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Shoddy Materials And Illegal Construction Caused Bangladesh Factory Collapse
The report also said the building was not built for industrial use and the weight of the heavy garment factory machinery and their vibrations contributed to the building ...
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Spot-fixing Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf allegedly being probed dropped from Champions Trophy
Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf will not be officiating in the upcoming Champions Trophy in England after being withdrawn by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in wake of media reports that he was under investigation by Mumbai Police."In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities, we feel that it is in Asad's best ...
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Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists on Thursday and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a series of opposition protest rallies. The arrests and the charging of a student activist under the country's Sedition Act signal a ...
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Video Watch Rare Vietnam War tapes unearthed
Military families of the past used to rely on film to keep in touch with loved ones on the front line. Jim Axelrod reports on a man who found some rare footage from the Vietnam War, and wants to return those memories to more than 200 ...
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In the Arena New Asian Tennis League Is Lining Up Big-Name Stars
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Taliban rickshaw bomb kills 13 in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two civilians, police ...
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Terror Attack in London
A police officer carries an evidence bag containing a knife near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, May 23, ...
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China survive Indonesia scare in Sudirman Cup
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Defending champions China had to dig deep to avoid a surprise defeat to Indonesia, winning 3-2 on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup.Two days after whipping their arch rivals 5-0 in a group match, China, who have not lost a tie since falling 2-3 to South Korea in the 2003 final, were stunned by a determined and gallant Indonesian outfit.But Chinese supremo Li ...
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Crane error blacks out one third of Vietnam
HANOI (AFP) - Over a third of Vietnam as well as the capital of neighbouring Cambodia suffered a blackout this week after a crane operator knocked a tree onto a key power line, electricity officials said Thursday.Twenty-two of Vietnam's southern provinces -- out of a nationwide total of 63 -- lost power for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon including the southern commercial centre of Ho ...
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Garuda to operate 3 Bombardier aircraft in Kuala Namu
Garuda Indonesia has prepared three Bombardier CRJ 1000 NextGen aircraft carriers with a capacity of 96 seats to serve in Kuala Namu, an international airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, which has been designated to replace Polonia Airport in Medan."The supplying of aircraft carriers with 12 seats in executive class and 84 economy seats in Kuala Namu is in line with plans to make Medan ...
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Prosecutors puzzled by acquittal of Brazilian drug suspect
Prosecutors have been puzzled by a recent verdict at the Tangerang Distrcit Court that saw a Brazilian citizen acquitted of all charges relating to the possession of 990 grams of heroin worth up to Rp 5 billion (US$512,000)."We have appealed to the Supreme Court and demanded the death penalty for the Brazilian, Reginaldo Bom Fim," Andi Konggoasa, head of the general crime department at ...
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Vietnam reduces activists sentences on appeal
HANOI (AFP) - A Vietnamese court on Thursday reduced the prison sentences of four activists convicted of trying to overthrow the state and having links to a banned US-based opposition group, a lawyer said. In January, 13 people - including Catholics, bloggers and students - were jailed from between three to 13 years by a court in Nghe An about 300km south of Hanoi. Eight defendants appealed ...
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Twelve killed and dozens wounded in explosion in Pakistani city of Quetta
Pakistani security officials examine the destroyed vehicle used by security forces following a bomb attack on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, on May 23, 2013. A bomb planted in a rickshaw tore through a vehicle used by security forces in southwest Pakistan on May 23, killing at least 12 people, police said. AFP PHOTO / BANARAS KHAN (Photo credit should read ...
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Dan Browns Inferno Upsets Philippines
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in his new novel Inferno has provoked anger in the Philippines. The plot of his latest work includes a character who is visiting the capital, and while doing so is shocked by the poverty, crime and sex trade. Brown's vivid description of the city has incurred an angry response from the Philippines, where the book ...
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20 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Niger's defense minister announced that 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed and another 16 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives inside a military installation in the city of Agadez on ...
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Pope Francis may visit Philippines in 2016—CBCP
Pope Francis. AP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines may just be on Pope Francis' travel itinerary in 2016, the head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Thursday. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, CBCP president, said Church officials were hoping Pope Francis would be able to visit in January 2016 after the Vatican asked that the date for a major ...
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Indigenous Peoples Protest Destructive Sarawak Dams Coruption at Industry Conference in Malaysia
More than three hundred indigenous people of the Penan, the Kenyah, the Kayan, and Iban ethnic groups protested this morning against the recently ...
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Seven dead in Nepal bus disaster
A bus traveling in far west Nepal Thursday skidded off a hilly road and fell about 50 feet, killing at least seven people and injuring 41 others, police said. It was not immediately known if there were more passengers in the bus, which was traveling to Darchula district from Mahendranagar near the border with India. Nepalnews.com reported the accident occurred about 6 a.m. The injured were ...
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Papua Police probe money laundering in Labora case
Papua Police detective chief Sr. Comr. Setyo Budianto said the police had questioned two members of staff from financial services providers in Sorong, West Papua on Thursday in relation to a bank account containing to Rp 1.5 trillion belonging to Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus.The police were pursuing indications of money laundering from Labora, who had been detained on illegal logging and fuel ...
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China’s Guangxi Normal University opens Indonesia Center
The Guangxi Normal University (GXNU) in Guilin, China, in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy, has opened an Indonesian Cultural Center, the fourth such center established in the Asian superpower nation.The three other centers have been established at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), Hebei Normal University (HNU) and Guangzhou University.The center was inaugurated by acting ...
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In Pakistan the Afghan war brings jobs - and criminality on an epic scale
Azim Khan stands atop his truck in the main yard of Shireen Jinnah Colony, where hundreds of tankers load up with fuel to supply to U.S.and NATO military presence in Afghanistan. When the Pakistani government closed down the supply routes in response to an errant U.S.airstrike, Mr. Khan spent seven months sleeping in his truck. (Matthieu ...
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Taiwan gears up for further regulatory easing
Taiwan Today By Meg Chang Implementing regulatory easing is an ROC government policy priority and key to Taiwan's sustainable development, Premier Jiang Yi-huah said May 22. "The Cabinet will conduct a comprehensive review of existing laws and regulations before making timely adjustments to boost the private sector's vitality and enhance Taiwan's economic ...
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Taiwan receives more overseas support in boat case
Taiwan Today The killing of a Taiwan fisherman during an attack on his boat by a Philippine government vessel is beginning to receive greater attention abroad, according to the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 22. "We have received support from U.S. and EU lawmakers, with a series of reports on the case carried by the mainstream international media," a MOFA official said. The ...
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MOJ seeks mutual benefit in boat probe
Taiwan Today Taiwan will only assist the Philippines in investigating the fatal attack by one of its government vessels on an ROC-registered fishing boat under the principles of equality and mutual benefit, according to the Ministry of Justice May 22. "We affirm Manila's consent allowing our people to inspect the Philippine government vessel involved as well as the weapons and ...
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DOH minister touts ROC disease-fighting record
Taiwan Today Taiwan's achievements in dealing with infectious diseases were highlighted by ROC Minister of Health Chiu Wen-ta at the 66th World Health Assembly meeting May 22 in Geneva. "In the past 50 years Taiwan has eradicated or brought under control more than 10 communicable diseases," Chiu said. "Among the biggest successes were the nation's efforts in ...
Bangladesh in Focus
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Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh, the politics of their situation is more important than the human impact
Bangladesh and Myanmar have been disputing their sea border for years, and in recent months tensions on the land border have mounted as claims of interference and counter-claims of provocation are made by both countries, now the politics of territorial dispute have come to have a direct bearing on the respect for human life and development.
In October of 2009, the government of Bangladesh received a report from its military officials detailing a credible threat of attack from Myanmar, they feared that St Martin’s island in the Bay of Bengal, a region increasingly important economically for hydrocarbons, would be attacked and captured by Myanmar, and called for the government to strengthen the defensive capability of the island which has a circumference of just 3 miles. Read more
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