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2 Danes sentenced for stealing WWII documents
Two Danish men have been sentenced to prison after confessing to stealing World War II documents from Denmark's national archives. The Copenhagen City Court on Friday gave sentences of two years to one man and 21 months to the other for stealing 1,045 documents between 2009 and their arrests in late 2012. The men told the court how they used, among other items, a carved-out notepad to ...
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Mosque funeral bombings kill 47 in Iraq
Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. A bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques ...
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Rescuers dig to free 23 trapped Indonesian miners
Rescue workers gather Friday during the fourth day of efforts to rescue 23 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel at a U.S. owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia. (PT Freeport Indonesia/Associated ...
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Rescuers keep digging to reach Indonesian miners
JAKARTA, Indonesia -; Rescuers are working for a fourth day to dig through a caved-in tunnel at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia to try to reach 23 trapped ...
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EU to ban reusable olive oil bottles in eateries
The European Commission, the EU's executive, said Friday that restaurants will only by allowed to serve oil in non-refillable bottles with proper content labeling as of next ...
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Indonesia executes 3 inmates on prison island
Attorney General Office spokesman Untung Arimuladi says the three Indonesian men were executed by firing squad Friday at a high-security prison on Nusakambangan ...
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Japan party expels lawmaker for remark on Koreans
TOKYO -; An emerging nationalist Japanese political party whose co-leader outraged many with remarks about Japan's wartime and modern sexual services has expelled a lawmaker for accusing ethnic Koreans of involvement in ...
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Freeport Indonesia mine should stay shut to probe tunnel collapse -union
JAKARTA- Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian copper mine should remain closed for an investigation into a tunnel collapse that has left five dead and 23 missing, a trade union leader said on Friday. Thirty-nine workers were attending an underground training class away from the main operations at the world's No.2 copper mine when a tunnel fell in on them on ...
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CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel.The official says CIA chief John Brennan met Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. He did not disclose other details.The official spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the visit with reporters. Brennan's trip comes amid ...
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Indonesias export revenue parked at domestic banks up in Q1
Indonesian central bank recorded the result of country's export revenue parked at domestic banks at the first quarter rose to 84 percent from 80.6 percent in the same period of last year, a senior official of the bank said here Friday.Doddy Zulverdi, director at the balance of payment group of economic and monetary statistic of the bank said that the amount of the export revenue at the ...
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Three convicts executed in Nusakambangan today
The Attorney General has announced that three convicted murderers were executed at Nusakambangan Island in Cilacap, Central Java, early on Friday morning."The executions were carried out at 0:00 a.m.," Junior Attorney for General Crimes Mahfud Manan said in Jakarta on Friday, as quoted by Antara news agency.Suryadi, one of the convicts, who hailed from Palembang, South Sumatra, was ...
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We’re Ready for Exit of QE FlowsIndonesia Official
Indonesia is ready for a sudden withdrawal of foreign funds from the country once major central banks around the world start unwinding the aggressive monetary stimulus that has helped boost inflows into Asian assets, a senior Indonesian government official said on Friday. Talk about when the U.S. Federal Reserve will start unwinding its hefty monetary stimulus has dominated markets this week, ...
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Indonesia extends forest moratorium
A senior official at Indonesia's environment ministry said on Thursday that the extension of forest business moratorium demonstrates the government's strong commitment to forest ...
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Indonesia executes three murderers
INDONESIA executed three convicted murderers today, an official said, the second time that the country has done so since 2008 in a move that drew condemnation from rights ...
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Indonesia and Singapore: model of inter-dependence?
Indonesia is a regional power in South East Asia, but lacks the development and economic wealth of smaller nations, such as the tiny state of Singapore. Hence, it makes sense for the two countries to cooperate closely with one another as Indonesia has natural resources Singapore needs and Singapore has the financial strength Indonesia needs.
Indonesia is the sleeping giant of South East Asia. With a population of 288 million, a land mass the size of Mexico and territorial waters that could fill half of China, it’s an immense country and a regional power within the geopolitical organization known as ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations). Indonesia takes up almost half the area occupied by the ASEAN countries and accounts for one third of its GDP. Read more
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