Category: Regional
Militants kill three soldiers in Indian Kashmir
Armed militants killed three soldiers on Friday in an ambush outside Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, an army spokesman said. The soldiers were searching for [...]
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Burma’s ‘goldrush’ luring foreigners in droves
From seasoned investors to recent graduates armed with little more than hastily-made business cards and dreams of striking it rich, foreigners are pouring into Myanmar to [...]
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India PM pledges to clean up defence sector
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh pledged on Thursday to crack down on corruption in the defence sector after a string of recent graft scandals left his government facing [...]
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Report on Deadly Factory Collapse in Bangladesh Finds Widespread Blame
A factory building that collapsed last month outside Dhaka, killing more than 1,000 workers in the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry, was constructed [...]
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Ford to halt car production in Australia in 2016
Ford announced Thursday it would stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, ending an era that began in 1925 with the legendary [...]
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Burma reforms ‘bear fruit’, growth to accelerate: IMF
Myanmar’s economy expanded 6.5 percent last year and is set for further modest acceleration, the IMF estimated Wednesday, as sweeping reforms herald hopes of a [...]
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UN refugee agency faults Australia’s tough new policy
The UN refugee agency took Australia to task Wednesday over a tough new policy that allows boat people who reach its mainland to be sent to remote Nauru or Papua New Guinea [...]
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Bangladesh panel blames building owner for disaster
The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said Wednesday the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the [...]
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Bangladeshi volunteers haunted by rescue trauma
Mamun was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing [...]
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Australia’s James Hardie Q4 profit down 11 pct, outlook cautious
Australian building materials group James Hardie Industries Ltd reported an 11 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit after declines in sales prices in the United States and [...]
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Rinehart loses $7 bn but still Australia’s richest
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$7 billion (US$6.8 billion) wiped off her fortune in the past year but remains Australia’s wealthiest person, an annual rich list [...]
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Indian national jailed for causing fatal accident in Singapore
A 25-year-old Indian lorry driver has been jailed by a Singapore court for eight weeks and banned from driving for five years for causing the death of a compatriot worker and [...]
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Bangladeshi, Korean climbers die on Everest
A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world’s highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism [...]
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US looks to end Burma sanctions after landmark visit
A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to US sanctions on Myanmar after a landmark visit by the country’s reformist leader, signaling a new normalisation in [...]
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Burma jails 7 Muslims for up to 28 years for riots
Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms ranging from two to 28 years in connection with religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a [...]
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