In this photo taken Thursday, July 4, 2013, an overweight traffic police officer Sgt. Wanchat Wongnothong performs his duty on a street in Bangkok, Thailand. As part of a national effort to reduce the numbers of overweight officers, Thailand has opened a 12-day boot camp to get police into shape. This week, 60 overweight officers from around the country were sent to a police training center for ...
Philippines aims to nearly halve poverty by 2015
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines' top economic official said Friday the government aims to sustain growth at a rate high enough to nearly halve poverty by 2015.Nearly 28 percent of the country's 97 million people live below the poverty line and the government's aim is to reduce that to 16.6 percent within the next two years.Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan ...
Australia PM in talks with Indonesian president on asylum-seekers
Newly reinstated Prime Minister Kevin Rudd held talks on asylum-seekers with Indonesia's president on Friday, with thousands each year defying deadly perils to try to reach Australia by ...
HK billionaires lover gets 12 years for fake will
HONG KONG (AP) -- The former lover and fortune teller of quirky billionaire Nina Wang was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after a Hong Kong court found him guilty of forging a will to claim her multibillion-dollar ...
China Russia hold largest-ever joint naval drills
BEIJING -; China and Russia are holding their largest-ever joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan in a sign of warming ties between the former Cold War ...
Business Briefs July 05
* HCM City Stock Exchange has approved to let Sea And Air Freight International JSC (SFI) list more 414,499 stocks. The listing validates from July 05 2013. * Sai Gon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank-STB) has reported the stock issuance result of the optional programme for employees. Accordingly, STB has distributed 32.22 million stocks for 1,496 employees. This plan was ...
Funds Out of Asia We See Capital Coming In ADB
Lei Lei Song, Senior Economist at Asian Development Bank says there hasn't been sudden stops or reversals in capital inflows in the region despite Fed tapering ...
Ex-fortune teller jailed for forging will in Hong Kong
Hong Kong court Friday sentenced a former fortune teller who claimed to be the lover of late billionaire Nina Wang to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty of forging her will. ...
Egypt Muslim Brotherhood calls for protests as military arrests leader Mohammed Badie
Fresh from toppling the country's first democratically elected leader, Egypt's military risked further outrage from the Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the group's Supreme Guide as he was staying in a resort by the Mediterranean ...
Rescuers call off search for 7 on missing US boat
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Rescue teams have abandoned a search for a U.S. schooner carrying seven people that disappeared in the South ...
SE Asia Stocks-Mostly higher Indonesia poised for loss on week
BANGKOK, July 5 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets edged higher on Friday as signs of easier policies ahead by central banks in the UK and Europe prompted investors to again build up holdings in riskier assets in the emerging region. Thai stocks were among the outperformers, with the benchmark SET index up 0.8 percent at 1,441.95 by the midday trading break, recouping some of the 2.3 ...
Pakistan-China set sights on transport link from northwest China to Arabian Sea port of Gwadar
BEIJING -- China and Pakistan have set their sights on a transport link from northwestern China to the Arabian Sea that they hope will boost economic growth and slash shipping times. The broad agreement was among eight pacts signed Friday following a meeting in Beijing between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The transport link was described it as a ...
Reports China investigating drug prices
BEIJING -; China has launched an investigation into drug prices set by 60 foreign and domestic manufacturers, according to news reports Friday, in a possible move to lower ...
Asian athletics Pune Mayookha Johny battlling pain settles for bronze
Kerala News: 20th Asian athletics championships: Mayookha Johny and Om Prakash Singh won bronze as hosts disappoint on opening day lashed by intermittent showers. Sultan Abdul Majeed took gold in shot put; Shitaye Eshete defends women's 10,000m ...
Asian Athletics PT Usha sure Luka needs more international exposure
Kerala News: Legendary Indian athlete PT Usha is determined that Luka should take part in next month's World Championships in Moscow and do well there. Each of the winner in the ongoing Asian Championships will book an automatic berth in the World ...
Oil dips in Asian trade
Tokyo - Oil prices dipped in Asian trade on Friday as investors keep an eye on Egypt while also awaiting US jobs data that could provide a clue to when the Federal Reserve will end its massive stimulus programme, analysts ...
Japan utility hires nuclear safety advocate
Japan has hired a British-American woman to oversee its safety campaign.Lady Barbara Judge has worked as a lawyer, banker, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner and with the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority.She told The Associated Press on Friday that Tokyo Electric Power Co. has changed its culture to one of safety, not efficiency, so it can now restart its reactors.Judge says her appointment ...
Asian News Digest AS
China is ready to discuss strengthening cybersecurity at a high-level forum with U.S. officials next week and wants Washington to help settle territorial disputes in East Asia, officials said. Moved. AP Photos.WORLD MARKETSBANGKOK -- Optimism that easy European and U.S. monetary policy will continue boosted Asian stock markets Friday as investors awaited a key American jobs report later in the ...
China-Pakistan friendship sweeter than honey Sharif
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries' relationship was "sweeter than honey", during a visit to Beijing with economic ties at the top of the ...
Fukushima operator rebuked over nuclear restart plan
The boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday met local leaders to ask for their blessing to restart the world's biggest nuclear plant after a public tongue-lashing for bypassing them this ...
Concern rises over Pakistan plan to halt extremism
Pakistani government 's first month in office, fueling concern that the country's leaders lack a coherent strategy to fight the pervasive problem of violent extremism. The ...
2 killed in suicide attack at Afghan border
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Authorities say a suicide bomber blew himself up at a border checkpoint entering Afghanistan from Pakistan, killing at least two people and wounding eight ...
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