 Russian jet crash puts Indonesian sales in limbo
ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press= MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) — The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged, Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress... (photo: AP / Indonesian Air Force) The Guardian
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 US names career diplomat Marut to Taiwan office
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The United States has named a career diplomat to head its de facto embassy in Taiwan. The American Institute in Taiwan announced Tuesday that... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr.) Austin American Statesman
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 Tata Communications to expand business in South East Asia region
Tweet Tata Communications is eyeing the the South East Asia region, especially in Indonesia and the Philippines, to expand its global operations within next two years.... (photo: WN / jayshree) The Times of India
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 Gold hits 2-week high as US data weighs on dollar
Tweet SINGAPORE: Spot gold hit a two-week high on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, as the dollar remained under pressure from US data that suggests... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times of India
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 Huge rally raises question on Malaysia poll timing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A massive street rally demanding electoral reforms in Malaysia raised questions Sunday about when the long-ruling coalition government will... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) Austin American Statesman
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 Killer Drones, NASA and Inner Space: The Final 'Militarized' Frontier?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the Fifteenth General Assembly of the United Nations and declared, "The... (photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed) WorldNews.com
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 The Violence of Poverty
On April 22, 1968, the National Welfare Rights Organization held a vigil on Capitol Hill in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., who had been murdered eighteen days earlier.... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz) CounterPunch
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 What the laws of war allow
- Anyone who would like to witness a vivid example of modern warfare that adheres to the laws of war - a corpus of regulations developed painstakingly over centuries by... (photo: UN /Paulo Filgueiras) Al Jazeera
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 Anything you can do... Pakistan follows India with its own missile test
Officials in Pakistan said they had completed a positive trial of the Shaheen-1A, an intermediate range missile that is capable of reaching targets across India.... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed) The Independent
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 Kazakh president decries foreign influences
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The president of the oil-rich former Soviet nation of Kazakhstan has criticized the West for what he said was its attempt to impose its values... (photo: AP Photo / Bela Szandelszky) Austin American Statesman
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 Nokia Officially Begins Building Vietnam Production Facility
Posted: April 23, 2012 Nokia on Monday kicked off the construction of its first ever mobile phone production plant in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. In attendance for the event was... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Inquisitr
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 Ferrero sets date to end cocoa slavery
Chocolate maker Ferrero has pledged to eradicate slavery from farms where it sources its cocoa by 2020, as part of a growing movement by the multi-billion dollar industry... (photo: Public Domain / Lluis tgn) CNN
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 Chinese fishing boats back in Scarborough
MANILA (2nd Update) -- China sent anew three fishing vessels back to the Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) as it continues to reject the Philippines’ proposal to seek... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer Jonathan R. Cilley)) Sun Star
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 China rejects anew Philippines call over shoal dispute
MANILA (Updated) -- The Chinese government dismissed and rejected anew the Philippines’ proposal to seek international arbitration in settling the dispute over the Bajo... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert Clowney) Sun Star
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 China rejects Philippines call to bring shoal issue to international court
MANILA (Update 12:30 p.m.) – The Chinese government reportedly dismissed and rejected Thursday the Philippines’ proposal to seek international arbitration in settling the... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert Clowney) Sun Star
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 Nokia Logs Loss as Sales of Less Sophisticated Phones Slips
BERLIN — Nokia, struggling to reinvent its smartphone business around Microsoft’s Windows software, said Thursday that it had a loss of €929 million in... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The New York Times
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 US warships USS Blue Ridge, the destroyer escorted warship USS Chafee in Vietnam
According to Chinese media reports, a group of several US warships, part of Task Force 73 including the USS Blue Ridge warship from the US Navy's Fleet 7 will arrive at... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Kenneth R. Hendrix) The Examiner
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 VPBank, Vietnam Airlines debut joint MasterCard
Representatives of VPBank and Vietnam Airlines exchange the cooperation agreement after the signing on Monday - Photo: Courtesy of VPBankHCMC - VPBank and Vietnam... (photo: Creative Commons / Dennis Jarvis) The Saigon Times
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 Domestic overseas workers must not be excluded from labour codes, rights groups say
Manila: Domestic overseas workers must no longer be excluded in labour codes so that they would not be subjected to abuse while working abroad, labour rights groups said.... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Gulf News
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 'Aid helps more children reach five', says ODI report
Four million more children a year are living beyond their fifth birthday than in 1990, a new report for Save the... (photo: Creative Commons / Mosmas ) BBC News
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