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Indonesia quake kills at least 1, tsunami alert lifted

By Telly Nathalia JAKARTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck an area off Indonesia's northern Sulawesi early on Monday, killing at least one man and damaging scores of homes, television stations said. Indonesia briefly...

Media-savvy ending for Bali bombers

The media circus which surrounded the Bali bombers following their 2002 attack intensified in the days before the execution of three of them, fanning public sympathy and support and their cause, even turning them into...

Written in the stars

Barack Obama’s supporters and campaign workers would have been less stressed if they had known that his success in the US Presidential race was pre-ordained. WHILE people all over the world rejoiced at the surprise victory of...

INDONESIA: Media Turns Bali Bombers Into Martyrs

JAKARTA, Nov 15 (IPS) - In a crowded neighbourhood in this sprawling city families sat glued to their television sets late into the night of Nov. 8 watching updates on the execution of three men convicted for the 2002 nightclub...

FRIENDSTER TEXT ALERTS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Nov 12, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- MEDIA RELEASE PR32612 Friendster Text Alerts Now Available in the Philippines SAN FRANCISCO and METRO MANILA, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet Over 50 Million Mobile Subscribers in the...

Sustainable shipment opens new palm oil options

Rotterdam, NL: The arrival of the first certified sustainable palm oil shipment in Europe opens up possibilities for palm oil users to move away from subsidising forest destruction and social disruption from expanding palm oil...

Pepper drops for want of buying support

Pepper futures market during the week witnessed high volatility with nearby deliveries from November to February dropping by Rs 264 to Rs 20 a quintal at the weekend close. March and April showed an increase of Rs 212 and Rs...

Nurturing entrepreneurial activity in the villages of India

It’s not surprising that well-travelled professionals living in global cities such as New Delhi, New York, Paris, Rio and Shanghai have more in common with one another, in lifestyle and values, than they do with rural citizens...

The Bali bomb 'commander'

Imam Samudra was the only suspect with a university degree Imam Samudra - sentenced to death for organising the Bali bombings and executed on 8 November 2008 - is remembered in his home village as a studious child, but prone to...

Sydney rail coming to the end of the line

Sydney is bursting at the seams but rail line cancellations leave it nowhere to turn, argue Wendy Frew and Linton Besser. In time, the town would become a service hub for hundreds of thousands of people in Sydney's west, with...

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