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Asia boat migrants: UN despair over lack of rescues

Asia boat migrants: UN despair over lack of rescues

The UN has condemned the refusal of South-East Asian countries to rescue thousands of migrants adrift at sea. At least 700 Bangladeshis and Rohingya from Myanmar were rescued off Aceh last week by locals, bringing the numbers in camps there to at least 1,500. UNHCR spokeswoman Vivian Tan said the lack of rescues over the […]

Wealthy nations should help poor nations with ” No strings attached” says China

Wealthy nations should  help poor nations with ” No strings attached” says China

Wealthy nations should abandon “political strings” on aid to developing countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a conference Wednesday that aims to strengthen ties between Africa and Asia. More than 30 heads of state are in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, for the five-day Asian-African Summit, which commemorates the 1955 conference that laid the […]

Brunei, Sharia law in 10 years, Aceh may offer some hints

Brunei, Sharia law in 10 years, Aceh may offer some hints

Brunei versus Aceh: the divine struggle to be ASEAN holiest? – Brunei 2015 may be a precursor to Aceh 2005 – Both working towards implementing Sharia on non-Muslims – Both seek to be the role models for Southeast Asia in religious achievements A new kind of competition appears to surface between the Sultanate of Brunei […]

China’s decelerating growth negatively affecting world economies

China’s decelerating growth negatively affecting world economies

The global economy, slowed by stagnation in Europe and Japan, is being further hampered by China’s decelerating growth. The figures released Tuesday remain, by just about any measure, impressive. China continues to grow at more than twice the pace of the overall world and about three times as fast as the U.S. economy. Yet its […]

More than 250,000 poor animals slaughtered as Nepal celebrates religious festival

More than 250,000 poor animals slaughtered as Nepal celebrates religious festival

More than 250,000 poor animals have been lined up for slaughter as Nepal embarks on a two-day religious festival where buffalo, birds and goats are sacrificed to appease a Hindu goddess. Millions of Hindus flock to the ceremony, which is held every five years at the temple of Gadhimai, the goddess of power, in Bariyarpur, […]

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