Archive for May 17th, 2008

Australia provides 462 mln USD aid for Indonesia

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Australia has agreed to provide 462 million U.S. dollars to help Indonesia develop its infrastructure, education, health and good governance, local daily Bisnis Indonesia reported Saturday. The assistance is in the forms of 336-mill ...

Dozens of Myanmar private companies take part in restoration work

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

About 30 Myanmar private companies have been taking part in restoration work in cyclone-hit regions under the government' post-disaster plan, according to Saturday's leading weekly Voice. With assignments by the government, these co ...

Roadside blast attack on foreign military convoy wounds 2 children

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

A roadside bombing against foreign troops' convoy in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province wounded two children Saturday morning, a local police spokesman Wazir Badshah said. "It was around 8 a.m. local time when a bomb planted by mi ...

Official: Kidnapped Pak ambassador released

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin has been released, Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said Saturday. "The ambassador was recovered late Friday," confirmed Sadiq. "He is safe and sound." Azizuddin was ...

First foreign medics in Myanmar for direct aid relief to cyclone victims

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

A 30-member Thai medic team arrived in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon Saturday afternoon to extend direct aid to victims who survived a severe cyclone storm Nargis that hit some parts of the country early this month, according to diplomat ...

Chinese, Russian, Indian, Brazilian FMs stress multilateralism in world affairs

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

The foreign ministers of China, Russia, India and Brazil on Friday stressed multilateral cooperation and diplomacy in dealing with global affairs. The four top diplomats, who met in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg, said i ...

DPRK technically ready for delivery of U.S. food aid

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ready to provide all technical conditions necessary for the delivery of U.S. food aid, the official news agency KCNA said Saturday. The United States announced Friday that it will ...

Nigerian state oil firm, French group sign financial deal

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Nigeria's state-run oand French group Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL) have signed a 1 billion-U.S. dollar financial deal, the NNPC said Friday. Under the deal, the EPNL will finance NNPC's upstream operations in the NNPC/EPNL j ...