Evelyn Leopold: UN CHIEF VISITS BURMA: A POLITICAL GAMBLE (The Huffington Post)
UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon goes to Myanmar (Burma) for the July 3-4 weekend in what both friends and detractors view as a…
Ex-generals crowd Indonesian presidential race (Manila Bulletin)
JAKARTA, July 2, 2009 (AFP) – Former generals with murky pasts vying for power in next week’s presidential elections are living proof, analysts say, that the ghost of general Suharto is still stalking Indonesian democracy.
Indonesia launches rocket into space (AAP) (Yahoo!7 World News)
Indonesia has successfully launched a home-grown rocket into space as part of plans to send a satellite into orbit by 2014, officials say.
37 U.S. Senators Urge Vietnam to Free Imprisoned Priest (New York Times)
The Rev. Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, a human rights advocate, was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2007 on charges of spreading anti-government propaganda.
Nanosoft Solutions Partners to Sell Software Planner in India / UAE / Malaysia / Singapore (PRWeb)
Pragmatic Software Company, a leading provider of application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions, has partnered with Nanosoft Solutions as a reseller of Software Planner in India, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, and Singapore. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2590794.htm
No more treatment for ex-Philippine leader Aquino (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
MANILA (AFP) – Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, who is battling colon cancer, has decided to forgo further chemotherapy or any other medical treatment, her spokeswoman was quoted Thursday as saying.
Cambodia-Thailand talks on border issue “fruitful”: Cambodian PM (People’s Daily)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the talks he had made with Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Saturday were “fruitful and honest.” He said the meeting, which was held in a private and close-door form. Elaborating the content of the talks, Hun Sen said the Thai delegation, upon his prior warning, did not raise Preah Vihear …
Credit Suisse Picks Globe, Robinsons to Beat Philippines Index (Bloomberg)
July 2 (Bloomberg) — Globe Telecom Inc. and Robinsons Land Corp. may rise five times faster than the Philippine benchmark index as phone operators weather an economic slowdown and low interest rates spur home demand, Credit Suisse Group AG said.
CORRECTION: U.S. senators press Vietnam on jailed priest (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A group of U.S. senators urged Vietnam’s president on Wednesday to free a Catholic priest as human rights groups said his imprisonment justified putting Hanoi on a U.S. religious freedom blacklist.
50,000th Myanmar refugee leaving Thailand settles in Camden (The Star-Ledger)
CAMDEN — The 50,000th Myanmar refugee leaving Thailand with the help of the United Nations is resettling here. The U.N. High Commission for Refugees said school teacher Plu Reh, his wife and their 2-year-old daughter have left a refugee camp….
50,000th Burmese refugee from Thai border to be resettled in West, says UN (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
Geneva – The 50,000th refugee from Burma to leave the camps along the country’s border with Thailand for resettlement abroad will arrive in the US on Tuesday, the United Nations Refugee Agency said.
Philippines to Slow Budget Expansion, Pascua Says (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects Pascua s title in second paragraph.) July 2 (Bloomberg) — The Philippines plans a smaller increase in its 2010 spending plan as it seeks to narrow a record budget deficit while new tax measures trim revenue, government officials said.
Indonesia launches rocket into space (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Indonesia has successfully launched a home-grown rocket into space as part of plans to send a satellite into orbit by 2014, according to officials.
