent recession has not hampered this position as the region is recovering much faster than many more developed countries.
Southeast Asia, although geographically large, covering an area of around 5 million square miles, is comparatively small economically in relation to the number of people that inhabit the area. The Southeast Asian region is home to over 500 million people and yet the region’s GDP is just US$1.5 trillion, or around US$2,500 per person annually. Read more
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