02/08/2010 16:14 PHILIPPINES Manila: young Taiz community members pray in silence (AsiaNews.it) by Santosh Digal Titled Trust on earth , the fifth pilgrimage organised by the Taiz community took place in Makaty City (Manila). More than 3,000 people from around the world participated [...]

ASIA LOCAL BONDS- Philippine, Indonesian ylds rise, Thai softens (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) By Saikat Chatterjee
Cambodia blasts Google map of Thai border (CIOL) PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodia has hit out at Google over what it called a “radically misleading” map of the disputed Thai-Cambodia border, accusing the world’s biggest search engine of being [...]

THAILAND MYANMAR Burmese junta profits at the expense of 1.3 million migrant workers in Thailand (Thailandnews.net) The two governments agree to clarify the procedures for registration of Burmese people in Thailand. The Burmese junta has so far claimed the withdrawal of the documentation at home to monitor illegal …
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Hun Sen visits temple near disputed Thai-Cambodia border+ (Thailandnews.net) (AP) PHNOM PENH, Feb. 6 (Kyodo)-(EDS: CLARIFYING THAT THAI GOV’T DID NOT OPPOSE HUN SEN’S VISIT TO THE TEMPLE, 3RD GRAF) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, ignoring Thailand’s protests, on S…
Why not have a GORRES BILL here in the Philippines? (Philboxing) There have been heart-warming [...]

Philippines police have lead on senator (UPI) MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 7 (UPI) — The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation said Sunday it has received information on the whereabouts of fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson.
‘My Way’ a dangerous song in Philippines (UPI) GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines, Feb. 7 (UPI) — Singing the U.S. hit “My Way” in [...]

Fewer Filipino nurses sought work in US in 09 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) As the United States still had to allow the massive influx of foreign nurses to its shores due to a severe lack of nurses, the number of Filipinos that sought to enter America s nursing profession plunged by [...]

Joachim von Amsberg: Success after tsunami provides hope for Haiti – madison Aceh at that time had been ravaged by decades of conflict between the Indonesian government and Acehnese groups fighting for independence. Whatever government had existed in Aceh was severely diminished by the tsunami. Yet Aceh today is a
Aceh reconstruction offers [...]

Cambodian PM visits disputed Thai border temple (Channel NewsAsia) PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia : Cambodian Premier Hun Sen visited a disputed border area with Thailand Saturday, angering the neighbouring nation amid an ongoing diplomatic spat.
Cambodia rebukes Google (AsiaOne) PHNOM PENH – CAMBODIA has accused Internet giant Google of being ‘professionally irresponsible’ over its map of [...]

02/05/2010 13:55 THAILAND MYANMAR Burmese junta profits at the expense of 1.3 million migrant workers in Thailand (AsiaNews.it) by Weena Kowitwanij The two governments agree to clarify the procedures for registration of Burmese people in Thailand. The Burmese junta has so far claimed the withdrawal of the documentation [...]

43 held in raid on alleged Philippine communists (AFP via Yahoo! News) Forty-three people were arrested Saturday in a raid on a house in the northern Philippines that a military spokesman said had led to the biggest detention of suspected communist rebels in memory.
43 rebels arrested (2:26 a.m.) [...]