- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:08
- Asia, World
Indonesian, U.S. marine squads conduct joint training
JAKARTA (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps have held joint training exercises in East Java, local media reported here Wednesday.
The exercise have started since last Saturday and will end on this Saturday. It takes place at the edge of Baluran forest in Banyu Putih, Situbondo of East Java, a report of the Jakarta Post said.
During ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:07
- Asia
S. Korean lawmakers calls on Japanese PM to set history straight
SEOUL (Xinhua) -- South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday called on Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan to declare Imperial Japan's forced annexation of Korea a century ago null and void.
Some 75 South Korean lawmakers from both the ruling and the opposition parties have signed a message to the Japanese prime minister, which will be delivered ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:07
- Asia
Bangladesh's urban slums lagging behind worst rural areas: survey
By Naim-Ul-Karim
DHAKA (Xinhua) -- Urban slums in Bangladesh have the worst performance regarding to women and children's well-being and access to basic services compared to rural and non-slum urban areas, an official survey revealed here Wednesday.
The results of the 2009 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) , conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the United ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:07
- Asia
ETS affects Australian voters preference: poll
SYDNEY (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's backflip on an emissions trading scheme (ETS) could cost Labor four marginal seats in Queensland, a new poll revealed on Wednesday.
A Galaxy poll of 1,600 voters, commissioned by the WWF shows 70 percent support an ETS amid sliding support for Labor.
The conservation group said voters were clearly unhappy that Rudd had shelved ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:07
- Asia, World
Australian troops to return from East Timor by 2013
CANBERRA (Xinhua) -- All Australian troops are expected to be withdrawn from East Timor within three years, Australia's media reported on Wednesday.
President Jose Ramos Horta said the situation in East Timor is "absolutely peaceful" and the Australian defense contingent there should be back home by early 2013.
Australia has 400 personnel stationed in the fledgling nation as part ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:06
- Asia
Indonesia, Malaysia agree to bring border dispute on table
JAKARTA (Xinhua) -- The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to bring the dispute over the 15,000-square- kilometer territory in border to the table, a paper said here Wednesday.
The two governments had agreed to reactivate a joint commission consisting of work groups, through which the dispute at Ambalat territory, located off the coast of East Kalimantan ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:06
- Asia
Pakistani capital on high alert for regional meeting
ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) -- Security has been put on high alert on Wednesday in Pakistani capital Islamabad for a 3-day regional meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations.
Some 1,700 police personnel have been dispatched in the city to perform their security duty round the clock as the third SAARC interior ministers meeting kicked off on ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:06
- Asia
DPRK vows to thoroughly investigate "Cheonan" incident
PYONGYANG (Xinhua) -- The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary Wednesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will conduct a thorough investigation into the "Cheonan" incident.
It said results from a South Korean investigation into the incident could not convince the international community.
The commentary said the United States launched a war against Iraq after fabricating ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:06
- Asia, World
4 NATO soldiers killed in S. Afghanistan
KABUL (Xinhua) -- Four more soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in Taliban-linked activities in the troubled southern provinces bringing the number of the alliance fatalities to over two dozen since weekend in Afghanistan, the alliance confirmed in statements released Wednesday.
Almost the lethal homemade device - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has caused the casualties, ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 22:03
- Asia
Political conflict possible cause of bomb attack at Thai BJT: police
BANGKOK (Xinhua) -- The bomb blast outside the coalition Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) headquarters in north Bangkok on Tuesday could link with the ongoing political conflict, the Thai News Agency (TNA) quoted police as reporting Wednesday.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-General Santhan Chayanont said on Wednesday that investigators have had the name and phone number of a person ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 21:59
- Asia, World
U.S. to lead Australian soldiers in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province
CANBERRA (Xinhua) -- Australia's defense forces will be part of a new U.S.-led team in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after the withdrawal of Dutch forces, Australian Defense Minister John Faulkner announced on Wednesday.
The multinational effort, called Combined Team Oruzgan, has been endorsed by the U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO), Senator Faulkner told reporters in Canberra.
Australia's ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 21:53
- Asia
Poll: Thai PM get 4.48 points of total 10 for a 1.5-year achievement
BANGKOK (Xinhua) -- The people polled recently gave only 4.48 points out of the total 10 for a 1.5-year achievement as the government's head of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, according to a recent poll by Bangkok University (BU), the Bangkok Post's website reported on Wednesday.
The given grade was down 0.22 points from the ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 11:39
- Breaking
Natural Resources and Environment Minister, Suwit Khunkitti, pledges to stop endangering of the Biodiversity within three years.
The launch of IBY Leaning Center at Khao Khiao Open Zoo in Chon Buri province to mark the International Year of Biodiversity (IBY) in 2010 was presided over by the Minister on Saturday. The center has been initiated under the supervision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 11:37
- Politics
The Government is planning to present the amnesty legislation on illegal war-weapon possessors to the Parliament Assembly for endorsement in August.
During his weekly talk show, ‘Confidence in Thailand with PM Abhisit’ on Sunday, the Prime Minister revealed that the Government has made a plan to propose the bill, now under the Council of state’s scrutiny, to the Parliament for further approval. The bill drafted ad ...
- Sunday, July 11, 2010, 11:35
- Breaking, Politics
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has reassured that the government is ready to revoke the Emergency Decree if authorities are confident that situations are under control.
Speaking on his weekly talk show ‘ Confidence in Thailand with PM Abhisit’, the Prime Minister stated that the government has expressed its readiness to immediately lift the Emergency Decree, which has been extended in 19 provinces for another 3 months ...
