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Indonesian maids in Hong Kong claim they are abused and underpaid
Hong Kong - Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are physically and psychologically abused and paid illegally low wages, organizers of a campaign to punish rogue employers said Friday. Many of the city's 135,000 Indonesian maids are beaten by their ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Vietnam to discuss Mekong River with Thailand
Hanoi - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is to meet Friday with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva and plans to discuss the exploitation and use as well as the protection of the Mekong River, state media reported. The talks in Hanoi are al...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

300 hurt, thousands homeless after southwest China quake - Update
Beijing - An earthquake with a magnitude on the Richter scale of 6.0 struck south-western China, with an initial casualty toll of 336 injured included about 30 people in serious condition, Chinese state-run radio reported Friday. The quake struck Thu...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

More than 300 injured quake in south-west China
Beijing - An earthquake with a magnitude on the Richter scale of 6.0 struck overnight in south-western China, with an initial casualty toll of 336 injured included 56 people in serious condition, China Daily reported early Friday on its website. The ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Pakistan says uprooted civilians can return home next week - Summary
Islamabad - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday announced that nearly 2 million people displaced by the military operation against the Taliban in the north-western region could start returning next week. The displaced people will st...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Sri Lankan government tells Red Cross to scale down its operations
Colombo - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is scaling down its operations in Sri Lanka following an order from the Sri Lankan government, the Red Cross said on Thursday. The ICRC has decided to close its offices in Eastern Province...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Powerful blast near Afghan capital kills 25 people - Summary
Kabul - Twenty-one civilians and four police officers were killed Thursday in a car bombing in the central Afghan province of Logar, while two NATO soldiers and 15 militants were killed in the southern region, officials said. Twenty-one local civili...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

China confirms arrest of four Rio Tinto staff for spying - Summary
Beijing - China on Thursday confirmed that police have detained four employees of the giant Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto for alleged stealing of state secrets. Those detained include Stern Hu, an Australian citizen who is the general manager of ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Taiwan to send 270 delegates for cross-strait forum in China
Taipei - Taiwan will send 270 delegates to a high-profile two-day forum in China this weekend to discuss cultural and educational exchanges across the Taiwan Strait, senior officials said Thursday. Wu Poh-hsiung, chairman of the ruling Nationalist Pa...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Pakistan says uprooted civilians in Swat can return home next week
Islamabad - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday announced that nearly 2 million people displaced by the military operation against the Taliban in the north-western region could start returning next week. The displaced people will st...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

 

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