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Office bullying video sparks outcry in Singapore
SINGAPORE -- A Singapore company supervisor caught on video slapping a male intern is in trouble after the clip went viral on the web and sparked a public outcry. Police confirmed to AFP that a complaint had been lodged against the supervisor, who works at a software company, and the manpower ministry said it had also been alerted about the alleged case of workplace abuse. The 17-second ...
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Washington’s love affair with Myanmar It’s the resources stupid
Politics The ramshackle streets of Myanmar's capital Yangon, with its ancient Buddhist pagodas and dilapidated colonial-era buildings, are one of the last places in the world where you'd expect to find Colonel Sanders. If the democratic reforms recently undertaken by Myanmar, a once dysfunctional and paranoid socialist state turned hardcore military pariah, could be attributed to a ...
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Pakistans Imran Khan home after campaign fall
"By the grace of Allah I am now home," Imran Khan tweets He was hospitalized with injuries suffered in a dramatic fall while campaigning Khan, who heads the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, plans to resume political meetings He suffered spinal fractures and a head injury in the ...
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Victoria Ho is a TechCrunch writer based in Singapore. She was previously the technology correspondent for The Business Times in Singapore, and senior writer for ZDNet Asia prior to that. She started out working for ComputerWorld and CIO Asia magazines, under the IDG and Fairfax Business Media brand. She has an English Literature degree from the National University of ...
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Asian shares mixed Tokyo ends at high
ASIAN shares have closed mixed despite a strong lead from Wall Street as markets awaited testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief, but Tokyo stocks finished at their highest level in five ...
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Fitch Upgrades Thailands SME Bank Affirms IBANK
U.S. Money Funds Return to Eurozone Banks U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April, although asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch Ratings. As of end-April 2013, MMF allocations to eurozone banks represented 15.1% of assets under management within Fitch Ratings'sample of the 10 largest U.S. ...
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Crowd attacks Pakistani village 1500 Christians flee
Residents of the Muslim village of Chak 30 attacked the Christian village of Chak 31 in the Pakistani province of Punjab after local Christians were accused of being disrespectful towards Islam. According to the Fides news agency, when Christian villagers called for police protection, a policeman led a crowd of 60 Muslims in an attack on Chak 31. An estimated 1,500 Christians fled their ...
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Pakistan umpires role under the scanner
Indian Premier League (IPL) matches has emerged in connection with the Mumbai police's investigations into spot-fixing. He was one of the umpires in the controversial match in which the three arrested Rajasthan ...
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Taiwans UMC sets up RD centre in Singapore
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading microchip maker, Wednesday said it has spent $110 million setting up a research and development unit in Singapore.The unit will undertake R&D collaborations with local research institutes, such as Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics, the company said in a statement.UMC is the world's third ...
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Chinas Premier Seeks Stronger Ties with Pakistan
A soldier walks near a bus as he helps to secure the area and clear the roads before the motorcade of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passes by in Islamabad, May 22, ...
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Ai Weiwei Releases Provocative Heavy Rock Music Video
Chinese rebel artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei has released a provocative new heavy rock music video that recreates his 81 days in secretive police ...
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Data recorder shows fishing boat in Taiwan EEZ
Taiwan Today The voyage data recorder of Taiwan fishing boat Guang Da Xing No. 28 confirms that the vessel did not enter Philippine territorial waters, according to Pingtung District Prosecutors Office May 21. "The boat's VDR was operating normally with records taken every three minutes from the time of departure at 3:42 a.m. May 4 to docking at Pingtung County's Xiaoliuqiu ...
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DOH minister offers condolences over US tornado
DOH Minister Chiu Wen-ta (right) greets U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius May 21 on the sidelines of the WHA in Geneva, ...
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ROC navy CGA task force crosses 20th parallel
Taiwan Today An ROC navy and Coast Guard Administration task force crossed the 20th parallel near Batan Island in the South Sea at 3:50 a.m. May 21 while conducting a drill, according to air force command HQ. Previously the ROC government had set a provisional southern boundary for fishery protection at 20 degrees north, although the nation's exclusive economic zone extends further south ...
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Facebook unveils Open Compute Project Taiwan
Economic Daily News U.S.-based Facebook Inc. will launch its Open Compute Project Taiwan May 23 in Taipei City as part of efforts to team up with local suppliers from the cloud computing sector. According to sources familiar with the matter, senior executives from Facebook and Taiwan information technology heavyweights will attend the event. The latter include AsusTek Computer Inc., Delta ...
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Asian Stocks Rise On Fed Speculation
Asian stocks rose broadly on Wednesday, encouraged by a positive lead from Wall Street, after comments from two Federal Reserve officials suggested the Federal Reserve is unlikely to taper its $85 billion-per-month bond-buying program anytime soon. Investors look forward to a speech from the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and the release of FOMC May minutes due out later in the day for clues on the ...
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Manmohan to visit Thailand
Bangkok, May 22 : Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay an official visit to Thailand from May 30 to 31, the Thai foreign ministry announced here ...
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China-Pakistan have all-weather strategic ties
Islamabad, May 22 : Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's premier. Xinhua described the Islamabad-Beijing ties as an "all-weather strategic ...
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Bangladeshs Shahbag movement still on claim leaders activists
By Sahana Ghosh, Dhaka, May 22 : Directed at channeling the "patriotic spirit" of youngsters in Bangladesh to create a "secular youth force", the Shahbag movement, that peaked in February and March with tens of thousands of protesters and torchlight processions, is "not dead" and "lives on" sans the noise and the fury, its leaders and participating ...
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Chalerm backs down on reconciliation bill
Chalerm Yoobamrung looks to have backed down from his plan to push through a controversial version of the reconciliation bill - although this may just be a tactical retreat. His move to tone down the bill by removing an article and giving up his characteristic determination to push the bill for deliberation in Parliament is not unexpected. "I've assigned MP Piraphan [Palusuk, Pheu ...
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FSB liquidates group of terrorists from Russia trained in Pakistan
Late on Monday, May 20, Russia’s FSB officers carried out an anti-terrorist operation in Orekhovo-Zuevo outside Moscow, in which two gunmen were killed and one more was seized. The investigators believe all three were trained for a terrorist act in the Afghan-Pakistan region and intended to stage a blast at a public place in ...
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India Thailand to ratify treaty to swap prisoners
Thailand are on the verge of ratifying a treaty, seen as extremely significant by both the countries, that would enable them to swap prisoners. There are currently 60 Indians serving terms in Thai prisons mostly on charges of drug trafficking and a few attempted murder and theft. When ratified, the 'treaty on transfer of sentenced persons' will enable the swap of prisoners which will ...
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Malaysia reels again from match-fixing stink
(43 mins ago) Malaysian football authorities have promised to investigate claims of match-fixing and urged police to protect players amid death threats from bookies. Allegations of match-fixing have long tainted football in Malaysia. Fears of match-rigging surfaced especially during the recent second-tier Malaysian Premier League match between Kuala Lumpur and Sime Darby, AFP reports. Angry ...
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UPDATE 2-DBS-Danamon deal hinges on Singapores invite to Indonesian banks
Wed May 22, 2013 5:25am EDT (Recasts, adds Indonesia bank law proposal, analyst quotes) By Saeed Azhar and Janeman Latul SINGAPORE/JAKARTA May 22 (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's largest bank merger now depends largely on cooperation between Singaporean authorities and Indonesian politicians. Indonesia's central bank gave Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd its long-awaited approval on ...
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Malaysia seeks UN Security Council seat
WAM PUTRAJAYA, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM) -- Malaysia seeks to secure a seat as a non-permanent member for the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the term 2015-2016, Foreign Minister, Anifah Aman, said on Tuesday. Malaysia will be able to play a part in international security issues if it becomes a member of the Security Council, according to the Malaysian foreign minister in statements carried by the ...
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Sri Lanka sees major tourism industry investment
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, especially the cruising scene, is getting back on its feet following the war, with significant interest being shown by major cruise lines wanting to schedule Sri Lankan ports on Indian Ocean Cruises, while the local yachting scene is seeing exciting growth and a local cruise industry may be emerging from infancy.
Sri Lanka, following the long and devastating civil war, which lasted around two and a half decades, is now making renewed attempts to redevelop its tourist industry. The industry is extremely import to the economy of Sri Lanka and is a vital part of the country’s access to foreign currency reserves, but saw marked declines in tourist arrivals during periods in which the ongoing civil war was perceived to be increasing in intensity and violence. Read more
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