Southeast Asia – Vietnam and Cambodia target 100,000 hectares of rubber (Nh n D n)
Vietnam and Cambodia target 100,000 hectares of rubber (Nh n D n)
Vietnam and Cambodia will strengthen co-operation in order to achieve 100,000 hectares of rubber trees in Cambodia by 2012. The two countries reached the agreement during a recent visit to Cambodia by Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat which concluded on September 22.
Indonesia to push climate change at G20 talks: spokesman (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will urge major world leaders to put tackling climate change at the centre of the G20 summit this week, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Philippine senator wants to renegotiate US accord (AP via Yahoo! News)
The head of the Philippine Senate’s foreign relations committee called Wednesday for the renegotiation of a military accord with the U.S. that allows American soldiers to help Filipino troops fight al-Qaida-linked militants, saying it violates the country’s constitution.
Thai leader says US moving toward engaging Myanmar (Thailandnews.net)
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday that the United States and Europe appeared to be moving toward engaging Myanmar rather than a policy of sanctions only as a means of encouraging poli…
Thai leader says US moving toward engaging Myanmar (Thailandnews.net)
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Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogramme (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday.
Vietnam pledges to help Cambodia in drug control (Nh n D n)
Vietnam is ready to help Cambodia in drug prevention and control, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong assured in Phnom Penh on September 22.
Indonesia’s Islamic Schools: More and More, Female Friendly (Time Magazine)
While domestic suicide bombers and radicals have been traced to a few notorious schools, others have been incubators for a more benign trend in the world’s most populous Muslim nation: the development of feminist readings of the Quran and Islamic traditions
Robson agrees to coach Thailand – Thai FA chief (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
By Martin Petty
Thai leader says US moving toward engaging Myanmar (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday that the United States and Europe appeared toward engaging Myanmar rather than a policy of sanctions only as a means of encouraging political change in the military-run country.
Cambodia condemns sentencing of its nationals by Thai court (EARTHtimes.org)
Phnom Penh – Cambodia plans to appeal a case in which lengthy sentences were handed down by a Thai court to a group of its nationals after they were convicted of logging and entering Thailand illegally, local media reported Thursday. The 16 men who a…
Robson agrees to coach Thailand – Thai FA chief (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Former England captain Bryan Robson agreed on Wednesday to become coach of Thailand’s national team in his first foray into international soccer management, the Thai FA chief told reporters.
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