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Transit Fee Hikes in Brazil Scrapped Amid Volatile Protests
Leaders in two of Brazil's biggest cities have scrapped plans to increase public transportation fees, which triggered massive anti-government protests throughout the South American nation. Officials in both Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro announced their decisions Wednesday to revert back to the previous fares. Several other Brazilian cities had already canceled plans to increase transit ...
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Russia China Downgraded in US Trafficking Report
Trafficking in Persons report Wednesday, and Russia, Uzbekistan and China were automatically downgraded to the lowest Tier 3 ranking. In total, the State Department says 21 of the 188 countries in its report do not fully comply with minimum standards to address trafficking and are not making significant efforts to do ...
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ICC Moves Kenyatta Trial to November
The International Criminal Court says Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will now go on trial November 12. The court announced the new start date Thursday, after granting Kenyatta's defense team more time to prepare their case. The trial had been scheduled to begin in July, but the court said there were delays in the prosecution providing evidence. Kenyatta is charged with five counts ...
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Cebongan prison killers face multiple charges
Three of the 12 commandos involved in the murder of four detainees at Cebongan prison in Sleman were tried Thursday at the Yogyakarta Military Court, where they faced multiple charges. The 12 commandos were from Army Special Forces (Kopassus) Group 2 in Kandang Menjangan, Sukoharjo, Central Java.Sgt. Ucok Tigor Simbolon, Second Sgt. Sugeng Sumaryanto and Corp. Kodik were charged with Article 340 ...
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Taiwan’s ICAO bid backed by US House of Reps
Taiwan Today Taiwan's bid for observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization has received unanimous legislative backing from the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 19. "H.R. 1151 was passed 424-0, the strongest showing of support to date for a pro-Taiwan bill voted on by U.S. Congress," a MOFA official said. ...
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MOFA welcomes US show of support for arms sales
Taiwan Today Washington's ongoing commitment to providing Taipei with defensive weapons under the Taiwan Relations Act and improving bilateral ties is welcomed by the ROC government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said June 19. The MOFA remarks follow the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which contains two revisions pertaining to Taiwan, in ...
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Singapore air quality threatened by haze
Singapore’s Prime Minister has warned that a haze blanketing Singapore from fires in Indonesia could persist for weeks or even longer. Lee Hsien Loong also said there could be consequences if Singapore-linked companies were found responsible for the burning. The illegal burning of forests and other land on Indonesia's Sumatra island, to the west of Singapore, to clear space for palm ...
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Asian stocks tumble on Fed easing China PMI
Asian stocks received a double blow on Thursday, falling the most in almost two years, after the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that asset-purchases could end later this year if the economy continues to improve while China’s PMI ...
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PM to appeal Thawils reinstatement as NSC chief
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has decided to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court against the reinstatement of Thawil Pliensri as secretary-general of the National Security Council. Tongthong Chandransu, PM's Office permanent secretary, said Thursday ...
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Suspects in luxury-car racket surrender to police
DSI said, the two men were innocent until proven guilty. However, Tarit claimed evidence clearly suggested the duo were behind the six burnt luxury cars. He added that investigators would continue to look for the other suspects in the case, including the elusive Nathee Rewthong, 31, a one-armed amputee. Meanwhile, some of the owners of the 548 luxury cars who were required by ...
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Divorce domestic abuse on the rise
The rate of divorce in Thailand has tripled from 10.8 per cent in 2009 to 33 per cent in 2012, while domestic violence has been recorded in at least a third of Thai families. At a Chulabhorn Research Institute seminar Thursday, Wimontip Musikaphan, a lecturer at Mahidol University's National Institute for Child and Family Development, presented family-happiness indicator studies between ...
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Top Chinese legislator meets Vietnamese president
Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang met here Thursday afternoon with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.During the meeting, Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), said the important consensus reached between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Sang has added fresh impetus to the long-term development of China-Vietnam relations.Xi and Sang held ...
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Smoky haze blankets Singapore
Haze covers Singapore's business district. Air pollution in the city state briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years on Thursday. (Joseph Nair/Associated ...
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Singapores air at hazardous a levels as Indonesia fires burn
'Hazardous' air in Singapore, Indonesia SINGAPORE – Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels on Thursday as smoke from forest fires in Indonesia obscured skies over the wealthy city-state and parts of Malaysia and disrupted some businesses and travel. In Singapore, air traffic controllers gave more time for aircraft between taking off and ...
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Lazada Raises $100 Million Now Has Nearly a Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Grow E-Commerce Empire
Joey Vergara, the mountaineer who was reported missing after he went on a trek last Sunday, was found and rescued Thursday, a police official said.Police Senior Inspector Joel Laraya said Vergara, 32, was rescued at the Biak na Bundok area of the Malarayat Range in Batangas province with injuries sustained from a "shot gun trap for wild animals.""He is now undergoing first aid ...
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English footballers views clouded by smoggy Singapore
(19 mins ago) English Premier League footballers visiting Singapore were taken aback by the choking haze which shrouded skyscrapers and sent air pollution rocketing to record levels. ';Haze alert!!!!'' tweeted Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, one of nearly 20 current and former players and managers in the island for a promotional event. ';Without the haze this ...
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Pakistan defends aid to Indias most wanted Hafiz Saeed
Lahore: The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has justified its allocation of over Rs 61 million to the largest centre of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, saying the funds are needed to continue the services being provided to people by the facility.A spokesman of the Punjab government said it had taken "administrative control of the welfare institutions being run by (the JuD) in compliance ...
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Singapore pollution from Indonesian forest fires hits record levels
Singapore's skyline is shrouded in smog as air pollution caused by forest fires in Indonesia reaches hazardous levels. Photograph: Chris Mcgrath/Getty ...
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Insight Pakistan influence on Taliban commanders helped Afghan breakthrough
1 of 2. Afghan Taliban look on after handing over their weapons as they join the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program in Herat province, February 17, ...
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Vietnam ETF Future Dividend Potential
Emerging markets dividends offer investors added compensation for the elevated risk and volatility that come with investing in the developing world. However, emerging markets dividends are a different beast than their developed world counterparts and the concept of developing world payouts is still relatively new. Frontier markets dividends are another ballgame, too, but these payouts can ...
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Singapore to help underwrite medical bills for needy sickened by haze
The Singapore government said Thursday it will provide monetary help to certain Singaporeans sickened by the haze that has engulfed the capital city. Prime ...
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Pakistan warms to Iranian gas pipeline
There is no reason for the Pakistani government to delay the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Iran, the natural resources minister said. Iran wants to construct a natural gas pipeline from the South Pars natural gas complex in the Persian Gulf across the border to Pakistan. The U.S. government objects to the project because of the eventual economic benefits to Tehran. Federal ...
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AP Exclusive Facebook broke Indonesia terror case
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Sefa Riano didn't try to hide his plans or his beliefs. A Facebook page that police traced to him is plastered with photos of bearded men in camouflage uniforms holding rifles and banners hailing "The Spirit of ...
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RPT-WRAPUP 2-Asian markets hammered on China fears Fed exit plan
Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:33am EDT (Repeats to more subscribers) * Fed stimulus end, China weakness fuel broad-based selling * MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides 3.9 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 (Updates with latest prices, ...
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Iraqi Voters Cast Ballots in Delayed Elections
Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces are voting Thursday in provincial elections that officials delayed by two months because of security concerns. Tight security, including bans on vehicular traffic, is in place in Anbar province in western Iraq and Ninewah province in the country's south. Some 2.8 million people are eligible to vote in the polls to fill 69 provincial council ...
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Pakistan's darkest hour
What began as the normal monsoon season has turned into the greatest disaster, the greatest humanitarian crisis and the worst floods ever seen in the history of Pakistan. According to the UN, the disaster in Pakistan from 2010 floods is now worse than the 2005 earthquake in the country and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia combined.
It is a catastrophe of mammoth proportions and the challenge faced by a centrally weak government is how to get food aid to the some 6 million in need of help and provide relief facilities to the 20 million people impacted by the disaster. Read more
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