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March 20, 2009
GENEVA ~ Business- and first-class passenger bookings on airplanes dropped further in January as the economic crisis weighed the sector – Read More...
March 20, 2009
BRUSSELS ~ The European Commission has launched an investigation into the growing problem of lost air passenger luggage, voicing concern – Read More...
March 20, 2009
SINGAPORE ~ Singapore has urged Myanmar’s ruling generals to take “bolder steps” to promote national reconciliation and work with the – Read More...
March 20, 2009
BANGKOK ~ Thai security forces defused four crudely made bombs in a southern city regarded as a stronghold of Prime – Read More...
March 20, 2009
BANGKOK ~ Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva launched a new “war on drugs” this week, echoing a controversial 2003 campaign – Read More...
March 20, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia’s incoming leader Najib Razak faced a furore this week over corruption charges against members of his – Read More...
March 20, 2009
JAKARTA ~ Campaigning for Indonesia’s third general elections since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship got underway this week with – Read More...
March 20, 2009
JAKARTA ~ The authorities plan to quarantine clerks handling legal challenges to poll results to prevent corruption following the April – Read More...
March 20, 2009
JAKARTA ~ Officials from 121 countries attending a conference in Indonesia in May will sign an agreement to reduce the – Read More...
March 20, 2009
TOKYO ~ Japan arrested the navigator of a freighter on Tuesday, a coastguard official said, over a collision with another – Read More...