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23 min ago | Business Times

StanChart employee to be charged with CBT

AN EMPLOYEE of Standard Chartered Bank will be charged in court today for criminal breach of trust involving $500,000, BT understands AN EMPLOYEE of Standard Chartered Bank will be charged in court today for criminal breach of trust involving $500,000, BT understands.

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23 min ago | The Standard

Indonesia nabs Iranian big fish Abdi over human smuggling

Indonesian authorities have arrested an Iranian-born Australian resident who they suspect headed a people-smuggling network that spanned the country, a report said.

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23 min ago | Business Times

Singapore home for Asian economic research bureau

SINGAPORE will play host to several of the world's prominent finance and economics experts as they come together to form Asia's largest economics research organisation here, aimed at giving an intellectual boost to the local financial industry.

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2 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Indonesia mine collapse death toll rises to 21

Rescuers recovered another four bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 21, mine officials said Tuesday.

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2 hrs ago | Malaysian National News Agency

Indonesia's Bangka Holds Potential For Iron Reserves

MANADO, North Sulawesi, May 21 -- The island of Bangka in the district of Minahasa, North Sulawesi, holds potential reserves of iron ores, an official said.

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4 hrs ago | Malaysian National News Agency

Two Handicraft Makers Sent To The Gallows For Drug Trafficking

JOHOR BAHARU, May 20 -- Two men were sent to the gallows by the High Court here today after they were found guilty of drug trafficking.

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8 hrs ago | Malaysian National News Agency

MACC Offers Consultation Service To Fight Corruption

JOHOR BAHARU, May 20 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is offering consultation service to any agencies, companies or non-governmental organisations in a bid to fight corruption within their organisations.

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12 hrs ago | Malaysian National News Agency

Indonesian Workers Can Work In Melaka And Return Home Daily - Idris

Melaka and Indonesia have proposed to introduce a new gateway for Indonesian workers to travel and work in Melaka, especially industries located in coastal areas, on a daily basis.

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12 hrs ago | 4 Hoteliers

Global pipeline for April.

Hotel construction report summarizing the pipeline for Asia Pacific, USA, Sth America and more regions around the world.

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16 hrs ago | The Honolulu Advertiser

Indonesian strongman's legacy remains a matter of debate

Tree-lined Cendana street in an upscale neighborhood in central Jakarta has not changed much in recent decades, save for the demolition of a few Dutch colonial homes in favor of modernist villas.

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17 hrs ago | ABC News

The challenges of reporting in Indonesia

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Reporting accurately is of course paramount in journalism, at least at the ABC.

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21 hrs ago | Reuters

UPDATE 1-Indonesia names investment chief as finance minister

Indonesia named respected investment chief Muhammad Chatib Basri as finance minister, who takes on the role as Southeast Asia's biggest economy grapples with slowing economic growth and how to bring down the cost of massive fuel subsidies.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Stranger in Paradise

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Tana Toraja, that remarkably beautiful series of river valleys in Central Sulawesi, is the tropic's answer to Bhutan.

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The Nation

A contradictory image abroad and at home

Bob Elson, the Australian historian who wrote Indonesia: A History of an Idea, has expressed his puzzlement at what he sees as a gap between Indonesia in the international arena and Indonesia at home.

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Global Voices Online

"Lift your Skirt, Save a Life" Cervical Cancer Ad Divides Singapore

To remind Singaporeans about the free Pap smear screenings this month, the Singapore Cancer Society came out with a "Lift your skirt.

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The Miami Herald

Death toll in collapsed Indonesia mine rises to 9

Rescuers recovered the bodies of four more workers from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine, police and company officials said Sunday.

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Sun-Star

The quick Singaporean fix

CRAVING. It can be difficult to address sometimes. Luckily, almost anything is available in the city today.

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South End Standard

Woman dies after drinking poisoned gin

Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting ECHONEWS to 80360, or email us Click here for details A Tragedy struck while Cheznye Emmons, 23, of Morrins Close, Great Wakering, was travelling through south Asia with her boyfriend Joe Cook, 21.

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Reuters

Indonesia healthcare buckling under strain

Indonesia's public health industry is being pushed to the brink of collapse as the government tries to implement universal healthcare.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Nation

Asian leaders strive to make reforms stick

Voters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections.

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