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Pension options as plans are made for Thailand retirement
I have a pension plan in the UK and the company started paying me an income last year on my 60th birthday. I have been in the UAE for 10 years and plan to move to Thailand to retire in a couple of years. I didn't really pay much attention when my old employer sent me the paperwork and I would now like to look at my options as I believe there are changes I could make that would be more ...
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Surakarta hosts traditional children games festival this weekend
Surakarta (commonly known as Solo) is hosting a festival of Javanese traditional games for children this weekend, which is expected to attract 200 participants. The festival is being organized by the Suryo Sumirat Mangkunegaran dance group at the Plaza Sriwedari. "There will be many kinds of traditional games on offer and songs to accompany the games that are rarely heard today," said ...
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Pakistan anti-terrorism court extends Musharrafs remand by 14 days
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency. ...
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British woman died after drinking poisoned gin on holiday in Indonesia
The woman, named in reports as Cheznye Emmons, is said to have fallen ill after drinking from a bottle labelled "gin" bought from a local shop. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Indonesia and we are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time." Reports said the 23-year-old beauty therapist from Great ...
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Bangladesh Bloggers Face Constant Death Threats Since Government Labeled Them Atheist
Islamists burn an effigy of a blogger in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during a Feb. 24, 2013, nationwide strike demanding that the "atheist" bloggers be hanged. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty ...
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2008 Mumbai case Trial of Pakistani suspects adjourned
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi , charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned till May 25 as the judge was on leave. The reason for Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman going on leave could not immediately be ascertained. Court officials said the case would be taken up again on May 25. ...
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16 hospitals withdraw from Jakarta healthcare program
Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama confirmed that 16 hospitals had withdrawn from the Jakarta administration's healthcare program, Jakarta Health Card (KJS), due to their objections to the government's reimbursement policy. "We are sorry that these hospitals experienced financial losses during their participation in this program," Basuki said on ...
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Are accountants and CFOs killing innovation
Paper Edition | Page: 16 What can you do when penny-pinchers get in the way of your disruptive ideas to make necessary, often disruptive, changes in your company? When Dell announced in February its decision to take the company private in a deal estimated at US$24.4 billion, founder and CEO Michael Dell said in a statement that the move was part of the strategy to "continue the execution ...
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Pakistan adopts Chinese rival GPS satellite system
Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said ...
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Army clerk arrested for passing on classified data to ISI agent in Nepal
Police in Jaipur, Rajasthan, have confirmed the arrest of an army staffer for allegedly passing on classified information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Rajasthan Dalpat Singh Dinkar said the accused person has been identified as Bidyut Kumar Sinha, adding that he was detained on May 14.Dinkar said Sinha aged 43, was ...
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Sarabjit Singh death Pakistan judge calls for leads online
Lahore: A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days.Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore High Court is investigating the death of Sarabjit following a brutal assault by prisoners within Kot Lakhpat ...
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Afghan Police Chief Assassinated
Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ...
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Monsanto eyes RI’s corn rise on new seeds
Paper Edition | Page: 14 US-based biotech giant Monsanto Indonesia plans to help boost Indonesia's corn production by more than half in two years time by introducing its genetically modified corn seeds.Monsanto Indonesia corporate affairs head Herry Kristanto said on Thursday that the company expected Indonesia's corn yield to increase from its current 4.95 tons per hectare to 7.5 ...
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ASRI sells Cikarang plot to sister company
Paper Edition | Page: 14 Major developer PT Alam Sutera Realty (ASRI) says it has sold a 91.59-hectare plot in West Cikarang, West Java, to sister firm PT Bekasi Fajar Industrial Estate (BEST).Alam Sutera announced on Friday that its privately owned subsidiary PT Nusa Raya Mitratama (NRM) signed a purchase agreement worth Rp 915.9 billion (US$93.81 million) on Wednesday with a buyer also ...
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Honda to spend Rp 3.3t on new motorcycle factory
PT Astra International president director Prijono Sugiarto (second left), chief operating officer for regional operations Asia and Oceania Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Hiroshi Kobayashi (second right), production, engineering and procurement director of PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) David Budiono (left) and AHM president director Toshiyuki Inuma visit the Indotaisei industrial estate in Kota Bukit Indah in ...
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GE aims to concentrate on Batam
Paper Edition | Page: 13 New York-listed conglomerate General Electric (GE) Co., is seeking a better foothold in Batam, Riau Islands, with an investment of US$10 million for the construction of a high-bay manufacturing facility producing subsea wellhead equipment."Batam captures most of our attention here; we don't want to bite off more than we can chew," GE Oil & Gas Asia ...
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Harum expects lower sales on weak overseas demand
Paper Edition | Page: 13 Publicly listed coal miner PT Harum Energy expects a lower sales volume this year as slow global economic recovery will continue to stymie demand in the international coal market, the company's senior executive says.Harum president director Ray Antonio Gunara said on Friday that the sales volume may slightly drop to between 13 million and 14 million tons this year ...
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Adira BII Finance upbeat despite gloomy market
Paper Edition | Page: 13 Automotive financing companies PT Adira Dinamika Multi Finance (ADMF) and PT BII Finance Center are optimistic businesses will continue to grow in 2013, despite the planned fuel price increase and the estimated drop in motorbike and car sales.The publicly listed Adira, part of Bank Danamon, hopes the company's total financing will rise by about 2 percent to Rp 33 ...
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Poland to invest in tourism in Surakarta
Paper Edition | Page: 5 A representative from Poland expressed the country's interest in investing in heritage and tourism in Surakarta, Central Java, as part of its cooperation with regions across Indonesia.First counselor Romuald Morawski from the Polish Embassy to Indonesia overseeing investment and trade promotion said that Polish investment in Surakarta would focus on maintenance and ...
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Rebels kill Indian army officer in Kashmir
The Indian army says one of its officers was fatally shot by suspected rebels who crossed over to the Indian portion of Kashmir from the Pakistani side. Ankur Vashist, an army spokesman, says one soldier also was injured in an exchange of gunfire early Saturday in Machil sector close to the cease-fire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Vashist says nearly half a dozen rebels ...
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Media brings more benefits to owner than public says NGO
An NGO unveiled that media liberalization, which started in 1998, has served the owners' interests rather than those of the public. "Media owners tend to use their media to serve their political interests. That's worrisome," Kristiawan from the Tifa foundation said on Friday. He said another interesting fact about media liberalization was the massive growth of ...
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Lim Guan Eng wants Malaysian Home Minister to retract remarks
Son of Lim Kit Siang and also Penang's Chief Minister and DAP's Secretary General, Mr Lim Guan Eng delivers his fiery speech at DAP's grand ceramah held at a field near Sutera Mall in Skudai, Gelang Patah, on April 20, 2013. Mr Lim wants Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to retract his recent controversial remarks and issue a public apology. -- ST FILE PHOTO: ...
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Chinese incursion Ignorant media doesnt know about Colombo proposals
As someone who served in Ladakh from 1964-66, and given the background of the recent Chinese incursion, I want to highlight the role of some of the people who served Indian security - silently. The incident also reflects ignorance on part of Army staff and media about Indo-China ...
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VIDEO Short documentary on current events in Bangladesh
A short, yet heart wrenching documentary on the situation in Bangladesh. The documentary highlights the reality on the ground as well as the oppression and tyranny of the Bangladeshi ...
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Myanmar leader to meet Obama but stalls on reforms
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Thein Seins historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. Thats been based on a principle of taking action for action by ...
Pakistan Feature
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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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