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Presidential Secretary-General Yu Shyi-kun, left, and Taiwan Solidarity Union Chairman Shu ... Chen will make transit stops in Miami, Florida, on his way to Central America and in San Francisco on the way back to Taipei.

The Indonesian rupiah edged past the psychologically important 10,000-per-dollar mark on Wednesday, gaining ground on the back of improving investor confidence after this month's tightening in monetary policy.2.7

According to The Star Online , KREATOR's Sept. 25 performance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is tipped to be a sell-out event considering long-starved extreme metal fans in Malaysia have not had an international gig ...

BUCHAREST'S outdoor Village Museum, with houses from different regions of the country, is like seeing the whole of Romania in one place.1.3

While market research indicates that rear-projection TVs are currently seeing a wave of renewed market enthusiasm, particularly in North America, models were not noticeably in evidence at Computex Taipei, in ...1.3

KUALA LUMPUR: The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it would announce if the 131 Thai Muslims sheltering in Malaysia required UN protection by the end of next week.3.2

The president of Indonesia is honored at Fort Leavenworth as the first sitting head of state inducted into the International Hall of Fame at the Command and General Staff College.

Malaysia Airlines said Tuesday it may have to look at hiking its fuel surcharges again if fuel prices continue higher, just one day before a rise of 14 percent on international routes takes effect.2.7

Four Southeast Asian nations Tuesday launched joint military air patrols over the Straits of Malacca and Singapore as part of measures to prevent piracy and terrorism in the busy waterway.

Over 1,000 staff from the Asahi Breweries Group of Japan will be taking a company vacation in Hualien this year, giving the local tourist industry a boost, Tourism Bureau Director-General Hsu Wen-shen said ...2.7

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday admitted that he received information about the Philippine political situation from US government sources as forwarded by Michael Ray Aquino.2.7

Some 70 youths from Persatuan Lambak Kanan visited the Royal Brunei Air Force in Rimba, Gadong recently.2.7

World tourism is predicted to grow to one billion international travelers by 2010, with 195 million in the burgeoning Asia Pacific Region.2.7

KUALA LUMPUR: Indian sex symbol Mallika Sherawat is no stranger to controversy. Fresh from a MMS sex-clip controversy in Bombay, she dropped a "bombshell" involving her co-star Jackie Chan during the filming of ...2.7

Around 550 police cadets from 26 secondary schools and colleges completed the 26th Annual Nationwide Secondary Schools and Colleges Police Cadet Camp 2005 on Monday evening.2.7

Maj. Allen Fellows was running out of fuel, but he kept circling ... Pete Gammage, a retired Air Force major who now lives in Las Vegas, was stationed at an Air Force base at Takhli, Thailand, from 1967-68.

For decades, Singapore has relied on Malaysia to supply a huge portion of a vital resource water.2.7

HSBC Brunei shares its concern for Thaw Shee Tin, the girl who is suffering from a very high-risk form of leukemia, and whose family is in need of funds to help finance a bone marrow transplant-to save her ...2.7

MALACCA: Tens of millions of ringgit in losses have been incurred by manufacturers because factories cannot get electricity supply.2.7

MALAYAN Banking Bhd and Pizza Hut launched yesterday a customer loyalty programme in a joint effort to encourage Maybank credit card holders to spend more at the 129 pizza outlets in Malaysia.2.7

The case against former Brunei Development Minister and a businessman charged with corruption is to continue in the Brunei High Court.2.7

Matt Damon and his girlfriend, Luciana Barroso, are engaged, Us Weekly has reported.A publicist ... - AP Women only KUALA LUMPUR - A fundamentalist Muslim Opposition party that rules Malaysia's Kelantan state has ordered that fashion shows in the state must be restricted to women, consistent with other party rulings that separate the sexes, a ...2.7

Taiwan's central bank will probably raise its benchmark interest rate for a fifth successive quarter tomorrow to keep inflation in check as higher coil costs force pump prices higher and storm damage limits ...

AUTO Bavaria, the largest and most established BMW and MINI dealer in Malaysia, will be embarking on the biggest ever sales campaign for both new and approved used BMWs in the East Coast this month.2.7

His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Deputy Sultan, yesterday afternoon consented to receive in audience the Minister of State for the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, a press release from ...2.7

TONY JONES: One of the key figures behind the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta has been sentenced to death.

FACING stiff competition in the manufacturing of home appliances, I-Bhd is diversifying into ... On Monday, Formis (Malaysia) Bhd said it might diversify into the property sector next year following the disposal of its core information technology business.2.9

The growing participation of local companies contributing in the nation's economic development is becoming more apparent as Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd scaled a contract agreement with AMR-TUR Corporation ...

Sybil Davis displays a Jim Thompson collectable she brought from Bangkok. GWINN DAVIS/Staff When Simpsonville resident Sybil Davis was invited to teach for the summer at Thailand's Bangkok University, she ...1.3

Fr. Shay Cullen was set to testify Tuesday before a subcommittee of the United States Committee on International Relations on the plight of street children and children in subhuman conditions in Philippine ...2.7

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has consented to the amendment of the Immigration Act known as the Immigration Act Order 2005 with effect from July 2, 2005.2.7

A total of 326 victims of the December tsunami in Thailand have been identified through DNA analysis in a sophisticated Bosnian laboratory, the International Commission on Missing Persons said.2.9

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Permanent Council yesterday called for the continuation of the search for truth guided by the principles of the rule of law in a statement it issued as a ...3.1

The husband of Guen Garlejo Aguilar, the Filipino overseas worker in Singapore accused of ... Discuss this article on our message boards FBI arrests Pinga s former aide for espionage Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Michael Ray Aquino, a former aide of former National Police chief, Sen.2.7

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