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Spain to help fund metro in Vietnam
Madrid, Dec 16 Spain will contribute to the financing of a subway system in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the Spanish industry ministry said. Comment?
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Border stability to top China-Myanmar talks
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Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping arrives this week in Myanmar where he is expected to meet the regime's reclusive top leader and press for assurances there will be no more unrest on their shared border. Comment?
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Rainy Taiwan faces water shortage
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A Chronically rainy Taiwan faces a rare water shortage as leaders ask that people on the dense, consumption-happy island of 23 million finally start changing habits as dry weather is forecast into early 2010.A Taiwan, a west Pacific island covered with rainforestsA and topical fruit orchards, is used to rain in all seasons, bringing as much as ... Comment?
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi meeting senior party members: official
Myanmar's junta Wednesday allowed detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with elderly members of her party following her request in a letter to the regime chief, an official said. Comment?
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Singapore: a No To Rapea campaign
In Singapore, raping your wife is not treated as rape in most cases. Organizers of the "No To Rape" campaign want to abolish marital rape immunity by launching a petition drive that will be delivered to policymakers. Comment?
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Protest looms over island talks
The threat of a large-scale protest of nearly 100,000, employing flash mobs and remote-controlled planes, was announced by Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party to possibly thwart the anticipated cross-Straits talks next week. Comment?
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Major bridge begins construction
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Construction of the 50-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, expected to be the world's longest sea bridge, kicked off in Zhuhai of Guangdong province yesterday. Comment?
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MEC invests USD 1 bn in Indonesia's first private rail line
Dubai/Kolkata, Dec 15 : MEC Infra Tuesday announced that it will invest USD 1 billion for construction of a 130 km railway line, which, the company claims, will be Indonesia's first private rail track. Comment?
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China begins construction of world's longest cross-sea bridge linking mainland, HK, Macao
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Construction of the world's longest cross-sea bridge linking China's southern economic hub of Guangdong Province to Hong Kong and Macao began Tuesday, a move widely expected to bring economic ties closer. Comment?
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Mayor who helped CVOs turn in with firearms sued for rebellion
DAVAO CITY He helped bring 24 of his constituents to turn in themselves and their firearms to the military last Thursday and was in fact at the tactical command post of a military detachment in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Friday, to follow up on them. Comment?
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JAKARTA: Garuda Indonesia: How to win people's trust
Indonesia's national flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, has been able to resume flight to Europe since July 14, 2009. Comment?
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SINGAPORE: Cambodia's stock market is no quick fix
Weak oversight and neglect of real economy are potential dangers IS CAMBODIA in danger of developing a taste for quick fixes? A statement issued by the nation's Finance Ministry earlier this month called the establishment of a stock exchange 'an important and historic event' that will create new jobs, revitalise the local economy and transform ... Comment?
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JAKARTA: Indonesia's first private railway project ready for construction
A group of investors will soon begin building the first ever private railway in Indonesia, worth US$1 billion, as a key part of the planned development of a massive $5 billion integrated industrial facility in East Kalimantan. Comment?
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VIENTIANE: Five golds more for host Laos in SEA Games
The Lao muay team became the most successful in the country's history when the close of competition at the ongoing SEA Games saw a haul of five gold medals around their necks. Comment?
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Amnesty on attack as boat 55 arrives
Another boat of asylum seekers has been intercepted off the coast of WA, as Amnesty International raises serious concerns about overcrowding and the treatment of children in immigration detention on Christmas Island. Comment?
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Germany's Merkel voices concern over pace of Copenhagen talks, says she's "somewhat nervous"
German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced concern Tuesday about the pace of climate negotiations in Copenhagen and said she is "somewhat nervous" about prospects of success. Comment?
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Visa-free status in Britain at risk
LONDON: Malaysia looks set to be included in the list of countries whose citizens require visas to enter Britain beginning 2011. Comment?
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China: Asylum Bid by 22 Uighurs Opposed
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China said Tuesday that 22 Uighurs who fled to Cambodia after deadly ethnic rioting this summer were criminals and should not be granted asylum. Comment?
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A THAI official said the Cambodian government has to meet three conditions before the the Thai government will send its ambassador back to Phnom Penh, reports said on Tuesday. Comment?
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