Archive for April 5th, 2008
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Fuel shortage has been hitting Indonesia's resort island of Bali over the last few days, causing an unusual view in which many empty-tanked vehicles are left unattended on streets.
Motorists have left their cars and motorcycles wit ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
East Asian economies are facing major economic challenges in the coming months as they deal simultaneously with higher prices and slower growth, said a press release by the World Bank (WB) here Friday.
Speaking on the sidelines of t ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
A total trade figure between Singapore and India rose to 23 billion Singapore dollars (about 16.7 billion U.S. dollars last year, making Singapore as India's 11thbiggest trading partner, a Singapore minister said on Friday.
Singapor ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
At least five people were killed and several others were injured in clashes between the security forces and smugglers in a Pakistani border town in the southwest, reports and officials said Saturday.
The pre-dawn clashes erupted at ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Twenty people including women and children were killed when a private bus fell into a canal in the Rajarhat area on the northeastern fringes of Kolkata on Friday afternoon.
About 30 persons were injured and the condition of someis ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
At least 15 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed and 15 others injured in clashes with the government troops in the northern battle fronts, military officials said Saturday.
The rebels were killed on Friday in the Vauniya, Mannar and Wel ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
A soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) who sustained injuries in an explosion in south Afghanistan died, a press release of the alliance issued Saturday said.
"An ISAF soldier died Friday from injur ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
After banning state officials from accepting wedding gifts, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of Indonesia also plans to forbid officials from receiving parcels valued over 500,000 rupiah (54 U.S. dollars), local newspaper the Jak ...
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