Moderate quake hits Indonesia’s Papua (Channel NewsAsia)
JAKARTA: A 5.7-magnitude quake hit Indonesia’s remote Papua province Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
Quake hits Indonesia’s Papua (Straits Times)
JAKARTA – A 5.7-MAGNITUDE quake hit Indonesia’s remote Papua province Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. The quake struck at 9:58 am (1058 Singapore time) with an epicentre 156 kilometres southeast of the West Papua district of Kaimana, the Jakarta Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.
Malaysia’s fertility rate falls: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An increasing number of Malaysian couples are seeking fertility treatment as the country’s birthrate declines, a newspaper has reported.
Thai probe shows tiger parts came from Malaysia (The Star)
PETALING JAYA: Investigations by Thai wildlife authorities have confirmed that some of the tiger parts confiscated in Thailand last year belonged to the Malayan tiger, a specie found only in Peninsula Malay-sia.
Thailand’s death toll from A/H1N1 flu rises to 18 (Thailandnews.net)
BANGKOK, July 12 (Xinhua) — Thailand has one more death related to A/H1N1 influenza virus infection, bringing the country’s death toll to 18, according to a local media report Sunday. The latest vic…
Long journey from Laos produces Thai Noodle (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
MATTOON Boone Chanthadovangsy has a lot to smile about these days.
Thailand wants to bolster co-operation with Vietnam (Nh n D n)
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva affirmed his wish to bolster co-operation with Vietnam in economy, security, education, transport and agriculture.
Thai PM visits Vietnam to talk global crisis (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The prime ministers of Thailand and Vietnam, which are important trading partners, met Friday to discuss how to address the global economic crisis, a spokesman said.
Guard for US miner Freeport shot dead in Indonesia (AP via Yahoo! News)
Gunmen killed a security guard working for U.S. mining conglomerate Freeport on Sunday, then ambushed police responding to the attack blamed on separatist rebels in one of Indonesia’s most underdeveloped and remote regions.
Gunmen pre-planned fatal shooting in Papua: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Gunmen using military-issue weapons pre-planned an ambush that killed an Australian mine worker in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, police have said.
Vietnam values ties with Thailand (Nh n D n)
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh has affirmed Vietnam s consistent policy of attaching great importance to ties with Thailand, while receiving Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in Hanoi on July 10.
H1N1: TM DIRECTORS TOLD TO ALLAY FEAR ON MALAYSIA (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (Bernama) — All Tourism Malaysia directors abroad will discuss promotional strategies which will convince foreigners that Malaysia is safe from the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic.
Ambushes kill 2 near Freeport’s Indonesian mine (AP via Yahoo! News)
Weekend ambushes blamed on separatist rebels killed two employees at the Indonesian mining complex of U.S. conglomerate Freeport, officials said Sunday, marking some of the worst violence in the restive Papua region in years.
Vietnam and Thailand vow to deepen ties (Nh n D n)
The Vietnamese and Thai Prime Ministers renewed their determination to further deepen the already warm relations between the two countries and effectively expand their wide-ranging co-operation in the coming time.
