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BP Migas Proposes Fuel Restriction Measures
december 27, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:Ibrahim Hasyim, a member of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (BP Migas) committee has proposed steps for the government to prepare for…
Im Not Running Away, Says Jakarta Deputy Governor
december 27, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:Jakarta Deputy Governor Prijanto has admitted his inability to do his job and has filed for resignation. Prijanto made the announcement in…
Top Kremlin official named deputy PM
december 27, 2011by latadmin
AFP – President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday named the Kremlin official credited with designing Russia’s tightly-controlled political system as deputy prime...
China premier urges protection of farmers’ rights (AP)
december 27, 2011by latadmin
AP – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged officials to share profits from the development of rural land with the millions of farmers who have to give it up.
Oil price above $100 on rising consumer confidence
december 27, 2011by latadmin
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil rose above $100 a barrel in light holiday trading on growing consumer confidence and prospects for stronger demand. Benchmark crude...
No-man’s land attests to Japan’s nuclear nightmare (AP)
december 27, 2011by latadmin
AP – Fukushima was just emerging from the snows of winter when the disaster hit — a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest in Japan’s recorded...
What to expect at NKorea funeral for Kim Jong Il (AP)
december 27, 2011by latadmin
AP – Wailing and sobbing mourners beat their chests and dropped to their knees as North Korean President Kim Il Sung’s hearse, draped with a red flag and...
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...
