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Asian Champions League Al Shababs priorities are all in order
Adel Abdulla, front, and his Al Shabab teammates dropped their Asian Champions League first leg match at home to Esteghlal 4-2, making the second leg at Tehran, Iran all the more difficult for the UAE ...
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Pakistans new leader offers talks to Taliban
By Wajahat S. Khan, Producer, NBC News ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's prime minister designate Nawaz Sharif told a packed hall of his party stalwarts that talks with the Taliban -- who have been fighting the state for almost a decade -- are not off the table."All options should be tried, and guns and bullets are not a solution to all problems … Why shouldn't we sit and talk and ...
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Indonesia- 2013 inflation may rise to 7 if fuel prices go up
(MENAFN) Indonesian finance minister, Muhamad Chatib Basri, announced that if local fuel prices rise, then the country's 2013 inflation level might grow to 7 percent, reported Reuters.Earlier this month, the Indonesian president stated that the government may raise fuel prices if only the parliament endorsed a financing program to protect the poor from the inflationary impact of high fuel ...
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Report Asian Workers Around the World Remit $ 260 Billion to Their Home-Countries
(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) The United Nations Organization and the World Bank said in a report issued today that the remittances of 60 Asian countries' laborers working abroad amounted to about 260 billion last year, equivalent to 63% of total remittances in the world amounting to 410 billion. The report noted that about 70 million Asian families benefited from these money ...
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Philippines approves three new wind farms
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Philippines has approved three wind farm projects that will generate 208 megawatts, enough to power more than 40,000 middle-class homes, an energy official said. The wind projects will be the first to benefit from an incentive scheme which aims to ensure half the country's energy comes from renewable sources by 2030, compared with about 39 percent currently, the ...
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China-trained medical doctors doing fine in Nepal
Bhavuk Sharma Bajagain, 30, a medical doctor by profession, is often busy with his patients in the emergency ward of Kathmandu Model Hospital, one of the more reputable hospitals .In the morning, Bajagain also teaches and shares his medical experience with students in two different local medical institutions."I am very happy and satisfied when I see my patients relieved of pain after ...
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Myanmar jails 7 Muslims for attacks on Buddhist monk
Burmese protest against intercommunal violence in their country outside the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington on May 20, 2013 before Myanmar President Thein Sein addresses the chamber. Earlier, Thein Sein urged an end to intercommunal violence and discrimination after hearing a call from US President Barack Obama to put a stop to anti-Muslim attacks. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit ...
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US lawmakers meet Myanmar leader urge release of 250 political prisoners
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are asking Myanmar President Thein Sein to free nearly 250 political prisoners. Thein Sein met Tuesday with members of the Senate and House, a day after he became the first Myanmar leader to visit the White House in five decades. As Myanmar has shifted from military rule in the past two years, it has freed hundreds of political detainees but others are still held. House ...
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Li Keqiang hails Pakistan as Chinas iron brother
Candid’ is not a good word in the understated lexicon of diplomatese. Manmohan Singh and Li Keqiang seem to have had a lot of candid ...
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China to face Indonesia again in badminton quarters
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Luck was not on Indonesia's side on Tuesday as hours after suffering a crushing 5-0 defeat to China, they were drawn to meet the eight-time Sudirman Cup champions again, this time in the quarter-finals.Germany, who stunned hosts Malaysia 3-2, were matched against South Korea, while Taiwan will meet Denmark, and Thailand will face Japan in the other quarter-finals on ...
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Buriram FC Seoul into Asian quarter-finals
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Thai qualifiers Buriram United held off Uzbek giants Bunyodkor to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday as FC Seoul beat nine-man Beijing Guoan 3-1.Buriram weathered waves of attack in Tashkent for a 0-0 draw and 2-1 aggregate win over two legs, extending the unfancied club's fairytale run which started with their qualifying victory over Brisbane Roar in ...
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After relegation from Asian Five Nations what lies ahead for UAE rugby
The UAE drives up the pitch during the first half of their 24-8 loss to the Philippines last weekend. The UAE finished without a win in the Asian Five Nations. Mike Young for The ...
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Freeport tunnel victims all evacuated
Thirty-eight workers buried in a collapsed tunnel at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine have been all evacuated.A statement released by Freeport said that eight bodies were removed from the collapsed tunnel on the last day of rescue efforts on Tuesday.They were identified as Daniel Tedy Eramuri, David Gobay, Febry Tandungan, Ferry Edison Pangaribuan, ...
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Lawmakers hand Myanmar leader prisoner list
Thein Sein met Tuesday with members of the Senate and House on Capitol Hill, a day after he became the first Myanmar leader to visit the White House in five ...
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India leads Asian cuts in imports of Iranian oil ahead of waiver review
India has cut Iranian oil imports by almost one-fifth since December, the sharpest cut among Asian buyers, in a move that should increase its chances of winning a new US waiver next month on sanctions targeting oil trade with Iran.Sanctions imposed by the US and Europe to force a halt to a controversial nuclear program that Tehran says is for peaceful purposes saw Iran's oil exports more ...
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Mine Collapse Kills 21 in Indonesia
Jakarta, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Authorities confirmed today that 21 miners were found dead after a mine collapse at the gold and copper deposit being exploited by the U.S. Freeport consortium in the Indonesian province of Papua. The Asian nation's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked Freeport and government agencies to thoroughly investigate the collapse that affected an underground ...
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Fresh battle bubbling over whether to cut policy rate
A new battle is brewing between the government and the Bank of Thailand, with one camp pushing for an interest-rate cut to help the export sector and the other doubting the case for such a move. The government and the National Economic and Social Development Board are apparently upset ...
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High-risk job with limited prospects
New man on the job expected to handle tough questions gently, tactfully After just two years in office, the Yingluck government has already changed its government spokesperson four times. Why? Well, perhaps it's not surprising, with politics heating up, the country's prevailing political conflicts and national division, the spokesperson's post has been a bit like a hot potato. ...
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Bangkok set for 2014 Formula E Grand Prix
Bangkok was yesterday chosen to host a race in the inaugural season of the FIA Formula E Championship for electric cars next year. The announcement came during a special unveiling for the first time in Asia of the fully-electric-powered Formula E car, witnessed by Alejandro Agag, CEO of Championship promoter Formula E Holdings (FEH), advisor to the Minister of Energy Pol Maj-General Lattasanya ...
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Health groups plan protest at PMs house
Rural doctors, kidney patients seeking dialysis want minister Pradit dumped The Rural Doctors Society and its allies will protest in front of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's residence from June 6 onward to press for the dismissal of Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong. They have accused Pradit of many wrongdoings, including an attempt to undermine the Government ...
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Philippines says to finish probe on shooting Taiwan fishermen soon
The Philippine National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) is close to finishing its investigations on a Taiwan fisherman shot dead by Philippine coast guards, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday.Except for the physical examination of the fishing vessel, the NBI has already completed its probe on the case, said Aquino in a chance interview after the 115th anniversary celebration of ...
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Obama hails Myanmar leader warns on Muslims
US President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind Myanmar President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned that a wave of violence against Muslims must stop.As his guest became the first leader of his country in almost 50 years to visit the White House, Obama praised Myanmar's journey away from brutal junta rule and promised Washington would offer more ...
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Court Seeks to Bar Factory Owner from Leaving Bangladesh
The High Court in Bangladesh’s capital has asked authorities to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said. The High Court made the request in response to a petition seeking the arrest of Delwar Hossain, the owner of Tazreen Fashions Ltd. It also asked authorities to bring Hossain before the court on May 30. No ...
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The HangOver Campaign - more on Indian hackers targeting Pakistan
Indian malware campaign targeting Pakistan uncovered A leading anti-malware company has uncovered a wide-ranging malware campaign that appears to originate in India and seems primarily to target Pakistan with data-stealing ...
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Double Olympic champion to attend Taekwondo Youth Camp in Thailand
Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...
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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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