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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 30 A Melbourne brothel-keeper who in 2006 became the first person in Australia convicted of possessing sex slaves Thursday lost her appeal against her 10-year jail sentence. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399944 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:22 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399944 Cunningly disguised as a toy, a new medical device can distract infant burns victims from excruciating pain. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399933 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:10 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399933 Young Australians tend to exercise their democratic choice by blogging or taking part in a protest rally, rather than voting or joining a political party. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399835 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:43 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399835 Islamabad, Aug 28 : Pakistan Muslim League-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain today said that PML-Nawaz presidential candidate Justice (retired) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui had contacted him in person and asked for PML-Q's support in the upcoming presidential polls. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400160 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:16 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400160 New Delhi, Aug 28 : India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday successfully concluded six years of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at Singapore. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400118 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:10 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400118 Islamabad, Aug.28 : Pakistan's key coalition leadersAsif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif exchanged views about the presidential elections here today. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400075 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:36 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400075 New Delhi, Aug 28 : Nepal Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav arrived here today to attend a meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400070 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:23 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400070 Islamabad, Aug.28 : At least eight people have been killed and several others injured when a police van was blown up with explosives near Karam bridge in Bannu on Thursday. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400065 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:13 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400065 New Delhi, Aug 28 : The 9th Home Secretary level talks between India and Bangladesh will be held at Dhaka on August 30-31. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400047 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:00:26 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400047 Kathmandu, Aug 28 : Indian technical team today estimated around Rs 5.25 billion cost for reconstructing the embankment breached by the Saptakoshi River. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400018 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:14 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400018 Kathmandu, Aug 28 : Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda today said that he will initiate the process to expand his cabinet by inducting the ministers from Unified Marxist Leninist (UML). http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400014 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:02 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400014 Kathmandu, Aug 28 : The Central Natural Disaster Rescue Committee (CNDRC) is meeting at Singha durbar today to formulate the plans for the reconstruction of breached Saptakoshi embankment, rehabilitation of the displaced and reconstruction of the damaged Highway. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400011 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:01:55 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/400011 Washington, Aug 28 : After the leakage of the email from US State Department Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Affairs Richard Boucher to US ambassador in London Zalmay Khalilzad questioning him over his telephonic talks with Pakistan presidential hopeful Asif Ali Zardari, the long-running turf war between the State Department's South Asia bureaucracy and those with links to the White House and the US Vice-President's Office has come out in the open. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399979 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:30 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399979 Washington, Aug 28 : Following media reports that Pak-American 'terror suspect' Dr Aafia Siddiqui's health was worsening by the day inside the US federal prison where she is being held for almost a month, Pakistan has officially conveyed its concerns to the US Government regarding her well-being. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399954 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:42 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399954 Washington, Aug 28 : US immigrants from India and Pakistan take on the habits of their adopted country, escalating their risks of prostate and breast, shows a team of researchers at West Virginia University. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399942 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:21 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399942 Washington, Aug 28 : PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that now since he had moved out of the PPP-led federal coalition, his party would sit in the Opposition if the country's Prime Minister Gilani obtained a fresh vote of confidence, and would vote against it. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399923 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:44 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399923 Islamabad, Aug 28 : After nearly five months since the new federal government assumed power in Islamabad, the PPP last evening finally conceded that the Nov 3 "unconstitutional" steps taken by former president Pervez Musharraf had been validated by the Supreme Court, and that the National Assembly could not reverse them. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399906 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:02 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399906 Islamabad, Aug 28 : A key ruling federal coalition partner in Islamabad, ANP chief Asfandyar Wali has reportedly said that former president Pervez Musharraf was unlikely to be tried in any court of law and was expected to go out of the country soon. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399862 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:40 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399862 Karachi, Aug 28 : In a startling revelation, two separate studies conducted by faculty and students at the Aga Khan University in Karachi have found that around 15 percent of the people supported suicide bombing, and said that Islam and other religions supported it. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399825 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:54 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399825 Karachi, Aug 28 : The CNG (compressed natural gas) is sold in Pakistan at more than double the rate of what it is sold at in India, despite the fact that the former is a producer of the fuel and the latter is an importer, said Sindh Bar Council's (SBC) Human Rights Committee chairman, Adv Aqil Lodhi in a press statement. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399823 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:50 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399823 Lahore, Aug 28 : Bookies in Pakistan are putting their bet on PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari as the country's next president. They declared him as the people's "favourite" candidate for the highest post of the country. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399820 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:44 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399820 Kathmandu, Aug 28 : Nepal's Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict in the case of 'Bikni Killer' Charles Sobhraj, the criminal mastermind serving life term in Kathmandu''s Central Jail. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399818 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:40 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399818 Investigations began Thursday into the mid-air collision in which Indian trainee pilot Akash Ananth died after the wing of his Cessna 150 was clipped by another plane and he crashed in the populated Cheltenham suburb of Melbourne. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399931 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:05 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399931 Islamabad, Aug 28 : Pakistan would not be able to get civilian reactors from the West, which would in fact bring along nuclear acceptance from the World community, until its Army controlled its nuclear arms, said a report in the Financial Times on the basis of opinion of a host of Western diplomats. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399953 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:39 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399953 Many of the sanctuaries for coral reefs in the Indian Ocean are unable to protect the reefs from the worst of climate change, a team of international scientists has warned. http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399829 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:21 -0400 South East Asia News.Net http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/399829 RAJSHAHI, Bangladesh, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A regional commander of the Bangladeshi Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party was killed in a shootout between police and gunmen affiliated with the communist militia. P... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299746&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:03:55 -0400 Middle East Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299746&cat=303b19022816233b WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff secretly convened a highly unusual meeting of senior American and Pakistani commanders on an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean on Tuesd... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299741&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:58:27 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299741&cat=303b19022816233b Asian American presence at the DNC in Denver is growing, according to Zuag Kimberly Chang, of Hmong Today. They represent 4.6 percent of delegates, up from 3.9 percent in 2004. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299745&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:48:54 -0400 Pacific News Service http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299745&cat=303b19022816233b THAILAND were the first team to check into the semi-finals when they beat Philippines 8-4 in the inaugural Raja Muda Johor Cup beach soccer invitation in Desaru, Johor, yesterday. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299739&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:50:57 -0400 New Straits Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299739&cat=303b19022816233b United Airways of Bangladesh will operate the flight, becoming the fifth airline to enter the route. Around five flights now operate on the route. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299744&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:36 -0400 The Telegraph http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299744&cat=303b19022816233b BANGKOK -- Former glam rocker Gary Glitter headed for London after serving a child-molestation sentence in a Vietnamese prison and may not be allowed to leave Britain again. Glitter left Vietnam late ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299735&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:48:56 -0400 NCM http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299735&cat=303b19022816233b Britain's most senior Asian police officer yesterday directly accused Sir Ian Blair, the Met commissioner, of repeatedly racially discriminating against him.Tarique Ghaffur, an assistant commissioner ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299084&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:34 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299084&cat=303b19022816233b (08-28) 13:59 PDT BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thai anti-government protesters occupying the grounds of the prime minister's office forced several hundred policemen off the compound early Friday and pro... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299089&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:52:39 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299089&cat=303b19022816233b BANNU -- At least 10 people, including police officers and prison staff, died in a suicide attack Thursday in a garrison town in northwest Pakistan as they headed to work, a police official told Agenc... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299747&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:34:55 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299747&cat=303b19022816233b SCO support for territorial integrity follows a personal appeal by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to his fellow heads of state. Mr. Medvedev says the conflict in Georgia is probably the most dra... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299647&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:58:11 -0400 VOA http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299647&cat=303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 8 people, security officials said. The bombing follo... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17298668&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:24:17 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17298668&cat=303b19022816233b b>London, 29 August, (Asiantribune.com): Ambassador A. Sumith Nakandala has taken duties as Sri Lanka’s new Deputy High Commissioner in the United Kingdom. He has arrived in London this week succeed... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299737&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:53:09 -0400 Asian Tribune http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299737&cat=303b19022816233b PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people as fighting between security forces and extremists flared... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299740&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:58:45 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299740&cat=303b19022816233b HSBC has become the first foreign bank in Vietnam to hold a 20 per cent stake in a domestic bank as it increased its stake in Techcombank for a consideration of $77.1m.HSBC needed special approval fro... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17298954&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:48:06 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17298954&cat=303b19022816233b SHOCKS defeats suffered by Nafiizwan Adnan and Lim Yoke Wah saw second seeds Malaysia crash 3-0 to Britain in the semi-finals of the mixed team event at the World University Squash Championships in Ca... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299738&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:51:19 -0400 New Straits Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299738&cat=303b19022816233b United Nations, 29 August, (Asiantribune.com): The new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Hewa M.G.S. Palihakkara, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-mo... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299736&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:53:11 -0400 Asian Tribune http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299736&cat=303b19022816233b Pakistan regulator moves to halt market slide By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad Published: August 28 2008 18:41 | Last updated: August 28 2008 20:00 http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299732&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:47:54 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299732&cat=303b19022816233b Surprisingly large populations of two globally threatened primates have been discovered in a protected area in Cambodia, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)reported on Thursday. The report counted... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299742&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:46:22 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299742&cat=303b19022816233b Amid mass protests in Bangkok, the Thai military has canceled bilateral talks with Cambodia over the border dispute near the Preah Vihear temple scheduled for Friday in Siem Reap town, local newspaper... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299731&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:46:05 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17299731&cat=303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers protested on Thursday to demand the reinstatement of judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf, an issue at the heart of political instability in the ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294539&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294539&cat=303b19022816233b The Singapore Tourism Board expects the Formula One race to generate Dh12.9 million in additional tourism receipts from Middle East visitors. Organisers said 40,000 of each day’s 100,000 tickets... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295043&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:50 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295043&cat=303b19022816233b Qin Gang, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, says they understand the complex histories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He says China's ongoing position on this issue is that they hope all sides use negot... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295203&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:02:08 -0400 VOA http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295203&cat=303b19022816233b Karachi: Pakistan's main share index ended slightly higher yesterday after exchange and government authorities set a floor for the index following heavy losses in recent days. The Karachi Stock Exchan... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295350&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:48 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295350&cat=303b19022816233b +65 6388 3838 Operating hours in Singapore time (+8 hours GMT) Mon-Fri: 8.45am - 5.15pm & Sat: 8.45am - 12.15pm After office hours, leave a voicemail. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294131&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:31 -0400 Business Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294131&cat=303b19022816233b Anti-government protesters continued to occupy the Thai prime minister's office compound yesterday, preparing to extend their illegal occupation for a third night with no end in sight. Defying a cour... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17293927&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:35 -0400 The Herald http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17293927&cat=303b19022816233b WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Pakistani military officials met this week on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss the presence of militant safe havens in Pakistan and their role... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295075&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:26:16 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295075&cat=303b19022816233b Dubai: The Emirates Pakistan team clinched top honours at the annual Independence Day hockey tournament last week. The tournament, played on a league basis, saw four teams in the race for the title. T... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295298&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:42 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295298&cat=303b19022816233b HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has launched an investigation into a case of alleged bribery that led to the arrest of four former executives of a Tokyo consulting firm earlier this month, the Foreign... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295359&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:08 -0400 Japan Today http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295359&cat=303b19022816233b Singapore is set to stage its inaugural Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sept. 28 on the streets of Marina Bay. That's not the only first: It will be Formula One's first night-time race ever. Not ones to miss ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294753&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:32 -0400 Miami Herald http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294753&cat=303b19022816233b Jason Ong of the Singapore Tourism Board gives out details for the first ever Formula One Grand Prix night race to be held in Singapore. The SingTel Singapore Grand Prix will be held in the heart of t... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295364&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:48 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295364&cat=303b19022816233b NEW DELHI: Citing fidayeen (suicide) attacks by militants and their continued infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir from across the border, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday urged the government to... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295362&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:06 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295362&cat=303b19022816233b VIETNAM: August 29, 2008 HANOI - Vietnam will spend nearly 2.4 trillion dong (US$145 million) between now and 2010 to build dykes and relocate thousands of rice farmers because of heavy seasonal flo... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295360&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:14 -0400 Planet Ark http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295360&cat=303b19022816233b Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia on Thursday said it would keep its peace monitors in the violence-torn southern Philippines for another three months after appeals from both Manila and the country's biggest Isl... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295092&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:46 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295092&cat=303b19022816233b +65 6388 3838 Operating hours in Singapore time (+8 hours GMT) Mon-Fri: 8.45am - 5.15pm & Sat: 8.45am - 12.15pm After office hours, leave a voicemail. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294133&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:11 -0400 Business Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294133&cat=303b19022816233b Singapore: Asian oil refining earnings may fall in the next few years as new processing plants start operations in India and China, Goldman Sachs Group said. The benchmark complex refining profit in S... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295351&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:35 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295351&cat=303b19022816233b KOULARA, Sri Lanka, Aug 28 (IPS) - An impoverished village in southern Sri Lanka is slowly pulling out of poverty by churning out terracotta moulds of animal footprints for tea connoisseurs all over ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295363&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:41 -0400 IPS http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295363&cat=303b19022816233b (08-28) 15:38 PDT MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of pushing Georgia toward war and said he suspects a connection to the U.S. presid... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295361&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:56:02 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295361&cat=303b19022816233b Police used stun guns and beat parishioners protesting the arrest of fellow church members who have demanded the return of land they say was taken by Vietnam's communist government in the early 1960s,... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294490&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:47 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17294490&cat=303b19022816233b NEW: Pakistani military says it killed 23 Taliban militants in two attacks U.S., Pakistani officials meet to discuss Taliban, al Qaeda threat Officials say Taliban appears to be shifting tactics Issue... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295349&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:49:22 -0400 CNN Asia http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17295349&cat=303b19022816233b The euro extended its gains against the U.S. dollar and the yen in Asia yesterday on speculation that eurozone interest rate cuts are unlikely in the near future, dealers said.The euro rose to U.S.$1.... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17289970&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:50 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17289970&cat=303b19022816233b Children's contests on television have become hugely popular Chinmay Deshmukh is an 11-year-old boy who juggles his day between school and cricket, theatre and music lessons. His days are busy by ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291018&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:37:40 -0400 BBC http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291018&cat=303b19022816233b Malaysia agreed to extend a mandate to keep its peacekeepers in the volatile southern Philippines, where they will continue to monitor a shaky cease-fire between the Philippine government and the Moro... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290842&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:09:36 -0400 VOA http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290842&cat=303b19022816233b Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim rejoined Malaysia's Parliament on Thursday, resurrecting his mission to become prime minister a decade after he was charged with sodomy. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291034&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:44:38 -0400 365gay http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291034&cat=303b19022816233b DHAKA - A Bangladesh court granted bail on Thursday to Tareque Rahman, elder son and political heir of detained former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, lawyers and officials said. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291017&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:12:23 -0400 Khaleej Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291017&cat=303b19022816233b By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2008 – U.S. and Pakistani military leaders continued their ongoing dialogue about the war on terrorism during an Aug. 26 meeting ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291026&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:49:35 -0400 Defense Link http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291026&cat=303b19022816233b The government yesterday launched a long-term mega project to establish an integrated environment-friendly traffic management system in greater Dhaka to relieve people of the present traffic congestio... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290464&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:11 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290464&cat=303b19022816233b 0 posts The number of HIV/AIDS cases recorded in the Philippines is increasing, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said on Tuesday, adding that the prevalence of the disease in the country remains low, http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290193&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:11 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290193&cat=303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD : The bombing followed a recent pattern of Taliban attacks against government security installations in retaliation for a fierce Pakistani military campaign. A car bomb apparently planted b... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17289747&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:15 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17289747&cat=303b19022816233b By John Whitesides, Political CorrespondentDENVER (Reuters) - Democrats prepared a grand celebration on Thursday for Barack Obama, who will accept a historic presidential nomination with a speech that... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290465&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:42 -0400 Swiss Info http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290465&cat=303b19022816233b WELCOME: Helen Clark greets Timorese PM Xanana Gusmao. Mr Gusmao will attend a wreath-laying ceremony for Kiwi soldier Leonard Manning, inset, killed in East Timor while on a peacekeeping mission. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291033&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:09 -0400 Stuff http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291033&cat=303b19022816233b Top US and Pakistani military officials have met to discuss strategies to contain the growing militant threat along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff Admira... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291042&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:04:52 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291042&cat=303b19022816233b The Dalai Lama has been taken to hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) complaining of stomach pains. The 73-year-old exiled Tibetan spiritual leader had cancelled all his international tri... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290683&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:37:48 -0400 BBC http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290683&cat=303b19022816233b Islamabad - Government forces killed 23 militants in three separate clashes while eight people, most of them policemen, were killed Thursday in a roadside bombing in Pakistan's restive North- West Fro... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291025&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:49:50 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17291025&cat=303b19022816233b Offshore staff LIMASSOL, Cyprus -- Chevron Offshore (Thailand) has awarded Remedial Offshore a multi-year contract to provide an elevating support vessel (ESV) for operations in the Gulf of Thailand.... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290405&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:01:09 -0400 Offshore http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290405&cat=303b19022816233b Columbia Pacific said it’s raised $135 million in a second round of financing for its Asian hospital construction fund. The fund, Columbia Asia, has raised a total of $325 million, according to... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290686&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:46:20 -0400 Puget Sound Business Journal http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17290686&cat=303b19022816233b is a half-size replica of the Washington DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It has been touring the country for the past two decades.Volunteers helped set up the wall Thursday morning in Sevier County.For ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286222&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:09:53 -0400 WBIR http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286222&cat=303b19022816233b WFP ) said today it is scaling up food assistance to more than 220,000 people displaced by fighting in southern Mindanao between Philippine Government troops and forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation ... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285195&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:09:09 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285195&cat=303b19022816233b (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, right, and his wife Wan Azizah arrive at Parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Anwar took his place Thu... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286228&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:52:30 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286228&cat=303b19022816233b Karachi - US-based Citibank has advised Pakistan to secure help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid default on its foreign debt repayments in the face of an ongoing political crisis. T... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285142&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:51:15 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285142&cat=303b19022816233b WASHINGTON : The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff secretly convened a highly unusual meeting of senior U.S. and Pakistani commanders on an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean this week to discus... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285994&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:22 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285994&cat=303b19022816233b Pakistani stock exchange authorities set a floor of 9,144 points for the Karachi Stock Exchange index on Thursday following heavy losses in recent days, the exchange said. http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285013&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:49:35 -0400 CNBC http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285013&cat=303b19022816233b (TJA/IFEX) - The following is a 26 August 2008 press release by TJA and three other Thai media organisations: A Joint Statement on the Journalistic Duty to Report on Political Conflicts We refer... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285444&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:54:10 -0400 IFEX http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285444&cat=303b19022816233b Posted on: Thursday, 28 August 2008, 06:01 CDT Text of report by privately-owned Nepalnews.com website on 28 August Over 5,000 people, displaced from their homes by last week's Saptakoshi flood and t... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286229&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:01:56 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286229&cat=303b19022816233b Manama, Aug 28 (bna)-- Industry And Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro Today Met The Envoy Of The Philippines President To The Gcc Amable Aguiluz And Discussed Stepping Up Economic Cooperation Between... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286211&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:28 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286211&cat=303b19022816233b The top United Nations refugee official today wrapped up a three-day visit to Pakistan, during which the Government agreed to revise a plan for the repatriation of the nearly 2 million remaining Afgha... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286230&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:10:10 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286230&cat=303b19022816233b MONTREAL, Aug. 28 /CNW Telbec/ - Reporters Without Borders calls on the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to immediately rescind the order it issued on 26 August to TMNet, th... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286212&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:42:01 -0400 CNW Group http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286212&cat=303b19022816233b BANGKOK, Aug 28 (IPS) - By throwing a protective net around the government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, this week, the Thai military has removed little doubt that it is the final arbiter of nat... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286220&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:54:58 -0400 IPS http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286220&cat=303b19022816233b TOKYO, Aug. 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japan and Indonesia agreed to strengthen their cooperation in promoting maritime security especially in the Strait of Malacca and disaster prevention as their foreig... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285555&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:46 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17285555&cat=303b19022816233b Malaysia has acceded to requests from the government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to extend the International Monitoring Team (IMT) for the short term in Mindanao, M... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286215&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:43 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286215&cat=303b19022816233b The World Bank (WB) will offer Vietnam a credit of 152.4 million U.S. dollars to help it upgrade urban and environment infrastructure in central Da Nang city. Under a credit agreement inked in Hanoi c... http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286216&cat=303b19022816233b Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:27 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.southeastasianews.net/?rid=17286216&cat=303b19022816233b