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2009
April 3, 2009
MANILA ~ The Asian Development Bank said this week it would invest US$140 million in an Indonesian government-backed fund to – Read More...
April 3, 2009
JAKARTA ~ A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Sumatran province of Bengkulu on Wednesday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The – Read More...
April 3, 2009
JAKARTA ~ Environmental group Greenpeace called on the government this week to drop plans to tackle global climate change with – Read More...
April 3, 2009
BASRA ~ British forces officially started to withdraw from Iraq this week, signalling the end of six years of military – Read More...
April 3, 2009
WASHINGTON ~ China’s “sophisticated and multi-layered” efforts to censor and control the internet earned it a “not free” rating by – Read More...
April 3, 2009
JERUSALEM ~ Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu alluded to an eventual nuclear-armed Iran on Tuesday as the biggest threat to – Read More...
April 3, 2009
THE HAGUE ~ The new US administration of Barack Obama has discreetly abandoned the expression “war on terror” adopted by – Read More...
April 3, 2009
WASHINGTON ~ North Korea’s expected rocket launch is set to confront US President Barack Obama with his first major foreign – Read More...
April 3, 2009
By Arlina Arshad Agence France-Presse DEPOK, West Java ~ For a man facing the death penalty, alleged serial killer Verry – Read More...
April 3, 2009
By Amy Coopes Agence France-Presse SYDNEY ~ Experts studying the mass beaching of whales along Australia’s coast have warned that – Read More...