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Briton killed at Sri Lanka resort
december 26, 2011by latadmin
A British man has been killed in an attack at a Sri Lankan resort, local police say. They named him as Kuram Shaikah Zaman. The Foreign Office confirmed a man had died...
Japan ‘was unprepared’ for nuclear disaster
december 26, 2011by latadmin
The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant and government regulators were woefully unprepared for disaster, the first official probe into the...
‘No contact with Afghan Taliban’ over office
december 26, 2011by latadmin
Afghanistan has not made formal contact with the Taliban over the opening of a political office despite setting out conditions for peace talks to begin, a High Peace...
Kim Jong Il’s heir meets with SKorean delegation
december 26, 2011by latadmin
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state...
India’s Tata to replace starter on troubled Nano
december 26, 2011by latadmin
India’s Tata Motors offered Monday to replace the starter motor on all old Nano models, but said the move was not related to safety concerns surrounding the...
India’s patients suffer as doctors strike
december 26, 2011by latadmin
A five-day doctors’ strike in northwestern India has hit public hospitals hard, with patients left struggling to get care. An estimated 9,000 doctors in the...
Puncak to be closed on New Year’s Eve
december 26, 2011by latadmin
In an effort to maintain traffic safety, Jakarta Traffic Police chief Sr. Comr. Dwi Sigit Nurmantyas said that the police will close Jl. Raya Puncak for 11 hours…
Bangla blames dictionary for causing malice
december 26, 2011by latadmin
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday blamed a dictionary published by state-run academy for misinterpreting robbery as piracy and hurting the country’s economy as insurance...
Lightning kills three C Java people in past two months
december 26, 2011by latadmin
Three farmers in Rembang district, Central Java, were killed by lightning while in the field in the period November-December 2011, a local official said.
Customs, excise receipts exceed target of Rp115 trillion
december 26, 2011by latadmin
State revenues from customs and excise duties in the year ended on December 22, 2011 reached Rp127.762 trillion, exceeding the government-set target of Rp115 trillion...
