New technology may solve East Timor bones mystery (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Northern Territory Police say new technology may help solve a mystery involving an East Timorese national hero who was killed by Indonesian forces more than 30 years ago.
Government of Papua New Guinea Signs InterOil’s LNG Project Agreement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
InterOil Corporation today announced that the PNG National Government has signed the Company’s Project Agreement for the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant in Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea LNG project signs up Osaka Gas (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Developers of Papua New Guinea’s $15 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project have signed a 20-year deal to sell LNG to Japanese utility Osaka Gas Co Ltd <9532.T>, operator Exxon Mobil Corp said on Tuesday.
New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (FOX 6 News Birmingham)
PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) – O’treng village doesn’t look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among a tangle of cornfields once littered with deadly land mines.
12/19/2009 10:57 CAMBODIA – CHINA Cambodian government expels 20 Chinese Uyghur Refugees (AsiaNews.it)
» Phnom Penh considers them illegal immigrants and orders their return to China. The group, which escaped in July from Xinjiang, sought political asylum in the UN’s Office in the capital. Human rights activists warn that if they return to China they will be tortured and killed.
Tuna exporter expands GenSan, Papua facilities (Malaya)
The RD Group, the country’s biggest tuna exporter, is spending $45 million to expand its local and overseas facilities to meet growing demand for its products, company chairman Rodrigo Rivera Sr. said.
ExxonMobil signs supply deal with Osaka for Papua New Guinea LNG (American Petroleum Institute)
ExxonMobil said it agreed to supply Japan’s Osaka Gas with about 1.5 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas a year from - More -
Kerajaan, polis diarah bayar ganti rugi 29 peserta sidang Timor Leste (The Malaysian Insider)
KUALA LUMPUR, Dis 22 — Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini memerintahkan polis dan kerajaan Malaysia membayar ganti rugi RM30,000 kepada setiap seorang 29 peserta persidangan Asia Pacific Conference On East Timor II (Apcet) pada tahun 1996. Hakim Datuk Wan Adnan @ Addinan Muhamad memperuntukan jumlah ganti rugi itu berdasarkan kesusahan mereka semasa ditahan selama 24 jam iaitu dari 9 Nov 1996 …
Papua New Guinea LNG project signs up Osaka Gas (Reuters España)
SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Developers of Papua New Guinea’s $15 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project have signed a 20-year deal to sell LNG to Japanese utility Osaka Gas Co Ltd (9532.T: Cotización ), operator Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N: Cotización ) said on Tuesday.
China-ASEAN FTA to greatly benefit Cambodia and region: officials (People’s Daily)
Cambodian government officials expressed their belief that the establishment of the China-ASEAN free trade area (FTA) on Jan. 1 will be sure to promote the development of trade and economic cooperation of the region and benefit greatly the country and the people. “We are looking forward to and paid great attentions to the building of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area scheduled on Jan. 1, 2010 …
Day off for Defence Force in Timor (NZCity)
25 December 2009 The ANZAC spirit is helping New Zealand troops in Timor-Leste mark Christmas Day.
Timor hero’s bones ‘forgotten’ in NT (Brisbane Times)
A skeleton believed to be that of East Timor’s national hero Nicolau Lobato was forgotten and gathered dust in Australia for five years.
Resistant malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia area (Thailandnews.net)
PAILIN, Cambodia — O’treng village doesn’t look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly …
Timor hero’s bones ‘forgotten’ in NT (The Age)
Skeleton believed to be that of Nicolau Lobato gathered dust in Australia for five years.
