Provides the latest RSS feeds for Southeast Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Pakistan Telegraph.com http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/cat/303b19022816233b/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 11:59:59 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:59:59 -0400 30 Pakistan has been viewed as one of the most negative countries in the world in a new poll. The south Asian country was ranked after Israel, North Korea in terms of how they are viewed globally. This year's annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service found that 55 percent of respondents viewed Pakistan as a negative country as compared to only 15 percent who had a mainly positive ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708986/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:05 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708986/scat/303b19022816233b Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report. This comes just ahead of President Barack Obama's long-awaited address on drones at Washington's National Defence University on Thursday. Bruce Riedel, a former CIA ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708981/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:03 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708981/scat/303b19022816233b Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday said India is well positioned to become a net security provider in the South Asian region and beyond. Laying the foundation stone of National Defence University here, Dr. Singh said: "Our defence cooperation has grown, and today, we have unprecedented access to high technology, capital and partnerships. We have also sought to assume our ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708122/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:02 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708122/scat/303b19022816233b Dutch football head coach Louis van Gaal has named four debutants in the squad for the friendlies in Indonesia and China in June. Heracles Almelo midfielder Lerin Duarte, Feyenoord leftback Miquel Nelom, Swansea City defender Dwight Tiendalli and FC Utrecht midfielder Jens Toornstra were included in the squad Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Ajax reserve goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, who is yet to ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708105/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:20:01 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708105/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that his government will continue the policy of reconciliation initiated by former premier Benazir Bhutto. Sharif, who was addressing the media after a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, said it is time for the political leadership and state institutions to join hands to overcome the challenges being faced by the country. ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707252/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:00:04 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707252/scat/303b19022816233b US ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson has said that holding talks with the Taliban is a prerogative of the Pakistani government. Olson said any reservations regarding these proposed talks will depend on terms and conditions of the dialogue with Taliban, reports the Daily Times. Olson termed the recent general elections as great success of the nation in which democratic forces emerged as ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707245/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:00:02 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707245/scat/303b19022816233b WHITE HOUSE The Obama administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged the killing of four Americans in drone strikes. This came on the eve of a speech by President Barack Obama about the legal principles supporting use of drones against terrorist suspects, and about detention policies. The use of drone warfare and targeted killings, including of Americans helping al-Qaida or ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214700282/scat/303b19022816233b Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214700282/scat/303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD -- A U.S.-based international press watchdog organization is calling for the incoming Pakistan government led by Nawaz Sharif to take urgent steps to stem "the murderous silencing" of the press by bringing to justice those who have attacked journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists said many reporters killed in Pakistan during the past decade were targeted and ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716339/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:46 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716339/scat/303b19022816233b Philippines has soared to an all-time high after the country was awarded investment grade credit ratings. The central bank said the overall confidence index rose 54.9 per cent from the first quarter's 41.5 per cent. "This is the highest reading since the start of the nationwide survey in the fourth quarter of 2006," said the central bank. The confidence index is the percentage of ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716341/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:52 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716341/scat/303b19022816233b The Finance Ministry's fiscal agency head Bambang Brodjonegoro has said that after deflation in April, it is expected that inflation will recur in May because harvests will have been collected."It seems unlikely to see deflation in May. However, even if there is inflation, we will have a low inflation rate," said Bambang in Jakarta on Thursday, as quoted by Antara news ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716873/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:10 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716873/scat/303b19022816233b Semarang municipal election monitoring committee ordered the campaign teams of the three-Central Java gubernatorial election candidates get their campaign material off the streets for the three-day cooling-off period in the run up to the polls on May 26.The Panwaslu chairperson Sri Wahyu Ananingsih said in Semarang on Thursday that the committee in association with the local public order agency ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716872/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:09 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716872/scat/303b19022816233b The World Health Organization says there are now 22 deaths worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. WHO officials have reported another fatal case of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS, in central Saudi Arabia, but say it is not related to the cluster of cases reported from the country's east. The U.N. health agency said in a statement ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716874/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:08 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716874/scat/303b19022816233b Bantul High and Informal Education Agency head Masharun Gozhalie has announced that all senior high school students who took the final examinations passed. However, the official announcement is slated to be made tomorrow."Frankly, none of the students in Bantul failed the exam. Therefore, they can move a step up, whether to continue education or start looking for jobs," Masharun said ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716875/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:06 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716875/scat/303b19022816233b Police and students stand off at Trisakti University in West Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 8, 1998, before scuffles erupted. Student protests against President Suharto that ignited throughout Indonesia ultimately ended the 30-year rule of the military ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716876/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:13:28 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716876/scat/303b19022816233b NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks dropped in Thursday morning trade after Japanese equities dived overnight, as global markets reacted to weak Chinese manufacturing data and worries about the Federal Reserve's potential tapering of its bond-buying ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716311/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:01 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716311/scat/303b19022816233b in the first three months of the year compared with the previous quarter. That was much better than an advanced estimate of the gross domestic product (GDP) data released last month that showed Singapore contracted 1.4 percent in the first quarter or expectations for a contraction of around 1.1 percent. A surge in financial services was cited as reason for the unexpected upward revision. ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716378/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:04 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716378/scat/303b19022816233b Standings after Round 5: (Open) 4.5 points--GM Mark Paragua (PH); 4.0--GM Julio Catalino Sadorra (PH), GM Le Quang Liem (Viet), GM John Paul Gomez (PH), GM Richard Bitoon (PH), GM Li Chao (Chn); (Women's) 4.0 points--IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mgl), WGM Mary Ann Gomes (Ind), WGM Guo Qi (Chn), WGM Wang Jue (Chn); 3.5--WGM Huang Qian (CHn), WGM Nafisa Muminova (Uzb), IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716878/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:01:38 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716878/scat/303b19022816233b The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh's government concluded. The committee recommended life ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716719/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:27 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716719/scat/303b19022816233b Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 7.3 percent after release of the report showing Chinese factory production dropped in May for the first time in seven months. It was the biggest one-day loss since Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Stocks in London, Paris and Frankfurt followed suit, dropping about 2 percent. U.S. future indexes fell ahead of the opening of ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214714855/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:40 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214714855/scat/303b19022816233b SINGAPORE (AFP) - The parents of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year said Thursday they will seek a US congressional inquiry and tap a celebrity Thai pathologist to prove their son was murdered.Mary Todd, mother of the late researcher Shane Todd whose death in June 2012 was ruled a suicide by the Singapore police, indicated the family did not expect the US government to intervene ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715338/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:46 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715338/scat/303b19022816233b Overnight Asian markets were a complete and utter mess and while a seven per cent correction in the Nikkei may be par for the course after an 80 per cent rally, the reasons behind the sell-off have significant implications for Canadian ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715339/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:58 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715339/scat/303b19022816233b Rendering of Shobuj Pata low-rise condo project, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Toronto-based JCI Architects. Instead of pushing tall buildings upright, you can tip the towers onto their sides, as JCI decided to do here. The move lets skyscrapers do what they do best - provide dwellings that are safe and private, but compactly stacked in the landscape. (JCI ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715340/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:56 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715340/scat/303b19022816233b Quetta, May 23 : At least 12 people were killed and several others were injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's Quetta city on Thursday, officials ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715342/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:22 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715342/scat/303b19022816233b She has been on her feet in this laundromat in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai since seven in the morning and had been hoping to call it a day when two more customers walked in. She is not in a position to turn anyone away: ';I need the money. My family needs me to work," she tells IPS, her voice tinged with desperation as she begins yet another load. Six do-it-yourself washing ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214714896/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:57:33 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214714896/scat/303b19022816233b Sohel Rana also "used extremely poor quality iron rods and cement," Ahmed told The Associated Press on Thursday. "There were a series of irregularities." The report found that Rana had permission to build a six-story structure and added two floors illegally so he could rent them out to garment factories. Past statements from authorities said the owner had permission for a ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715007/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:09 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715007/scat/303b19022816233b The report also said the building was not built for industrial use and the weight of the heavy garment factory machinery and their vibrations contributed to the building ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715008/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:07 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715008/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf will not be officiating in the upcoming Champions Trophy in England after being withdrawn by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in wake of media reports that he was under investigation by Mumbai Police."In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities, we feel that it is in Asad's best interests ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715343/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:41:03 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715343/scat/303b19022816233b KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists on Thursday and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a series of opposition protest rallies. The arrests and the charging of a student activist under the country's Sedition Act signal a ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715042/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:59 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715042/scat/303b19022816233b Military families of the past used to rely on film to keep in touch with loved ones on the front line. Jim Axelrod reports on a man who found some rare footage from the Vietnam War, and wants to return those memories to more than 200 ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715344/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:34 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715344/scat/303b19022816233b PARIS ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715341/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:06 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715341/scat/303b19022816233b QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two civilians, police ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715209/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:20:56 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715209/scat/303b19022816233b A police officer carries an evidence bag containing a knife near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, May 23, ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713990/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:59 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713990/scat/303b19022816233b KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Defending champions China had to dig deep to avoid a surprise defeat to Indonesia, winning 3-2 on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup.Two days after whipping their arch rivals 5-0 in a group match, China, who have not lost a tie since falling 2-3 to South Korea in the 2003 final, were stunned by a determined and gallant Indonesian outfit.But Chinese supremo Li ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713898/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:53:07 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713898/scat/303b19022816233b HANOI (AFP) - Over a third of Vietnam as well as the capital of neighbouring Cambodia suffered a blackout this week after a crane operator knocked a tree onto a key power line, electricity officials said Thursday.Twenty-two of Vietnam's southern provinces -- out of a nationwide total of 63 -- lost power for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon including the southern commercial centre of Ho Chi ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713991/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:59 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713991/scat/303b19022816233b Garuda Indonesia has prepared three Bombardier CRJ 1000 NextGen aircraft carriers with a capacity of 96 seats to serve in Kuala Namu, an international airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, which has been designated to replace Polonia Airport in Medan."The supplying of aircraft carriers with 12 seats in executive class and 84 economy seats in Kuala Namu is in line with plans to make Medan ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713992/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:21 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713992/scat/303b19022816233b Prosecutors have been puzzled by a recent verdict at the Tangerang Distrcit Court that saw a Brazilian citizen acquitted of all charges relating to the possession of 990 grams of heroin worth up to Rp 5 billion (US$512,000)."We have appealed to the Supreme Court and demanded the death penalty for the Brazilian, Reginaldo Bom Fim," Andi Konggoasa, head of the general crime department at ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713993/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:20 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713993/scat/303b19022816233b HANOI (AFP) - A Vietnamese court on Thursday reduced the prison sentences of four activists convicted of trying to overthrow the state and having links to a banned US-based opposition group, a lawyer said. In January, 13 people - including Catholics, bloggers and students - were jailed from between three to 13 years by a court in Nghe An about 300km south of Hanoi. Eight defendants appealed ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713994/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:59 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713994/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistani security officials examine the destroyed vehicle used by security forces following a bomb attack on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, on May 23, 2013. A bomb planted in a rickshaw tore through a vehicle used by security forces in southwest Pakistan on May 23, killing at least 12 people, police said. AFP PHOTO / BANARAS KHAN (Photo credit should read ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713995/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:43:18 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713995/scat/303b19022816233b Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in his new novel Inferno has provoked anger in the Philippines. The plot of his latest work includes a character who is visiting the capital, and while doing so is shocked by the poverty, crime and sex trade. Brown's vivid description of the city has incurred an angry response from the Philippines, where the book ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713867/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:32:21 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713867/scat/303b19022816233b NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Niger's defense minister announced that 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed and another 16 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives inside a military installation in the city of Agadez on ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713868/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:29:30 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713868/scat/303b19022816233b Pope Francis. AP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines may just be on Pope Francis' travel itinerary in 2016, the head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Thursday. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, CBCP president, said Church officials were hoping Pope Francis would be able to visit in January 2016 after the Vatican asked that the date for a major ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713996/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:29:03 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713996/scat/303b19022816233b More than three hundred indigenous people of the Penan, the Kenyah, the Kayan, and Iban ethnic groups protested this morning against the recently ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713557/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:17:59 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713557/scat/303b19022816233b A bus traveling in far west Nepal Thursday skidded off a hilly road and fell about 50 feet, killing at least seven people and injuring 41 others, police said. It was not immediately known if there were more passengers in the bus, which was traveling to Darchula district from Mahendranagar near the border with India. Nepalnews.com reported the accident occurred about 6 a.m. The injured were ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713999/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:15:26 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713999/scat/303b19022816233b Papua Police detective chief Sr. Comr. Setyo Budianto said the police had questioned two members of staff from financial services providers in Sorong, West Papua on Thursday in relation to a bank account containing to Rp 1.5 trillion belonging to Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus.The police were pursuing indications of money laundering from Labora, who had been detained on illegal logging and fuel ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712650/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:40 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712650/scat/303b19022816233b The Guangxi Normal University (GXNU) in Guilin, China, in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy, has opened an Indonesian Cultural Center, the fourth such center established in the Asian superpower nation.The three other centers have been established at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), Hebei Normal University (HNU) and Guangzhou University.The center was inaugurated by acting ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712651/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:38 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712651/scat/303b19022816233b Azim Khan stands atop his truck in the main yard of Shireen Jinnah Colony, where hundreds of tankers load up with fuel to supply to U.S.and NATO military presence in Afghanistan. When the Pakistani government closed down the supply routes in response to an errant U.S.airstrike, Mr. Khan spent seven months sleeping in his truck. (Matthieu ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712652/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:32 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712652/scat/303b19022816233b Taiwan Today By Meg Chang Implementing regulatory easing is an ROC government policy priority and key to Taiwan's sustainable development, Premier Jiang Yi-huah said May 22. "The Cabinet will conduct a comprehensive review of existing laws and regulations before making timely adjustments to boost the private sector's vitality and enhance Taiwan's economic ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712653/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:08 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712653/scat/303b19022816233b Taiwan Today The killing of a Taiwan fisherman during an attack on his boat by a Philippine government vessel is beginning to receive greater attention abroad, according to the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 22. "We have received support from U.S. and EU lawmakers, with a series of reports on the case carried by the mainstream international media," a MOFA official said. The ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712654/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:06 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712654/scat/303b19022816233b Taiwan Today Taiwan will only assist the Philippines in investigating the fatal attack by one of its government vessels on an ROC-registered fishing boat under the principles of equality and mutual benefit, according to the Ministry of Justice May 22. "We affirm Manila's consent allowing our people to inspect the Philippine government vessel involved as well as the weapons and ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712655/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:04 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712655/scat/303b19022816233b Taiwan Today Taiwan's achievements in dealing with infectious diseases were highlighted by ROC Minister of Health Chiu Wen-ta at the 66th World Health Assembly meeting May 22 in Geneva. "In the past 50 years Taiwan has eradicated or brought under control more than 10 communicable diseases," Chiu said. "Among the biggest successes were the nation's efforts in controlling ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712656/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:02 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712656/scat/303b19022816233b SINGAPORE -; The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a coroner's inquest, saying they had lost faith in the process. Their lawyer said they would push for a U.S. congressional ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712501/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:40:47 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712501/scat/303b19022816233b Beijing, May 23 : China has played a positive role in the continuous easing of the relationship between India and Pakistan, said a state-run daily which added, "China has not played balancing strategy, using one country against the ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712580/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:37:45 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712580/scat/303b19022816233b A plan to acquire additional electricity from Malaysia to cope with a shortage in the deep South may have to be delayed until next year due to continuing violence in the region, a senior official at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said Thursday The 1320-kilovolt supply will be delivered to a power station in Narathiwat's Sungai-Kolok district, in addition to another ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712658/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:37:34 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712658/scat/303b19022816233b The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) said Thursday that the difficulties surrounding its legal status had ended following a decision in December to bring back its old charter. The announcement meant 499 students from more than 30 countries will be able to attend their graduation ceremonies, without worrying about the validity of their degrees. "We have now returned to normalcy after ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712659/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:37:33 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712659/scat/303b19022816233b Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited Japanese investors to join the Dawei Deep Sea Port project in Myanmar, while Japanese businesses have expressed an interest in bidding for satellite and high-speed rail projects in Thailand, the PM's secretary-general said Thursday. Suranand Vejjajiva said Yingluck met her Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, on Wednesday and discussed bilateral ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712660/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:37:32 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712660/scat/303b19022816233b The Chinese government will unswervingly stick to its friendly policy toward Pakistan and support the South Asian nation in realizing stability and better development, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday in Islamabad.Li was speaking during a meeting with Pakistani military leaders including Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chief of Army Staff ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712585/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:33:27 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712585/scat/303b19022816233b The government of Nepal at its cabinet meeting Thursday decided to provide 1 million rupees ($11, 235.9) to Guinness World Record holder Min Bahadur Sherchan, an official at the prime minister's office said."Today's cabinet meeting decided to provide 1 million rupees to Min Bahadur Sherchan for his attempt to scale Mount Everest to defend his record," Rajendra Pandey, Press ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712661/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:33:23 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712661/scat/303b19022816233b The US visit of Myanmar President Thein Sein raises hopes for increased cooperation and commerce, but some in Washington unrealistically view the country as a tool in the containment of a rising China.Naturally, there is an appropriate US interest in developing commercial relations with Myanmar and in helping promote a modernization process there. Beginning in 2009, Washington has taken steps to ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712662/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:33:18 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712662/scat/303b19022816233b Good news about Pakistan is rare, and all the more precious for that. The country, often considered the "most dangerous place on earth," seems a boiler of violence, terrorism and religious extremism. But recently, it touched a major democratic landmark.The national general elections were held in Pakistan. It was the first time since its country's founding in 1947 that voters got to ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712664/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:33:16 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712664/scat/303b19022816233b Christian Forneck, senior foreign policy adviser at the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Our discussion is about the beginning of a multipolar era in which there are many new power centers around the world. It doesn't matter if you believe in the thesis of "US decline," or "the demise of the West." One thing is ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712663/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:33:14 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712663/scat/303b19022816233b /enpproperty--> ISLAMABAD - The Chinese government will unswervingly stick to its friendly policy toward Pakistan and support the South Asian nation in realizing stability and better development, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Thursday. Li was speaking during a meeting with Pakistani military leaders including Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712588/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:28 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712588/scat/303b19022816233b Saudi Arabia is expected to hand Pakistan an up to $15bn bailout for its indebted energy sector following recent elections in the country, it has been ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712425/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:28:12 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712425/scat/303b19022816233b NetSol Technologies, Inc . ( ), a worldwide provider of global IT and enterprise application solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement to implement NetSol Financial Suite's Credit Application Processing and Contract Management System modules with a leading multi-finance company in Southeast Asia, which currently manages more than one million live contracts generated through ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712665/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:20:32 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712665/scat/303b19022816233b A MALAYSIAN court has charged a student activist with sedition, and police arrested three others, including two opposition politicians, on the same charge in what critics decried as a crackdown on dissent. Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged last year to repeal the Sedition Act, widely seen as oppressive. Critics slammed the fresh arrests under the law on Thursday, believed to be in connection ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713998/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:12:49 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713998/scat/303b19022816233b For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, off-shore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies organises the International Seminar on Dredging and ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712669/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:12:06 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712669/scat/303b19022816233b SINGAPORE - The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year have left the city-state before the end of a coroner's inquest. They say they have lost faith in the process and their lawyer says they will push for a U.S. congressional investigation. Rick and Mary Todd believe their son Shane Truman Todd was murdered in June 2012 and that evidence of ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712670/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:20 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712670/scat/303b19022816233b PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by unmanned aircraft in ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712671/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:17 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712671/scat/303b19022816233b Easing economic pressure on Myanmar ignores serious human rights abuses in the country's extractive industries sector, an advocacy group said. U.S. ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712240/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:55 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712240/scat/303b19022816233b WAM ABU DHABI, May 23rd, 2013 -- Khamana Anthirat, Laotian Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, and President of that nation's Chess Federation, has praised the efforts of Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa bin Shakhboot Al Nahyan, President of the Asian Chess Federation, in the deployment and development of the game in Asia in general, and Laos in particular. This came during a ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712672/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:59:50 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712672/scat/303b19022816233b Mobile phone services were suspended in the Pakistani capital and nearby Rawalpindi for the second day on Thursday as part of extraordinary security measures put in place to ensure an incident-free visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here. Officials announced the suspension of cellular services between 1 pm and 5 pm local time in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Yesterday, mobile services were suspended ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712599/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:59:38 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712599/scat/303b19022816233b Thu May 23, 2013 6:56am EDT * Monthly diesel imports down by as much as 20 pct from last year * Demand from mining sector expected to be low until end of the year * Shift seen towards cheaper alternatives like natural gas and coal By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia's diesel demand is expected to remain weak at least until the end of the year as a slowing economy, ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713997/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:56:48 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214713997/scat/303b19022816233b Thu May 23, 2013 6:43am EDT * Investigations must be wrapped up before workers return -union * Rescuers retrieve all 28 missing bodies by Wednesday * Union official says he does not know how long probe will take * Freeport says still has stocks for "number of days" By Yayat Supriatna and Michael Taylor JAKARTA, May 23 (Reuters) - All investigations into a tunnel collapse that killed 28 ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712668/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:43:15 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712668/scat/303b19022816233b Taiwan Today This year's Computex Taipei has booked a stellar speaker lineup of industry heavyweights, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said May 17. Speakers at the June 5 opening forum include Steve Mollenkopf, president and chief operating officer of mobile chip leader Qualcomm Inc.; Ian Drew, chief marketing officer of ARM Holdings Plc, the world's biggest chip ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711459/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:26 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711459/scat/303b19022816233b Activist Adam Adli is escorted by police at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur on May 23, 2013. Malaysian authorities have detained a third anti-government figure on Thursday as part of a crackdown on sedition, after activists raised complaints about fraud in the general election concluded earlier this month. -- PHOTO: ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711460/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:31 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711460/scat/303b19022816233b Click here for live coverage of Ireland v Pakistan. Cricket Ireland have teamed up with Google via YouTube Live to broadcast both matches in the RSA Insurance ODI Series against Pakistan this week. In a first for Irish cricket, both games will be live streamed across the globe via the Cricket Ireland TV channel on YouTube (www.youtube.com/cricketirelandtv). This mean cricket fans from right ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711461/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:10 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711461/scat/303b19022816233b Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday after minutes of the Federal Reserve's April 30-May 1 meeting revealed "a number" of members favor tapering the central bank's $85-billion bond-buying program as early as the June meeting if the labor market continues to improve. Fed chief Ben Bernanke also hinted that an exit could be initiated in the "next few meetings" if the ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711141/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:07 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711141/scat/303b19022816233b A months-long delay in the reopening of key Pakistani supply routes after last year’s diplomatic standoff was one big contributor to the $9.6 billion reprogramming request the Pentagon has sent to Congress.Pakistan’s overland lines of communication are a vital artery for the movement of supplies and equipment into and out of Afghanistan. Pakistan closed them after a November 2011 U.S. ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711462/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:28:33 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711462/scat/303b19022816233b 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday. Miura is the oldest person to ever reach the Mount Everest summit. (May ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711787/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:28:03 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711787/scat/303b19022816233b Singapore, May 23 : Singapore's external trade continued to fall in the first quarter of this year, with declines for total trade, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) and non-oil re-exports (NORX), the city-state's trade promotion agency, International Enterprise Singapore, said ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711463/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:26:52 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711463/scat/303b19022816233b Singapore - Hawkish comments by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and weakness in China's factory activity rocked Asian markets on Thursday, took the dollar to three-year highs, sent share markets lower, and hit the Japanese government bond market as yields rose to their highest in a ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711464/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:34 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711464/scat/303b19022816233b /enpproperty--> Indonesia is a co-host for this year's China International Small and Medium Enterprise Fair, as authorities from both countries signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. Neddy Rafinaldy Halim, Indonesia's deputy minister of cooperatives and small and medium enterprises, said co-hosting the world's largest ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711465/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:19:35 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711465/scat/303b19022816233b Emirates Airline has announced plans to increase capacity on its services to Sri Lanka from June 30, with the addition of three more flights per ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711466/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:17:30 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711466/scat/303b19022816233b BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stocks fell on Thursday, with Singapore marking its worst week since November 2012 and Thai stocks at their lowest close in more than two weeks, as worries over the future of U.S. monetary stimulus and weak Chinese data dented global sentiment. Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia saw weakness in large caps such as Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Siam ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712597/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:15:45 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712597/scat/303b19022816233b KUALA LUMPUR | Thu May 23, 2013 6:15am EDT KUALA LUMPUR May 23 (Reuters) - Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Bhd, the world's second-largest listed private healthcare provider by market value, posted a 3.67 percent rise in first-quarter profit, driven by core earnings growth and lower finance costs. IHH earned 127.27 million ringgit ($42.12 million) in the three months that ended in ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712667/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:15:39 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712667/scat/303b19022816233b Ireland made two changes to the team that played the United Arab Emirates in their last one-day game in March with Tim Murtagh and Andrew White replacing Max Sorensen and the banned John ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711467/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:09:05 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711467/scat/303b19022816233b (41 mins ago) Five climbers, including the first Hungarian to scale Mount Everest, are missing and feared dead on Nepal's treacherous Kangchenjunga mountain, tourism officials said Thursday. The climbers -- two from Hungary, two from Nepal and one from South Korea -- went missing on Monday afternoon as they attempted to climb the 8,586-metre peak, the officials said, AFP reports. "We ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711468/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:08:27 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711468/scat/303b19022816233b Thu May 23, 2013 6:05am EDT * Asian shares down after China HSBC flash PMI, credit spreads wider * Nikkei plunges 7 percent, 11th worst daily drop * JGBs bounce after 10-year JGB yield hits year highs * Korean won worst hit as dollar rises broadly By Masayuki Kitano and Hideyuki Sano SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Hawkish comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and weakness in ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712311/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:05:18 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214712311/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistani security officials keep watch near a destroyed vehicle used by security forces following a bomb attack on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, on May 23, 2013. (Photo by BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711263/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 06:04:22 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214711263/scat/303b19022816233b Officials in southwest Pakistan say an explosion has ripped through a vehicle used by security forces, killing at least 12 people -- 11 security personnel and a civilian. Nearly two dozen people were wounded in the assault. Police officials say a remote controlled car bomb targeted a vehicle carrying police special forces in Quetta Thursday. Authorities say the bomb contained about 100 ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710452/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:02 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710452/scat/303b19022816233b The Papua police established an investigation into the cause of the collapsed tunnel at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine, on May 14, an official said.Papua police chief Insp.Gen.Tito Karnavian said it was crucial to know whether negligence played a part in the accident that killed 28 workers and injured 10 others.He said the investigation team would ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710531/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:23:39 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710531/scat/303b19022816233b HANOI (AP) - One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid. State electricity company EVN said in a statement on Thursday that the blackout occurred on Wednesday after the crane operator knocked a tree down onto the main north-south high voltage power transmission line. The outage covered 22 ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710532/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:23 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710532/scat/303b19022816233b Suspected fraudster, Raccagni Stefano of Italy (centre) is excorted by Thai police during a press conference at the Thai immigration bureau in Bangkok on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Thai authorities have arrested an Italian wanted over alleged links to a human trafficking ring which swindled around US$10 million (S$12.5 million) from European taxpayers and banks, immigration officials said Thursday. ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710533/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:22 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710533/scat/303b19022816233b American novelist Dan Brown's description of Manila as the gates of hell in his latest book, Inferno, has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. -- ST FILE PHOTO: JAMIE ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710534/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:21 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710534/scat/303b19022816233b HANOI, Vietnam -; One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710326/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:54 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710326/scat/303b19022816233b In Bangladesh, a government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building last month. More than 1,100 workers were ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710258/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:19:08 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710258/scat/303b19022816233b The anti-government People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move) has ended its rally after 18 days of protest, saying it had reached an agreement on a number of issues with the government. However, it vowed to return if the government failed to keep its promises. "According to the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the protesters, the government has agreed to solve two problems ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710536/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:18:46 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710536/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan's key ally Saudi Arabia is expected to extend $ 15-billion bailout package to Pakistan’s highly indebted energy sector to help the nation overcome power ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710207/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:18:43 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710207/scat/303b19022816233b /enpproperty--> China and Pakistan signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in marine science and technology. The memorandum was signed between Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology and China's ocean watchdog on Wednesday, the State Oceanic Administration said. The memorandum covers, among others, marine research and investigation, climate change, marine energy ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710480/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:11:46 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710480/scat/303b19022816233b /enpproperty--> YANGON - Myanmar President U Thein Sein's working visit to Washington, who returned to his country on Wednesday night, has brought back positive achievements more than expected, signifying the entry of a new higher stage in Myanmar-U. S. relations, said some media and observers here Thursday. U Thein Sein's visit represented the first to the United States of a ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710346/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:11:29 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710346/scat/303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praised the Sino-Pakistan relationship to the hilt on Thursday, urging the "all-weather friends" to boost cooperation in business, trade, energy and infrastructure and build a long-vaunted economic ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710483/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:08:03 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710483/scat/303b19022816233b COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has welcomed a whopping Rs 1,372 crore Indian housing assistance programme to build around 4000 homes in the country's eastern province. The housing assistance programme is one of the largest grant assistance projects implemented by India outside the country. Sri ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710538/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:07:55 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710538/scat/303b19022816233b FILE - In this Sunday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi rescuers use heavy machinery to clear rubble of a garment factory building that collapsed on April 24 as they continue searching for bodies in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A government investigation said poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710259/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:04:19 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710259/scat/303b19022816233b National police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said Sigit Indrajit was believed to have planned the foiled attack and was captured Wednesday night in northern Jakarta. The second militant, identified only as Rohadi, was taken early Thursday from his home in Tangerang in neighboring Banten province. Police also seized explosive substances such as sulphur powder, black powder and iron pipe ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710792/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:02:08 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710792/scat/303b19022816233b Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30km outside Dhaka, in this April 26, 2013, file ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710306/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:57 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710306/scat/303b19022816233b The financial markets have been adverse to risk since the Federal Reserve reiterated the prospect of scaling back its asset purchase program in June. While quantitative easing must be curtailed and eventually ended at one point or another, the markets were clearly hoping for a much further point, since the US economic recovery hasn't produced real jobs growth. Adding to risk off is the ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710540/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:59 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710540/scat/303b19022816233b The Asian markets were squeezed by heavy sell-off on the equity markets. Nikkei 225 closed 7.32% down after having rallied to 5 year high; Hang Seng slid 2.35% as HSBC flash manufacturing PMI index retreated to 49.6 - its 7-month low - indicating that Chinese manufacturing contracted in May. Taiex and Kospi index fell 1.92% and 1.24%, while the Australian ASX 200 index lost 2% as the inflation ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710541/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:57 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710541/scat/303b19022816233b India "must accept" this "enviable friendship" as Beijing cannot scale down its ties with Islamabad merely because of New Delhi's feelings, an official daily here said on Thursday. The high-profile welcome received by Chinese ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710493/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:51:03 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710493/scat/303b19022816233b By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI - Pakistan and China on Wednesday agreed to jointly work on an economic corridor for enhanced connectivity, with the two countries signing a series of agreements related to energy, technology and space during the first visit to Pakistan by China's premier Li Keqiang since he took office in March. Even so, local critics claimed Pakistan was of little ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710499/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:13 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710499/scat/303b19022816233b KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian authorities detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition on Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud. Opposition activists have staged numerous peaceful demonstrations since May 5 general elections, which the Barisan Nasional coalition won with a weakened ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709391/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:13:04 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709391/scat/303b19022816233b BANGKOK -; The price of oil fell below $94 per barrel Thursday after a private survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709054/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:27 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709054/scat/303b19022816233b Islamabad, May 23 : Twelve people were killed in Pakistan's Quetta city Thursday when a car packed with 100 kg explosives blew up just as a vehicle carrying security personnel was passing ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709393/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:08:58 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709393/scat/303b19022816233b In 2007, I had the privilege of becoming the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. My job was to move Nixon’s presidential materials from the Washington, D.C. area, where they had been kept as federal property because of the Watergate investigation, to California, where Nixon’s friends and supporters had built a private library in 1990. My job involved ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709222/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:58 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709222/scat/303b19022816233b Allen County Councilman Kevin Howell announces plans to raise money for a Vietnam veterans parade. He is joined by, from left, Wayne Township Trustee Rick Stevenson and veterans Bennie Edwards and Jim ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709394/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:57 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709394/scat/303b19022816233b * APMTenninals, a member of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, on Monday held a meeting with the Ministry of Transport to discuss the construction of an international goods transhipment centre in Cai Mep-Thi Vai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. * GM Motor Vietnam on Monday introduced in Vietnam the new mini Chevrolet Spark 1.0 AT directed at young, dynamic first-time car buyers and urban residents. The ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709395/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:33 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709395/scat/303b19022816233b Gresik is a small industrial town of fewer than 100,000 people, just to the north of Indonesia's second-largest city, Surabaya in East Java. But its position is critical. It sits near the Lombok Strait, the second most important shipping gateway between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea and the vital trade route for fuel and resources between China and Australia. That is why AKR ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709072/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:40 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709072/scat/303b19022816233b At least 12 people including 10 security men were killed and 17 others injured when a bomb hit security forces' vehicle in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city on Thursday morning, local officials ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709396/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:11 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709396/scat/303b19022816233b In passing a broad, much-amended bill on immigration, the US Senate Judiciary Committee has cleared the way for a full debate in which Asian-Americans will be a vocal proponent. The community, whose diverse heritage reflects that of the world's biggest continent and numerous Pacific islands, rarely speaks with a single voice on public policy. But reforming what many say is a broken US ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709397/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:19 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709397/scat/303b19022816233b 'The Elders', a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu has slammed Sri Lanka, based on its report, for lacking post-war reconciliation. They also expressed their disappointment over its slow pace of improvement in allowing "proper media reporting". "The ongoing persecution and disappearances of human rights activists, journalists and government opponents ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709398/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:11 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709398/scat/303b19022816233b BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark SET index fell as much as 3 percent in afternoon session, joining Asian and global shares on concerns over the future of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus and weak Chinese factory data. Index heavyweight energy and banking shares came under heavy selling pressure, with Siam Commercial Bank Pcl and PTT Exploration and ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710488/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:56:35 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710488/scat/303b19022816233b Eight people have been arrested by police investigating an arson attack that left eight members of the same family dead more than a decade ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709264/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:55:18 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709264/scat/303b19022816233b By Naimul Haq CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Bangladesh - Fahima Begum rises each morning at dawn and walks two kilometers to a small pond, the nearest source of fresh water. On her way she passes the rusty old hand-pumped tube well that used to supply water to her village in Bangladesh's arid Barind region until the water table here dropped out of reach. Using a ragtag array of pots, she carries ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709440/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:51:51 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709440/scat/303b19022816233b Twelve people, including eight police personnel, were killed and over 20 injured on Thursday in a powerful bombing in Pakistan's Quetta city.The deafening explosion took place in Bhosa Mandi area of Quetta Thursday morning, DawnNews reported.Fayyaz Sumbal, a senior police official, said militants targeted the vehicle of police's Rapid Response Force (RRF) through a remote control ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709399/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:50:21 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709399/scat/303b19022816233b An Italian who is suspcted to have defrauded millions of dollars from Italian financial institutions and other crimes, has been arrested by police in Thailand. Media reports said today Stefano Raccaqni, 38, (pictured) was arrested on Tuesday in Chiang Mai, 600 kilometres north of Bangkok, on a request from Italy via Interpol. He faces charges of defrauding Italian banks and finance companies of ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709400/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:50:04 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709400/scat/303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716279/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:45:27 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716279/scat/303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710170/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:45:27 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710170/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police say.The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, also wounded 23 people, said the senior police officer Fayaz Sumbal. The car was packed with around 100kg (220lb) of explosives and was parked alongside a road in the city. It was detonated by remote control when a vehicle carrying members of ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709164/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:45:25 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709164/scat/303b19022816233b At least 1,200 families living along the Pasig River have been relocated to safer areas as part of government efforts to keep them out of harm’s way during typhoons, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709257/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:43:54 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709257/scat/303b19022816233b HANOI, May 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's benchmark stock index ended down 0.8 percent as foreign and domestic investors sold banking and property stocks after losses in overseas markers in Japan and China, traders said. Exchange-traded funds sold shares in the two sectors, including Hanoi-based Vietcombank, Vietnam's third-largest partly private bank, after Japan's market lost more than ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710269/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:43:05 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710269/scat/303b19022816233b KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb Everest breaking the record set by a Nepali who climbed Everest at the age of 76 in ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709342/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:29:14 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709342/scat/303b19022816233b BANGKOK (AP) -- Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709275/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:27:37 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709275/scat/303b19022816233b The Python Challenge in the Everglades in January and February has faded from conversation, but Burmese pythons are still creating ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708372/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:15 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708372/scat/303b19022816233b Indonesian players have been encouraged to look back to a victorious moment in 1989 for inspiration in their quarterfinal matches against China in the Sudirman Cup.The players suffered a 5-0 rout at the hands of the eight-time champion in the group matches and they will face the same opponent on Thursday at the Putera Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.It could be time for redemption or another ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708373/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:13 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708373/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 13 Investment company PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya is targeting a further tripling of its assets in the next five years on the back of the country's strong domestic economy.The company's president director, Sandiaga Uno, said that Saratoga's total assets were worth above Rp 10 trillion (US$1.02 billion) as of the end of last year, which was a triple increase ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708374/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:12 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708374/scat/303b19022816233b JAKARTA - Indonesia's anti-terrorism police have caught an alleged leader of a cell planning to bomb the Myanmar embassy and another suspected terrorist with bomb-making ingredients. The arrests were made in a late night operation that stretched into the early hours of Thursday. "Sigit, on our wanted list and suspected to be the mastermind behind the plan to bomb the Myanmar embassy, ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708375/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:02:02 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708375/scat/303b19022816233b NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - A paramilitary ranger and a suspected militant were killed in a shootout early on Thursday in Thailand's insurgency-torn south, an army spokesman said, as violence continues to rattle the Muslim-majority region despite ongoing peace talks. The clash took place as up to 40 paramilitary rangers, acting on a tip-off, closed in on a house in the Cho Ai Rong district ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708376/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:02:00 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708376/scat/303b19022816233b Chua Tian Chang, aka Tian Chua, vice president of PKR, and MP for Batu. Tian Chua, a vice-president of the oppostion Parti Keadilan Rakyat says he has been detained by police under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act. -- BH FILE PHOTO: MOHD OSMAN ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708377/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:01:59 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708377/scat/303b19022816233b Police in Pakistan say a bomb planted on a vehicle in the southwest of the country has killed 12 people, including 11 police officers. Police officials said the attack just outside Quetta also wounded more than 20. Police said the bomb targeted a vehicle carrying members of the police's special forces. Quetta is the capital of southwestern Balochistan Province, which is a stronghold ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708480/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:29 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708480/scat/303b19022816233b Thu May 23, 2013 2:52am EDT * Banks line up first loss-absorbing bonds * Deals will test appetite for new style subordinated debt * Other lenders in Asia may follow template By Kit Yin Boey May 23 (IFR) - Malaysia is poised to host Asia's first public issue of loss-absorbing bank debt, so-called bail-in bonds, since the region began the transition to Basel III standards earlier this ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709401/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:52:20 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214709401/scat/303b19022816233b Militants in Balochistan, a province rich in natural gas, have been fighting Pakistani military forces for self-rule. For years, they have complained that the government has paid little attention to them and their economic ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708378/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:43:24 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708378/scat/303b19022816233b A revised minimum wage could help women working in harsh conditions who have few other places to go, but employers say they are also suffering as a result of disrupted ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708160/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:48 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708160/scat/303b19022816233b SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea and Japan's domination of eastern Asian football is being further eroded, judging by the make-up of the quarterfinalists in this season's Asian Champions League.The two nations have between them won all but one of the past seven Asian Champions League titles -- with the exception being a penalty shootout loss in the final -- and have been the top dogs ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708339/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:33:05 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708339/scat/303b19022816233b BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters) - Thailand's main SET index was down 1.6 percent at midday, underperforming others in Southeast Asia, as investors cashed in on recently rallying shares ahead of a three-day weekend and the central bank's policy rate review next week. Sentiment was broadly weak on worries in Asia about a reduction in U.S. monetary stimulus. Local brokers said the Thai stock ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708381/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:15:56 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708381/scat/303b19022816233b JAKARTA | Thu May 23, 2013 2:06am EDT JAKARTA May 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia's chief financial regulator, who will have oversight of the bank sector from next year, said a new banking law was certain to come into force in 2014. Legislators are already drafting the law which senior MPs told Reuters on Wednesday they expected to include a maximum 51 percent limit on the amount a foreign ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708199/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 02:06:37 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708199/scat/303b19022816233b Officials in southwest Pakistan say an explosion has ripped through a vehicle used by security forces, killing at least 12 people and wounding nearly two ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707433/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:57:26 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707433/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 13 Indonesia's major mobile network operators are expanding their mobile-based advertising services to capture the growing trend among companies to advertise their brands and products through cell phones.PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) is one of several mobile network operators that are aiming to benefit from mobile advertisements. Adrian Suherman, the head of ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707434/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:46 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707434/scat/303b19022816233b Thousands of global leaders will gather in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to attend one of the largest conferences of the decade to focus on girls and women.The landmark conference, Women Deliver 2013, will call on the global community to continue to place girls and women's health and rights at the central of the new global development agenda."Women Deliver 2013 could not come at a more ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707436/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:45 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707436/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 13 Investors seemed to be showing their pessimism over Singapore-based DBS Group Holdings Ltd.'s plan to acquire Jakarta-listed PT Bank Danamon, with the latter's shares taking a dip on Wednesday.Danamon's shares, traded under the code BDMN, were closed at Rp 5,850 (60 US cents) apiece on Wednesday, a 2.5 percent drop compared to a day earlier of Rp 6,000. ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707435/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:44 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707435/scat/303b19022816233b Ahead of the government's plan to increase an average 33 percent fuel price hike, the market has continued to forge ahead breaking through the 5,150 year-end index target. While we believe that less government fuel subsidies will improve Indonesia's longer-term macro fundamentals, we think that short-term pain in the form of slower growth on the back of higher inflation and increased ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707438/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:43 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707438/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 14 PT Samudra Indonesia (SMDR), a company providing end-to-end cargo and logistics transportation services, suffered a net loss of US$3.2 million in the first quarter of the year as rising operating costs ate up the company's revenues.The loss rose from $2.32 million in the January-March period, 2012.Masli Mulia, the president director of Samudera Indonesia, said that ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707437/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:43 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707437/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 14 Indonesia, a former member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), may experience a further decline in its crude oil production as the exemption for oil and gas vessels from the cabotage rule is set to expire in 2015, a top official has said. Interim upstream watchdog SKKMigas Rudi Rubiandini said on Wednesday that industry was still lacking the ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707439/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:42 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707439/scat/303b19022816233b Yoris Sebastian never thinks of himself as an expert on inventiveness, but his addiction to creativity has made him a top creative agent, full of fresh ideas.A lot of people and companies turn to him for input, advice and suggestions when they need a breakthrough. "I like thinking creatively because that allows me to do something innovative. I always try to think out of the box but execute ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707440/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:41 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707440/scat/303b19022816233b Begonias, those waxy, petalled, succulent plants found in greenhouses or bright bathroom corners are, surprisingly, native to Indonesia. Hidden in the jungle shadows of Maluku, Sulawesi, Java, Kalimantan, Bali and most other islands of the archipelago, begonias take root in dappled light and grow into a myriad of complex forms, each adapted over eons to their particular environment, explains ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707441/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:40 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707441/scat/303b19022816233b This undated handout photo released by the Philippine Government on May 23, 2013 shows an aerial view of BRP Sierra Madre, a 100-metre (328 foot) amphibious vessel built for the US in 1944 and acquired by the Filipino navy in 1976, grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The Philippines vowed Thursday to "defend what is ours" as part of a stand-off over a Chinese warship ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707442/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:53:30 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707442/scat/303b19022816233b Police officers at Merlion Park near One Fullerton on 11 May 2013. A group of 21 Malaysians were arrested that day after they staged an outdoor protest at the park. This was despite earlier police reminders that such gatherings are against the law. Malaysian opposition politicians handed a memorandum to the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, urging authorities to exercise ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707443/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:53:29 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707443/scat/303b19022816233b Recession in Europe, growth-robbing deflation in Japan and economic anemia in the U.S. have finally caught up with export-hooked China despite the government's attempts at bolstering consumption at ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707402/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:52:55 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707402/scat/303b19022816233b markets lower on Thursday after Fed chief Bernanke hinted at reducing the current pace of bond purchases and preliminary data showed China's manufacturing activity contracted for the first time in seven months in May. The Indian rupee opened at 55.84 against the dollar, hitting a fresh six-month low, weighed down by a stronger dollar and lingering concerns about India's high current ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707444/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:52:19 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707444/scat/303b19022816233b Islamabad, May 23 : Twelve people, including eight police personnel, were killed and over 20 injured Thursday in a powerful bombing in Pakistan's Quetta ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707445/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:50:35 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707445/scat/303b19022816233b QUETTA, Pakistan — A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian. Fayaz Sumbal says the Thursday morning bombing on the outskirts of Quetta city has also wounded about 23 people. He says a remote-controlled bomb in a car parked along a road targeted a vehicle carrying members of the police's special forces. Quetta is the capital of ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707301/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:46:41 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707301/scat/303b19022816233b Nepal's three former prime ministers have called for a trilateral cooperation among Nepal, China and India in order to hasten economic development in the region. In exclusive interviews with Xinhua recently, the three former prime ministers, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Puspa Kamal Dahal " Prachanda" and Madhav Kumar Nepal, underscored the importance of trilateral cooperation among the ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707404/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:46:30 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707404/scat/303b19022816233b BANGKOK | Thu May 23, 2013 1:43am EDT BANGKOK May 23 (Reuters) - Bank of Ayudhya Pcl, Thailand's fifth-largest lender, denied a newspaper report that Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) had offered to buy General Electric's stake in it for 40 baht per share. "The news is groundless," President Philip Tan told reporters on Thursday. Thai-language Khao Hoon ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708379/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:43:32 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708379/scat/303b19022816233b A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines' last line of defence against China's efforts to control most of the South China ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708074/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:43:00 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708074/scat/303b19022816233b (49 mins ago) Singapore's trade-sensitive economy slowed in the first quarter on sluggish demand for its exports, the government said Thursday, warning that risks remained despite improved global conditions. The Ministry of Trade and Industry said gross domestic product (GDP) climbed 0.2 percent year-on-year in the three months to March, much slower than the preceding quarter's 1.5 ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707446/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:32:57 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707446/scat/303b19022816233b SINGAPORE'S trade-sensitive economy slowed in the first quarter on sluggish demand for its exports, its government says, warning that risks remained despite improved global conditions. The Ministry of Trade and Industry on Thursday said gross domestic product (GDP) climbed 0.2 per cent year-on-year in the three months to March, much slower than the preceding quarter's 1.5 per cent ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707447/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:19:24 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707447/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan on Thursday summoned Afghan Charge d'Affaires and lodged protest over unprovoked firing on a border check post, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry said that two soldiers were injured in firing by Afghan troops late Wednesday. "The Afghan Charge d'Affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office today for conveying protest of the Government of Pakistan on an ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707449/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:11:21 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707449/scat/303b19022816233b Cheznye Emmons, from Great Wakering, Essex, was travelling through Indonesia with her boyfriend Joe Cook, 21, when she started feeling ill after drinking from a bottle marked as gin from a local ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706371/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 00:48:41 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706371/scat/303b19022816233b Burma, also known as Myanmar, is emerging from half a century of brutal dictatorship. It now has a free press. And a swashbuckling Australian journalist--no, not Rupert Murdoch--is determined to seize the ... http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706372/scat/303b19022816233b Thu, 23 May 2013 00:47:58 -0400 http://www.pakistantelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706372/scat/303b19022816233b