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South East Asia
Major news in Burma on June 28: Farmland laws should be amended: committee
Major news in <BangkokPost > : Farmland laws should be amended: committee Volume 32, No. 632 June 25 – July 1, 2012 By Sandar Lwin <Top N> Major news in Burma on June 27: Farmland laws should be amended: committee A MEMBER of a parliamentary committee on reform has…
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Major news in Philippine on June 27: Chinese ships still in Panatag
Top news in <Manila Times> : Chinese ships still in Panatag THE Philippine Navy on Tuesday refuted reports that Beijing had pulled out all of its ships from the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, saying there are 28 Chinese ships in the area, including surveillance and law enforcement vessels. Navy flag officer-in-command…
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Major news in Vietnam on June 26: Vietnam meets WHO’s target for treating TB
Top news in <Vietnam +> : Vietnam meets WHO’s target for treating TB Vietnam is the first nation in Asia to have reached the target set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), to help more than 85 percent of patients fully recover from tuberculosis (TB) and provide treatment to over 70…
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Major news in Indonesia on June 25: Mukomuko needs tsunami warning sirens
Top news in <Antara News> : Mukomuko needs tsunami warning sirens Mukomuko (ANTARA News) – The Mukomuko district in Bengkulu province needs tsunami warning sirens for the local people to remain alert of tsunami disaster at any moment, district head Ichwan Yunus said here on Sunday. “Mukomuko is in need…
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Major news in Malaysia on June 21: Batam-produced fags imported and sold below minimum price
Top news in <The Star> : Batam-produced fags imported and sold below minimum price BATAM (Indonesia): A factory at the Citra Buana Industrial Park here is manufacturing thousands of illicit cigarettes daily for sale in Malaysia. Starprobe has found that the cigarettes using the Malaysian brand John are brought in via…
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Major news in Burma on Jun 20 : Religious leaders urge calm after Rakhine violence
Top news in <The Myanmar Times> : Religious leaders urge calm after Rakhine violence PEOPLE on both sides of the conflict in Rakhine State need to show more transparency and compassion and work to address the underlying issues behind the violence, religious leaders said last week. The violence between the Rakhine…
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Major news in Philippine on June 20 : Senate to probe ‘green’ killings
Top news in <Manila Times> : Senate to probe ‘green’ killings Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday called for an investigation into the killing of environmentalists and employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which he said is alarming. Cayetano said that 14 department employees and environmentalists have…
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Major news in Vietnam on June 20: VN, Laos work on admin reform
Top news in <vietnam+>: VN, Laos work on admin reform Vietnam and Laos need to step up information and experience exchange in administrative reform and wage policy as they are common concerns of the two home affairs ministries, said President Truong Tan Sang. Sang’s remark was made at his…
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Major news in Thailand on June 20: Canadian sisters to be autopsied in Bangkok
Top news in <The Nation>: Canadian sisters to be autopsied in Bangkok Audrey and Noemi Belanger were found dead at the Palm Residence Hotel last Friday. Both were in their 20s. The autopsies will be conducted at Ramathibodi Hospital as per a request by the Canadian Embassy. Institute of Forensic…
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Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang
Top news in <The Jakarta Post> : Activists protest at KFC outlet in Semarang Two activists wearing Sumatran tiger costumes along with several members of Greenpeace visited a KFC fast food restaurant on Jl. Pandanaran, Semarang, Central Java on Saturday, calling on KFC to stop using food-wrapping paper produced by…
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