Final draft of insurers law completed
The House of Representatives finished on Tuesday the final draft of the newly endorsed bill on social security providers (BPJS) and handed it over to the government for enactment. Ferdiansyah, deputy chairman of a special House committee that prepared the bill, said members of the committee and a government team had fine-tuned the draft over four days. “The…
Eric Schmidt defends Google, mourns Jobs’ death (AP)
AP – Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday defended his company as a great innovator despite allegations from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that the Internet search giant stole ideas from Apple’s iPhone.
Japan Invents a Cyborg Suit to Clean Up Fukushima (The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire – Related: Report: Fukushima Plant Site Radiation Levels ‘Fatal to Humans’
Bangkok Residents Become Refugees in Their Own Flooded City
BANGKOK — At the flood-ravaged Don Mueang airport, children play with luggage carts while their parents hang laundry above check-in counters. The signs say “Departures,” but the families camped out at the airport will not be leaving anytime soon. Saeed Khan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Thais displaced by floodwaters huddle at a temporary shelter in Bangkok. Related In Flood, Thai Leaders Choose Between Bad and Worse Options (November 2, 2011) Floodwalls Keep Bangkok Dry but Provinces Angry (October 31, 2011) Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Planes sat idle on…
RI supports Palestine as UNESCO`s full member
Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh said Indonesia joined supporting Palestine for UNESCO`s full membership in the UN General Assembly in France from October 25.
Flood-plagued Thai PM cancels trip to summit in US (AP)
AP – Thailand’s prime minister canceled plans to attend a Pacific trade forum in Hawaii this weekend as she struggled to cope with her country’s worst flooding in a half century.
Euro crisis talks delay China panda loan to France
The loan of two Chinese pandas to a French zoo has been delayed because of the focus on the Greek crisis at the G20 summit in Cannes. “Unfortunately… there was no…
Moderate earthquake shakes northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan-An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude has rattled the Hindu Kush region of northern…
ZIMBABWE: Thousands of girls forced out of education
HARARE, 7 November 2011 (IRIN) – Poverty, abuse and cultural practices are preventing a third of Zimbabwean girls from attending primary school and 67 percent from attending secondary school, denying them a basic education, according to a recent study which found alarming dropout rates for girls. ”Sexual harassment and abuse by even school teachers and parents, cultural issues, lack of school fees, early marriage, parental commitments and early pregnancies are some of the contributing factors to the dropout by the girl child,” said the authors of “Because I am a Girl” by Plan International, a nonprofit organisation that works to alleviate child poverty. Maira Gwati’s education ended two…
Vietnam war vets seize back hijacked ship
Taiwan hailed on Monday the bravery of five Vietnamese war vets who launched a surprise assault on six armed pirates and successfully took back their vessel after it had been hijacked off East Africa. The former Vietnam war fighters had been recruited by Taiwan to be part of a 28-man crew on the “Chin Yi Wen”, a 290-tonne vessel, along with nine Chinese, eight Filipinos and six Indonesians. The crew, who had been out of contact with the ship since Friday according to the foreign ministry, forced the six armed Somali pirates to jump overboard, and successfully took back control of the ship. Liu Wan-tien, the owner of the vessel based in the southern Taiwanese city Kaohsiung, said the five…
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