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Potters hand-paint china for UK royal wedding (AP)
maart 24, 2011by latadmin
AP – British potters have their hands full making hand-gilded official china for Prince William’s April 29 wedding to Kate Middleton.
U.S. promises better teamwork on Afghan drug raids (Reuters)
maart 24, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – The United States said on Thursday it would coordinate better with its partners on heroin raids in Afghanistan after rattling Kabul officials with an...
6.8-magnitude quake strikes NE Myanmar; 1 dead (AP)
maart 24, 2011by latadmin
AP – A powerful earthquake struck northeastern Myanmar on Thursday night, killing one woman and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok. No tsunami was generated.
Pakistan ‘crop shortage’ warning
maart 24, 2011by latadmin
Lowering wheat prices would create food shortages in Pakistan and encourage smuggling, officials say, responding to criticism from the UN. On Wednesday the UN’s...
North-east Burma hit by two 7.0 magnitude earthquakes
maart 24, 2011by latadmin
North-east Burma has been rocked by two 7.0 magnitude earthquakes, close to the borders with Laos and Thailand, the US…
Paramitra conserves eight tropical pitcher plants in W Kalimantan
maart 24, 2011by latadmin
PT Paramitra Internusa Pratama, a subsidiary of the oil palm plantation Sinar Mas Group, has been conserving at least eight types of Nephentes sp or Tropical pitcher...
UN welcomes RI`s wish to become hub of peacekeeping centers
maart 24, 2011by latadmin
Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Alain Le Roy said Indonesia`s initiative as hub of peacekeeping training centers in the region was welcomed.
Rocket attack kills four in Pakistan: police (AFP)
maart 23, 2011by latadmin
AFP – At least four people including two traffic policemen were killed and 17 others wounded in a rocket attack in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan...
Libya will not divert Afghan resources: Petraeus (AFP)
maart 23, 2011by latadmin
AFP – General David Petraeus, the US commander of international forces in Afghanistan, played down fears Wednesday that military action in Libya would divert...
Bangladesh ‘ready’ to compromise on Yunus
maart 23, 2011by latadmin
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh said Wednesday it was ready to compromise on Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus's controversial dismissal after a US diplomat warned that...
