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Laos considers requirements to adopt timber trade regulations
Laos is examining the conditions necessary to enforce international rules on the timber trade and the sourcing of wood products, which will ensure effective and sustainable forest management.Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Phuangparisak Pravongviengkham, revealed the progress made at a workshop held yesterday in Vientiane to enhance and understand the Forest Law Enforcement, ...
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HRH awards medals to 592 more recipients
HRH Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah (R), the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, presenting awards for excellence to 592 recipients at Istana Nurul Iman. Picture: ...
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Pakistans new era under Sharif
Good, bad or ugly, the 2013 elections are over; and now testing times are ahead for the new incumbents. It is the third coming for Nawaz Sharif, a remarkable turn of fortune for a leader who was ousted from power by the military at gunpoint in 1999 and convicted on treason charges. With the independents jumping on its bandwagon and support from allied parties the PML-N is now close to reaching ...
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US slates attacks on minorities in Bangladesh
The US government in a recent report came down hard on Bangladesh for attacks on the religious minorities.The report, however, stated that the trend in government's respect for religious freedom did not change significantly in 2012. It generally respected religious freedom in Bangladesh.The US State Department, in its International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 released in Washington DC ...
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Most Thai CEOs believe high baht hurting business survey finds
Four in five CEOs believe that the baht bubble is battering their business, the long-term health of the economy remains unclear and rising costs will continue to constrict liquidity, according to a survey of chief executives' sentiments for ...
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Labour leaders in Bangladesh urge Wal-Mart Gap to sign factory accord
The local arm of IndustriALL, a global union federation, yesterday appealed to Wal-Mart and Gap to join a legally binding accord immediately to ensure safety in Bangladesh's garment factories.A total of 37 international clothing retailers have already signed the agreement designed by IndustriALL to contribute financially towards minimising occupational risks in Bangladesh's garment ...
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DBS Gets Nod to Buy Smaller Stake in Danamon for $2.75 Billion
Indonesia 's central bank to acquire a $2.75 billion stake in PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, giving Southeast Asia's largest lender less control than it had sought. DBS, which in April 2012 proposed buying all of Danamon from Temasek Holdings Pte and minority holders, will be allowed to purchase 40 percent, Bank Indonesia Governor Darmin Nasution said in Parliament yesterday. Last ...
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28 killed in American-owned Freeport mine in Indonesia
(45 mins ago) Rescuers have recovered seven more bodies from a collapsed American-owned mine tunnel in eastern Indonesia, its US operator said, taking the accident's final toll to 28. The rescue team ';recovered and identified the last of the remains of the buried workers early this morning'', the Indonesian subsidiary of US-based Freeport-McMoRan said in a statement. ...
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Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharifs party leading in elections
ISLAMABAD, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML- N), led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is leading in the general elections, the initial results suggested late Saturday night. The PML-N is in lead with 115 National Assembly seats than its arch rivals the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Sharif's party is ahead mostly in Punjab, the ...
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Freeport Indonesia says death toll rises to 28 after tunnel accident
JAKARTA | Tue May 21, 2013 10:03pm EDT JAKARTA May 22 (Reuters) - The death toll from a tunnel collapse at a mine run by the Indonesian unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc has been raised to 28, the company said in a statement on Wednesday, after giving up hope of finding any more survivors. The Arizona-based company closed the world's second-largest copper mine on Wednesday ...
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RPT-India leads Asian cuts in Iran oil imports ahead of waiver review
Tue May 21, 2013 9:55pm EDT (Repeats earlier story with no change in text) * India cuts Iranian crude imports 17 pct Dec-April vs previous 6 months * China may reduce Iranian imports 5-10 percent in 2013 * U.S. due to review Asia's waiver extensions on Iran sanctions 3rd time By Nidhi Verma and Meeyoung Cho NEW DELHI/SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - India has slashed Iranian oil imports by almost a ...
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US Senate Committee Approves Immigration Reform Bill
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a massive immigration reform bill, voting to send it to the entire Senate for debate. Tuesday evening's vote was 13 to five. It came after one of the bill's eight sponsors, Democrat Patrick Leahy, withdrew an amendment that would have given same-sex couples the same legal protections in immigration questions as heterosexual ...
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UN calls on businesses to help limit risks from disaster
Paper Edition | Page: 12 The United Nation (UN) wants the private sector to share responsibility in reducing risks of both natural and man-made disasters. During a biennial conference on disaster risk reduction on Tuesday, UN deputy secretary general Jan Eliasson said that there was a man-made component to any natural disaster and if it was not addressed properly business and economic ...
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Kalla reelected as CAPDI president
Paper Edition | Page: 11 Former vice president Jusuf Kalla has been unanimously reelected as the president of the Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI). CAPDI council members reelected Kalla on Tuesday at CAPDI's general assembly, citing his ideal character and proven track record in creating peace at home and abroad.Kalla, who also chairs the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), ...
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Jokowi sits at same table with Pluit Dam residents
Paper Edition | Page: 9 Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with representatives of residents of Pluit Dam in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, over lunch on Tuesday at City Hall, and listened to their grievances regarding their evictions, which are due to the city administration's water catchment restoration project."I met with the neighborhood and community leaders to listen to ...
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No-smoking stickers for city’s buses public minivans
A police officer shows a sticker banning smoking on board public transportation to a bus driver. A coalition of anti-smoking groups and the city transportation authorities put no-smoking stickers on 1,300 buses and public minivans at the Senen Bus Terminal in their campaign against smoking in ...
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Areas under overpasses to be kept green
Some Transjakarta passengers pass an erstwhile flower garden on their way to the ticket booth under the overpass at Slipi intersection in West Jakarta on ...
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City plans to cut red tape with one-stop business service
Paper Edition | Page: 9 Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo submitted a draft bylaw on the establishment of a special body to give one-stop service to the public as part of the reform of the city administration on Tuesday.Once established, the body is expected cut through the red tape that entangles anyone setting up a business in the capital.During Jokowi's time as mayor of Surakarta, ...
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Police to probe Labora’s superiors
Paper Edition | Page: 4 The National Police will question the direct superiors of Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus over their involvement in his suspicious 'businesses', a top official said. National Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Sutarman said on Tuesday that the force's Internal Affairs Division (Propam) was in Papua to interrogate and investigate. "Propam deals with ...
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Lawmakers biggest source of funding for parties Survey
Paper Edition | Page: 4 Antigraft watchdog Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) claims to have found in its survey that political parties finance their activities by illegally collecting funds through their politicians at the House of Representatives. Throughout 2012, ICW conducted research on the financial reports of nine political parties: the Democratic Party, Golkar Party, Democratic Party of ...
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Officials angry at critics who oppose award for SBY
Paper Edition | Page: 4 Close aides of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have blasted critics who said that the President did not deserve the World Statesman Award due to his failure to guarantee religious freedom for members of minority groups.Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam said that Yudhoyono's critics, including respected Catholic Priest Frans Magnis Suseno, had made false claims about ...
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Indonesia - Market factors to watch on May 22
JAKARTA, May 22 (Reuters) - Following are some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. ------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0010 GMT -------------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P ...
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Asia Roundup Mixed ahead of Fed chief’s testimony
Asian shares were mixed yesterday, Tuesday May 21 2013 after a dip on Wall Street, ahead of a testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke and a policy meeting of the Japanese central bank. Tokyo stocks rose 0.13 per cent or 20.21 points to 15,381.02, Sydney fell 0.56 per cent or 28.9 points to 5,180.1 and Seoul slipped 0.07 per cent or 1.34 points to 1,981.09. In Shanghai shares ...
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Chinese premier Li Keqiang due in Pakistan on Wednesday
Chinese premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Pakistan from May 22-23, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.It is the first visit of Premier Li Keqiang to Pakistan after he became premier of the People's Republic of China."The visit takes place immediately after the democratic elections in Pakistan. It will provide an opportunity to Premier Li to meet the new political ...
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SCB hosts launch for SME offerings
SCB CEO Lai Pei-Si delivering her speech during last night's launching ceremony of SCB's strengthened SME offerings held at Dermaga Diraja in the capital. Picture: BT/ Adib ...
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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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