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8 min ago | Bangkok Post

FTI wants answers after outage

Business leaders yesterday demanded compensation from authorities for firms affected by Tuesday's massive power outage, while the Energy Ministry ordered a review of the emergency decision-making process.

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Related Topix: World News, Thailand, Travel, Asia Travel, Surat Thani, Thailand Travel, Thailand Travel,

8 min ago | Bangkok Post

South hit by huge electricity blackout

A massive power blackout hit 14 southern provinces Tuesday night after a transmission failure in Prachuap Khiri Khan cut off supply from the Central Region.

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Related Topix: World News, Thailand, Travel, Thailand, Laos Travel, Laos Travel, Asia Travel, Thailand Travel,

8 min ago | Bangkok Post

PM denies blackout plot

The massive blackout in the South on Tuesday night was not a deliberate act to justify building new coal-fired power plants in the South, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says.

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Related Topix: Democrat Party (Thailand), World News, Thailand,

1 hr ago | WSFA-TV Montgomery

As rain from cyclone falls, Myanmar minority stay

This image provided by the Naval Research Lab shows tropical cyclone Mahasen taken Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 0600 GMT.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Burma, World News, Bangladesh, Asia,

5 hrs ago | The Star Online

Rebooting our racial quotas

Fine, young cops: The writer's father, Wong Heck Ming, with his squad mates Joseph Chong, Tan Teck Seng and Ng Peng Imm.

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Related Topix: Malaysia, World News, Opinion

9 hrs ago | Geo Political Monitor

Reflecting on Malaysia's Election

It is extremely difficult to find any real winners in the results that came out of Malaysia's Electoral Commission; although, somewhat surprisingly, one could be Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who ran ahead of his party and who managed to preserve a majority in Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu and Pahang against an opposition onslaught, and to win back ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia,

13 hrs ago | Vallejo News

All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine room Rescuers on...

Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the last of 28 miners killed last week when an underground room of a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine collapsed, the operator of the U.S.-owned facility said.

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Related Topix: Indonesia, World News, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

16 hrs ago | AlertNet

Floods paralyse Indonesian capital, heavy rains continue

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Meteorology, Science, Weather

20 hrs ago | ABS-CBN News

DOF thumbs down income tax holiday for hotels

The Department of Finance thumbed down a proposal to grant income tax holiday incentive to hotels and resorts in top tourist destinations in the Philippines.

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Related Topix: Travel, Philippines Travel, Asia Travel, Philippines, World News, Manila, Philippines Travel

Tue May 21, 2013

The Star Online

Creating awareness on non-communicable diseases

'Various nutrition-related activities will be carried out as part of the initiative to reinforce the message of leading a healthy lifestyle to prevent diet-related chronic diseases,' says Dr Tee.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Medicine, World News, Malaysia, Dieting, Diabetes, Health,

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Govt Sets Two-Child Limit for Rohingyas in Northern Arakan

A Rohingya woman and her child at Bawdupha, a camp located several kilometers east of Sittwe, Arakan State.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, Immigration Reform

Business Times

Thai Q1 growth falls below expectations

Thailand's government lowered its full-year growth forecast after the economy expanded less than analysts estimated last quarter, boosting the case for the central bank to cut interest rates.

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Related Topix: Thailand, World News

Asian Correspondent

Burma Reforms still need the US's weight

The White House welcomed ex-general Thein Sein on Monday as the first president of Burma/Myanmar in roughly 47 years after the late Gen.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, Thein Sein, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Peter King, Republican, US House of Representatives

Channelnewsasia.com

Proposed high-speed rail network a high investment for Laos

High-speed railway lines connecting Thailand, Laos and China might soon become a reality after the Thai cabinet met with its Lao counterparts in Chiang Mai earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Laos, World News, California High-Speed Rail, Thailand,

Mon May 20, 2013

The Age

Imelda Marcos and daughter Imee Marcos are proclaimed winners

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won more than 88 per cent of the vote for congress in Pampanga province.

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Related Topix: Gloria Macapagal-arroyo, Philippines, World News

The Star Online

Many species of waterbirds thrive along the Seberang Prai and Kedah coastlines

Choice habitat: The mangroves and mudflats along the coast from Teluk Air Tawar near Butterworth, Penang, to Kuala Muda in Kedah, are important for migratory waterbirds such as these common redshanks.

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia, Life, Hobbies, Bird Watching

Inter Press Service

Wave of Protests Against Malaysian Election Results

However, instead of joyous celebration, there are widespread protests on the street.

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia,

Reuters

Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit

President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights on Monday when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years.

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Related Topix: Burma, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Thein Sein, Aung San Suu Kyi

CTV

Cambodians gather to mourn victims of Khmer Rouge regime

University students armed with mock guns and knives re-created the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge on Monday for the official annual ceremony honouring victims of the 1970s communist regime, blamed for the deaths of about 1.7 million of their countrymen.

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Related Topix: World News, Cambodia,

ABS-CBN News

EDC's wind farm project in Ilocos Norte gets DOE approval

Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation has gotten the green light from the Department of Energy to push through with the development of its $300-million wind project in Burgos, Ilocos Norte.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Philippines, World News, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy