Trigana aircraft comes off runway at Wamena airport

The Jakarta Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

A cargo aircraft operated by PT Trigana ran off the runway at Wamena airport at around 4:30 p.m. local time on Monday, an official has said."I've just received a report that an aircraft has run off the runway; but fortunately, there were no victims during the incident," head of Wamena airport in Jayawijaya, Papua, Junikar Pakondo, told The Jakarta Post.He said the incident ...

Electric minibus launched in Yogyakarta

The Jakarta Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

Marking National Awakening Day on Monday, the Research and Technology Ministry and the Yogyakarta city administration launched an electric minibus made by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) at the city's Taman Pintar [Pintar Park].The 12-seated electric minibus will be used to transport visitors free of charge to Taman Pintar and its surrounding areas, including Malioboro, ...

Cambodia factory accident injures 23 Police

The Straits Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. At least 23 workers were injured at a Cambodian factory that produced garments for a top Western brand on Monday, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about ...

Rights group criticizes Sri Lankas rights record

San Diego Union-Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -; An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil ...

Pertamina CEO Most Likely to Head Indonesia Investment Body

Rigzone - Monday 20th May, 2013

JAKARTA - PT Pertamina's Chief Executive Karen Agustiawan is the front-runner to head Indonesia's Coordinating Board for Investment after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday made the current chief the country's new finance minister, two people familiar with the matter said. "It's Karen who [likely] will be appointed as the new investment board chief," one of ...

Wave of attacks kills at least 57 in Iraq

Lexington Herald-Leader - Monday 20th May, 2013

A wrecked truck is removed from the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two car bombings in the southern city of Basra, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, including bombings hitting both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the ...

Dog-meat mafia fuels Thai canine trade

The Guardian - Monday 20th May, 2013

Thai authorities are struggling to stop dogs from being stolen and smuggled to northern Vietnam, where a million dogs are eaten each year. This video report ...

US and Myanmar edge toward rapport

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

What triggers former foes to become friends and then listen to each other on their mutual interests is a puzzle for political scientists. But it's a process we see in the bilateral relations of the US and Myanmar.Until a year ago, Myanmar faced sanctions and its former military generals were denied visas for the US. The dual-track policy of the Obama administration, which began in 2009, has ...

Nepal investigates illegal Everest broadcast

ABC Australia - Monday 20th May, 2013

Nepal A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy, with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal".British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres peak on Sunday morning."This is the world's first live video call - ...

Do you know your Dakar from your Dhaka Airline mix-up sends couple 7000 miles off-course to wrong continent

The Independent - Monday 20th May, 2013

All irritating, no doubt; but spare a thought for US couple Sandy Valdiviseo and her husband Triet Vo who ended up 7,000 miles from their destination after an airport code mix-up.The couple had planned to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal, but instead found themselves 7,000 miles away in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after their carrier mixed up the airport codes.The bizarre situation resulted in a ...

GM revs up Asean expansion

Yahoo - Monday 20th May, 2013

The Chevrolet Spin mini-MPV is being assembled in Indonesia for sale throughout Asia including Thailand, where prices will start around 760,000 baht. "For Asean as a whole, all we can see is huge growth and enormous opportunities. The umbrella strategy is ‘build where you sell, and source where you build’," said Martin Apfel, president of GM’s Southeast Asia ...

Pakistan turns off air-conditioners and tells civil servants to ditch socks

The Guardian - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring temperatures to deal with chronic power cuts.The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day in some places."There shall be no more use of air-conditioners in public offices till such time that substantial ...

Op-Ed Contributors What Obama Needs to Tell Myanmars Leader

International Herald Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

President Thein Sein of Myanmar is in Washington this week, the first Burmese head of state to visit since the military dictator Gen Ne Win in 1966. Much has changed since 1966. Fifty years of direct military rule have ended, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is out of house arrest and sits in Parliament, along with 42 of her colleagues from the National League for ...

Imran Khans party wins Karachi seat election rerun

West Australian - Monday 20th May, 2013

KARACHI (AFP) - The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials said Monday.Voting was held under tight security in 43 polling stations on Sunday, a day after a senior official of Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party was shot dead outside her home in the city.Polling was re-run ...

Citing experience SBY names Chatib finance minister

The Jakarta Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is praising Chatib Basri, his new finance minister, as an economist with extensive experience.Under the one year that Chatib led the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), investments in Indonesia grew significantly and contributed to the economic growth, he said."When we and several other countries experienced declining exports, investments have become the ...

Nepal considers plan to expand fibre coverage

TeleGeography - Monday 20th May, 2013

Nepal's minister for information and communications Madhav Prasad Paudel has said the government is committed to improving its fibre-optic links in the country, specifically through the deployment of optical networks along highways and trunk roads. e-Kantipur notes that the state's backing of the plan comes at a time when its efforts to roll out the district optical fibre project are ...

Indonesian minorities slam Yudhoyonos interfaith award

The Straits Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian religious minorities on Monday slammed a decision by a United States interfaith group to honour President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at a time when attacks against minority faiths are on the increase. The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, which campaigns against crimes committed in the name of religion, has named Dr Yudhoyono its World Statesman of 2013, and he is due ...

Former Pak dictator Pervez Musharraf granted bail

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pervez Musharraf became the first former army chief to be arrested, breaking an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable, even after they have ...

Bad debts falling in Vietnams ailing banks govt says

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

HANOI | Mon May 20, 2013 7:29am EDT HANOI May 20 (Reuters) - The ratio of non-performing loans held by Vietnam's troubled banks eased slightly in the first quarter as they have become better at controlling bad debt, though the overall level of NPLs remained high, the government said on Monday. Bad loans are a key factor stifling Vietnam's economic revival. The country's ...

Nepal takes issue with troubled BBC’s Everest video

The Standard - Monday 20th May, 2013

(21 mins ago) A British mountaineer's interview with the UK state broadcaster BBC on his smart phone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy in Nepal where the government is calling the broadcast ';illegal'', officials said. Mountaineer Daniel Hughes went live on BBC via his smart phone from the 8,848-meter peak on Sunday morning. It was also seen on Asia ...

Nepal investigating Everest call

The Courier Mail - Monday 20th May, 2013

A BRITISH mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said Monday. British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres (29,029-feet) peak on Sunday morning. "This is the world's ...

Pakistani judge orders Musharraf held for 14 days

Times of India - Monday 20th May, 2013

A Pakistani judge ordered Pervez Musharraf be held in custody for two more weeks, until the next hearing in a case related to his 2007 decision to sack and detain several ...