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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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Rohingya Muslims in Maylaysia Protest Against Myanmar Violence
A Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya Muslim in Malaysia holds a placard during a rally against the current violence in Myanmar, at National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, June 17, 2012. Myanmar’s state media reported Saturday that the death toll from recent communal violence in the west has increased to 50,…
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Major news in Singapore: Self-imposed S’pore casino ban: No jail term for offenders
Top news in <The Straits Times> : Self-imposed S’pore casino ban: No jail term for offenders K. C. Vijayan, Asia News Network (The Straits Times), Singapore | Fri, 06/15/2012 10:46 AM A renovation contractor who breached a self-imposed ban on going to the casinos has had his two-month prison sentence quashed.…
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Major news in Malaysia on June 14: Raising retirement age
Top news in <New Straits Times>: Raising retirement age WORK TILL 60: Bill covering private sector employees tabled in Parliament KUALA LUMPUR : THE government yesterday tabled a bill — Minimum Retirement Age Bill — to raise the minimum retirement age for private sector workers to 60. Tabling the bill,…
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Unbelievable Scene Of Cloud Taken By Cellphone
Photo taken on June 12, 2012 by cellphone shows scroll-like cloud on the sky in Kota Kinabalu of Malaysia. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Burma on June 13 : Strikes end at five factories in Yangon
Top news in <The Myanmar Times> : Strikes end at five factories in Yangon A MONTH-LONG strike at Hi-Mo wig factory in Yangon ended on June 5 after the South Korean owner agreed to comply with the demands of the workers, with the same round of negotiations also resulting in…
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Major news in Vietnam on Jun 12 : Birth anniversary of veteran revolutionary marked
Top news in <Vietnam Plus> : Birth anniversary of veteran revolutionary marked A ceremony to mark the centenary anniversary of the birth of Pham Hung, the late Chairman of the Council of Ministers, took place in the southern province of Vinh Long on June 11. When addressing the event, Prime…
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Major news in Thailand on Jun 12 : Yingluck wants charter change bill vote delayed
Top news in <Bangkok Post> : Yingluck wants charter change bill vote delayed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra wants to delay a vote on the constitutional amendment bill to avoid potentially serious consequences that could backfire on her, a highly placed source within the Pheu Thai Party says. The source said a…
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Major news in Indonesia on Jun 11: Ex-RI`s richest tycoon Liem Sioe Liong passes away
Top news in <Jakarta Post>: Ex-RI`s richest tycoon Liem Sioe Liong passes away The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 06/10/2012 4:52 PM Former Indonesian richest tycoon Lim Sioe Liong, or widely known as Soedono Salim, the founder of the Salim Group of Indonesia and one of the key business figures…
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