Archive for May 8th, 2008
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Thailand's Social Development and Human Security Minister Sutha Chansaeng has submitted his resignation, which took effect immediately, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej confirmed here on Thursday.
Secretary of Sutha, Anake Hutan ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Clashed between pro- and anti-government camps in Lebanon spread to the Bekaa region, where two people were wounded, local Elnashra Website reported on Thursday.
The casualties took place in the Bekaa towns of Taalabaya and Saadnayel ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Australia are providing a grant of one million U.S. dollars to help Laos develop the tools needed to manage its vast water and environmental resources flowing from the Mekong River, Lao newspaper Vientia ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The Philippine authorities have launched a manhunt against five British men accused of pedophile crimes, the Philippine Bureau of Immigration said Thursday.
Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said the five British men were c ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The Lao government has presented funds totaling 20,000 U.S. dollars and 2.5 tons of food aid to the Myanmar government to help over 20,000 victims of Cyclone Nargis, which hit the country last weekend, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The Venezuelan government proposed here Wednesday that the Latin American energy-rich countries should create an oil-for-food fund.
"It has arrived the time for the Latin American and Caribbean people to discuss our right to qualit ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
New Zealand will contribute another one million NZ dollars (773,000 U.S. dollars) to the United Nations efforts to help Myanmar recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced on Thursday.
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The United States is assisting Rwanda in equipping its peacekeeping troops ahead of a mission to the war-ravaged Darfur region of western Sudan, the U.S. special envoy to Sudan said Wednesday.
Some 900 Rwandan troops will be trained ...
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