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Cambodian Documentary Wins Cannes Prize for Innovative Cinema
CANNES -- A documentary using small clay figurines to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at ...
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British Police Arrest 3 New Suspects in Soldiers Killing
British police have arrested three new suspects in connection with Wednesday's murder of a British soldier in London. Scotland Yard issued a statement saying three men in their 20's were arrested Saturday, two of them at a residential address in southeast London and one on a London street. Officers used stun guns in two of the arrests, but no one was hospitalized. All three were ...
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11 killed in Myanmar bus accident
Yangon, May 25 : At least 11 people were killed and 15 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus overturned on Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway in Myanmar, reported Xinhua citing state-run ...
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Facebook users join anti-govt campaign
Websites of PM and state agencies targeted Facebook users have joined an anti-government campaign by changing their profile pictures to the white mask of Guy Fawkes and posting messages against ...
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Rape victims in deep South silenced by state payouts Angkhana
Angkhana Neelaphaijit, a leading rights advocate for Thai Muslims, has voiced concern over continued sexual assaults against Muslim women by security officials stationed in the southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. The widow of abducted lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit, who has been providing legal assistance to Muslim suspects in the three southern border provinces, voiced concerns ...
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Govt lashes out at Democrats price rise claim
Pheu Thai Party yesterday hit back at the opposition Democrat Party, dismissing its claim that the government has failed to curb rising food prices. Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesman Anuttama Amornwiwat said the rising food prices were seasonal and the Ministry of Commerce had ensured a suitable price structure of consumer goods at production, trade and consumer level. She said the ...
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Thailand down Puerto Rico to emerge second
Thailand faced a stiff challenge from Puerto Rico before subduing their rivals in five hard-fought sets to finish second overall in the China International Women's Volleyball Tournament second leg in Shenzhen, China, on Friday. Hosts China, who stamped their authority in the first leg in Ningbo last week, made it two-in-a-row with a clean sweep of victories in the four-team two-phase ...
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Open Letter to the Tyrant of Pakistan on the Eve of the First Remembrance of Naveed Butts Abduction
Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan has issued an open letter for the tyrant of Pakistan, General Kayani. This letter has been issued on the completion of year abduction of Naveed Butt, the spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan. The title of this letter is "The year-long abduction of Naveed Butt will not delay or prevent your end at the hands of a Khaleefah Rashid." General Kayani's ...
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Forum Raises Awareness Of Bruneis Asean Chairmanship
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Civil Society Forum on Asean Organisation saw a large turnout of students and members of Non-government Organisation (NGOs) at the Oil and Gas Discovery Centre (OGDC) Theatre yesterday ...
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Signing Of Three MoUs To Further Boost Brunei Halal Certification
Bandar Seri Begawan - The credibility and integrity of Brunei Darussalam's Halal brand is set for a boost in the eyes of the global Halal industry following the signing of MoUs between three well-known institutions with the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam on the Academic Exchange and Research collaboration. This was noted by Awang Sabri Md ...
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Killing with kindness Burmas religious battleground - and the monks at the heart of it
Six years ago, the world cheered the monks behind Burma's Saffron Revolution. Now, a horrific new eruption of religious slaughter is being blamed on a 'Buddhist Bin Laden'. So what happened to the mantra of ...
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Brunei Role In Ending Southern Thai Unrest
Satun, Southern Thailand - Brunei Darussalam could play a role in helping resolve the unrest in Southern Thailand through the dissemination of information via the media to enable the insurgents to come to an understanding with the Thai ...
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Myanmar state sets 2-child limit for Muslims
YANGON: Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbours after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said on Saturday. Local officials said the new measure - part of a policy that will also ban polygamy - will be applied to two Rakhine townships ...
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Revelers brave cold to fight AIDS at Vienna ball
VIENNA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, singer Elton John and actor Hilary Swank joined thousands of costumed revelers on Saturday at Europe's biggest AIDS charity event, Vienna's Life ...
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Indonesia is seeing a new corporate colonialism
Indonesia as local and multinational companies have been encouraged to seize and then deforest customary land - land owned by indigenous people and administered in accordance with their customs. More than 600 were recorded in 2011, with 22 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The true number is probably far greater, say watchdog groups.The Indonesian national human rights commission reported more ...
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Bangladeshs lifeline faces safety probe
A woman cries as she sticks a poster of a a family member on the wall of a school turned makeshift morgue for Rana Plaza victims. Bhuiyan said MIB and other large companies with which he is familiar comply with international labor laws, but even for bigger companies, that isn’t easy."There is a tremendous pressure to maintain the minimum level of compliance," he said. "You ...
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5 soldiers killed as rash of bombings hits southern Thailand
Police officers and soldiers in southern Thailand escaped death in bombings Saturday, one day after a bomb killed five military rangers, authorities said. A roadside bomb hit a truck carrying five soldiers in Narathiwat province, the Bangkok Post reported. Police officers in the same province responding to a report of gunshots were ambushed by a bomb but escaped without injury. Other bombings ...
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Cambodian documentary wins Cannes prize
Psy impersonator fools Cannes festival stars A documentary using small clay figures to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at the Cannes film festival. L'Image Manquante (The Missing Picture) was among the 18 films that premiered in the Un Certain Regard category ...
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Christian preacher tests Vietnam’s censors
The remark was Vujicic's only direct reference to his faith in a night that was otherwise motivational. Most people in the audience were not Christians. Vujicic's appearance is a sign of how a government that once severely restricted religion is now taking a slightly more relaxed attitude. Those associated with Vujicic's Vietnam tour said it was the first by a foreign Christian -- ...
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Cambodian film on familys experience under Pol Pot wins Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize
CANNES, France - A French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival. To rousing applause, director Rithy Panh collected the award at a ceremony Saturday night, expressing his gratitude to be able "to have the freedom to ...
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AFridayIn The Port of Karachi
This past Friday, GlobalPost'sKarachi Correspondent Mariya Karimjee gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the famed Port of Karachi and Kiamari District. Mariya shared her remarkable breadth of Karachi knowledge -- beginning with some Pakistani history lessons, and finishing up with some colorful images of tragically polluted waters, exotic fish from the Arabian Sea, and vibrant vessels tied ...
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Muslims given a two-child limit in Myanmars Rakhine state
Rakhine state imposes a two-child limit on the local Rohingya population, claiming the measure will help defuse clashes with local ...
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16 kids 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught ...
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Minorities Unsafe in Pakistan
Pakistan’s founder "Quaid-i-Azam" Mohammad Ali Jinnah dreamt of a country that would be Islamic and at the same time secular. The basic ideals behind the creation of Pakistan underscored security, welfare and cooperation of the people of all religions. Thanks to extremism and radicalization, today Pakistan is counted among the most dangerous places to live. Unfortunately, ...
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Pakistani women faced major hurdles at polls
Pakistani women were often blocked from voting in recent elections, but many were compelled to vote, usually for their husband's or father's ...
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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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