Archive for May 6th, 2008
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Vietnam can join a rice cartel whose model is similar to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) if the future organization ensures the harmonization of interests of both Vietnam and the international community, local newsp ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Water supply has started to resume in some areas of Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon since Monday night after the city's electricity-run water works, hit by a recent deadly cyclonic storm, re-operated with the installation of a high-wattage ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
With the death toll in the Myanmar cyclone now standing at around 15,000, India has dispatched two naval ships loaded with relief supplies to the cyclone-battered nation, with more relief assistance to be sent by air, according to The Times ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
The Philippine government on Tuesday announced appointments to military top posts following an expected retirement of the chief commander of the Philippine armed forces, Gen. Hermogenes Esperon.
Incumber army chief Lt. Gen. Alexande ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
The Australian government announced 3.45 million Australian dollars (3.24 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday to help local governments and professionals plan for the potentially devastating effects of climate change.
Federal Climate C ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York appeared on Monday on the "Late Show with David Letterman" to deliver the "Top 10" reasons she loves America, which included the ability to order her trademark pantsuits around the clock on the Inter ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
An Islamic Hamas movement militant was killed and another was seriously wounded early Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics reported.
Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance servic ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has instructed the army to impose a full closure on the West Bank in light of the Remembrance Day for Israeli soldiers and Independence Day, said an army announcement released on Tuesday.
The clos ...
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