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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa: A Perspective from a Friend in the US August 24, 2019, 9:40 pm Dr. Stephen Long, Los Angeles, California After spending most of my adult life in Hawaii and then Southeast Asia, I returned to the US and settled in Los Angeles in 1998. |
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LOT Polish Airlines will start three weekly flights from Warsaw to Sri Lanka from November 3. This seasonal service aimed at catering to the winter travellers will continue until March 28, the airline official said. With the new series of seasonal flights, Colombo becomes the sixth Asian long-haul.... |
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Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC reported Rs.753.7 million in profit after tax for the six months ended in June 30, 2019 (1H’19) as the bank ploughed through a period mired with multiple challenges. In the quarter ended in June 30, 2019 (2Q’19), the bank reported earnings of Rs.481.6 million, down 5. |
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The National Election Commission (NEC) is preparing to invite four foreign bodies to monitor the upcoming Presidential election slated to take place later this year. A spokesman for the NEC Rizan Manzil said they will be inviting the Commonwealth, Forum of Election Management Bodies of South Asia.... |
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(CNN) -- Two New York women who plotted to build a bomb for a terrorist attack in the United States face 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges, authorities say. Asia Siddiqui, 35, and Noelle Velentzas, 31, are US citizens and residents of the New York borough of Queens. |
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(CNN) -- Two New York women who plotted to build a bomb for a terrorist attack in the United States face 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges, authorities say. Asia Siddiqui, 35, and Noelle Velentzas, 31, are US citizens and residents of the New York borough of Queens. |
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New York City: AFP/Getty Images. Two women inspired by Isis are facing up to 20 years in prison after admitting a plot to carry out a terror attack in
Asia Siddiqui, 35, and Noelle Velentzas, 31, had studied how to make car bombs and had stockpiled propane gas tanks, soldering tools, jihadist.... |
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Yet, the growth rate projected for Bangladesh is the highest in the South Asia region, according to the IMF’s South Asian Update, which was released last week. “Despite the positive near-term outlook, maintaining the past growth performance will become more challenging in future and will require.... |
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What about Xi Jinping and China? The US dollar weakened on August 6 after Washington criticised Beijing as a "currency manipulator", marking a sharp escalation in the year-long trade dispute between the two economies. The Asian stock market saw the yuan fall further, after the US Treasury Department.... |
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Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC has reported Rs.753.7 million in profit after tax for the six months ended in June 30, 2019 (1H’19) amidst a period of multiple challenges. In the quarter ended in June 30, 2019 (2Q’19), the bank reported earnings of Rs.481.6 million, down 5 per cent from the same quarter last year, the bank said in a media release. |
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Cayenne: For years, Asian demand for a dried fish bladder prized as a culinary delicacy -- and purported aphrodisiac -- has been a boon to French Guiana's fishing industry, but officials are racing to rein in the market over fears the species will soon be endangered. |
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FOR more than two decades, Pet Fair Asia has been the main platform for China’s pet industry and an annual festival for pet owners, who arrive armed with suitcases and shopping lists to find great deals and new products. The 2019 Pet Fair Asia from August 21 to 25 has added four pavilions, and.... |
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Asian refining margins have tumbled more than 50% since mid-July on anticipation of plummeting demand for high sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) ahead of a shift to cleaner marine fuels next year. Complex refining margins for a typical Singapore refinery, an Asian benchmark, had dropped to $4.31 a barrel by the close of markets on Thursday, down from $7. |
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The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) is assisting a Southeast Asian country with developing space technology and looking forward to a deal to help it develop a remote sensing satellite and testing facilities, NARL International Affairs Office director Franz Cheng (陳明智) said on Wednesday.... |
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Asian shares struggled to make headway on Friday as uncertainty over how much further the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates added to investors’ worries over slowing global growth. With the US-China trade row dragging on, and political tumult in Hong Kong, Italy and the UK adding to the.... |
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TOKYO -- Corporate foreign direct investment, the driver of globalization, is slowing, reflecting weakened business sentiment amid a global trend toward protectionism. The number of new greenfield investment projects -- the factories, research centers and offices that a company builds when it enters.... |
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Two New York women who plotted to build a bomb for a terrorist attack in the United States face 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges, authorities say. Asia Siddiqui, 35, and Noelle Velentzas, 31, are U.S. citizens and residents of the New York borough of Queens. In federal court in Brooklyn on Aug. |
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The US Embassy in the Thai capital of Bangkok announced late Friday that naval forces of the US and member states of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) will launch maritime exercises on September 2 from Thailand’s naval base in southeastern Chonburi province, Presstv Reported. |
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Aug. 24. By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: Turkmenistan is one of Ukraine’s most important trade partners in the Central Asian region, Trend reports with reference to Ukrainian Ambassador Valentyn Shevalov, whose article was published by the newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan. |
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (AFP pic) TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will head to East Asia on Sunday, his office said, as part of a diplomatic push to win relief from biting US sanctions. Zarif would visit China, Japan and Malaysia fresh on the heels of a.... |
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About 100 young people from Asia, Africa, Europe and South Korea saw with their own eyes the first frontline of military and ideological confrontation. This led them to renew their feelings for true peace. A letter addressed to Pope Francis pledge a commitment to be peace workers and advocates. |
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At the event (Photo: nhandan) Bangkok (VNA) The ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) convened its 2019 conference in Bangkok, Thailand from August 22 24 with the aim of developing smart cities and setting standards for building smart urban areas in Southeast Asia. |
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1. Thailand and Myanmar tour Price: From $1,775 for a 13-day, 12-night tour Why it's worth the money: Escape to exotic lands on a 13-day excursion to an ancient kingdom in Southeast Asia. You’ll arrive in Bangkok, where you will have day after day of adventure, such as seeing the Summer Palace and.... |
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Do you know the deadliest animal in the world? You may guess other humans? Snakes, spiders or even some of the large predators? But, no. It’s actually the mosquito. And out of all the many diseases that mosquitos carry, malaria is possibly the biggest killer in human history. |
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Bangkok (VNA) – The ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) convened its 2019 conference in Bangkok, Thailand from August 22 – 24 with the aim of developing smart cities and setting standards for building smart urban areas in Southeast Asia. According to the National News Bureau of Thailand, Thai Foreign.... |
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