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‘Huge losses’ as Pakistan floods kill 200
september 12, 2011by latadmin
More than 200 people have been killed by devastating rains in Pakistan, which is still struggling to rebuild after last year’s worst floods in living memory,...
In pictures: Tajik village life
september 12, 2011by latadmin
Twenty years after independence, the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan remains the poorest of the former Soviet republics. (Images and text: Abdujalil Abdurasulov, BBC...
Stocks dogged by Greek default fears
september 12, 2011by latadmin
LONDON (AP) — Stocks started the week on a downbeat note as fears over a potential Greek debt default weighed on sentiment despite fresh austerity measures by the...
China and other East Asian celebrate mid-autumn festival
september 12, 2011by latadmin
Mid-autumn celebrations have taken place in China and other…
Indonesia sends in police after Ambon clash
september 12, 2011by latadmin
Indonesia has deployed hundreds of security personnel to Ambon, a city with a history of major sectarian violence, after clashes left three people dead, a police...
From Sikhs and Cheese to Patels and Motels
september 12, 2011by latadmin
That Indians have migrated far and wide for economic opportunities is well known. Yet, stories about specific communities of Indians making a home in a distant part of...
Thailand, Indonesia vow to boost trade
september 12, 2011by latadmin
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday vowed to improve economic cooperation with Indonesia, particularly in the agriculture, energy and tourism sectors. In...
PKB reports own member Lily Wahid to police for defamation
september 11, 2011by latadmin
National Awakening Party (PKB) said that it had reported its own member and legislator, Lily Wahid, to the police for defamation after she said that the…
Govt allocates Rp4.5t for disaster mitigation in 2012 budget
september 11, 2011by latadmin
The government has earmarked Rp 4.5 trillion (US$526 million) to anticipate and mitigate natural disasters in the proposed…
China launches offshore safety checks
september 11, 2011by latadmin
China has launched safety inspections of all its offshore petroleum exploration and production bases, following an oil spill in the nation’s northern Bohai Bay,...
