2014年8月24日 星期日

2014-08-25 Singapore Southeast Asia

  Reuters   
Thai king endorses junta leader as prime minister  Reuters Canada
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre. BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai military leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand's king on Monday, four days after he was elected by his own hand-picked parliament, paving the way for the ...

Amid outward calm, climate of fear cements Thai military rule   Free Malaysia Today

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  AsiaOne   
Jokowi seeks new investments from Malaysia  Jakarta Post
Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo has invited Malaysian businessmen to invest in manufacturing, tourism and infrastructure which have been identified as three core areas of growth under his leadership. He said Indonesia needed massive investment ...

Jokowi going for moderation   AsiaOne
Indonesia's Rupiah Surges after Court Upholds Widodo's Election   FxPips.com
Indonesia: Dispelling the ghosts of '98   The Interpreter
Taipei Times   
Focus Taiwan News Channel   
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  Inquirer.net   
Duterte confirms ISIS recruited Filipino rebels  Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines–Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that some Davao residents were recruited by the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Mayor Rodrigo Duterte INQUIRER FILE PHOTO. In a television report, Duterte said that ...

Duterte worried about jihadists recruiting Filipino Muslims to train in Iraq   InterAksyon
Duterte: Muslim youths among those in ISIS   BusinessWorld Online Edition
Duterte confirms: ISIS recruits some Dabawenyos   Sun.Star

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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Malaysian transport minister arrives in Australia to back MH370 search efforts  GlobalPost
SYDNEY, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai arrived in Australia on Monday to support the upcoming search efforts for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Flight MH370 disappeared five months ago with 239 people on board ...

MH370 HIJACKED, SHOT DOWN OR SUICIDE? Bereaved families unite online ...   Malaysia Chronicle
MH370 families unite to seek answers   ecns
MH370 kin still not ready to claim insurance, association says   The Malay Mail Online
Free Malaysia Today   
The Borneo Post   
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  Philippine Star   
Aquino dared to sign people's initiative against 'pork'  Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines — Militant solons on Monday challenged President Benigno Aquino III to sign the people's initiative against pork barrel, saying the president still enjoys the graft-ridden discretionary funds in the proposed 2015 national budget. Tents ...

SAAN KA PUPUNTA? Anti-pork activists rally in Rizal Park, pro-Aquino groups ...   InterAksyon
Groups stage protest vs all forms of 'pork'   Rappler
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25: WAR ON PORK BEGINS   Philippine Headline News
Blog Watch Citizen Media (blog)   
Tempo   
Manila Standard Today   
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  Astro Awani   
Abdul Khalid a good man but too many complaints urban problems not ...  Sin Chew Jit Poh
SHAH ALAM, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim was a good person but his incapability in solving urban problems in Selangor was the main reason why the party had to drop him as ...

Anwar: I'll be around for appeal against sodomy conviction   The Star Online
Anwar, Azmin continue to shadow-box in PKR   The Rakyat Post
Too many urban problems not addressed — Anwar   The Borneo Post
Astro Awani   
Malaysia Chronicle   
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  AsiaOne   
Communist insurgents ransack two banana plantations in the Philippines  South China Morning Post (subscription)
Communist insurgents raided two banana plantations in one day in the southern Philippines in some of their most brazen attacks for months in the face of recent setbacks, the authorities said yesterday. The attacks by the New People's Army (NPA) in the ...

Communist rebels attack two Philippine banana plantations   Fresh Fruit Portal
NPA rebels raid farms, torch plane near police station   Oman Tribune
NPA raids two banana plantations in one day   BusinessWorld Online Edition
GMA News   
Journal of Turkish Weekly   
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  Daily Mail   
Filipino seaman in Togo tests negative for Ebola -- DFA  BusinessWorld Online Edition
THE FILIPINO seaman in the West African country of Togo who earlier showed symptoms of the Ebola virus disease has tested negative, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In a text message to reporters Saturday evening, Foreign Affairs ...

Philippines to repatriate workers from Ebola-hit West Africa   The Straits Times
Gov't to repatriate Pinoys in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone   Sun.Star
Mandatory repatriation eyed for Pinoys in Ebola-hit nations   ABS CBN News

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  The Malaysian Insider   
Varsities urged to conduct programmes to promote history  The Star Online
ALOR SETAR: Universities should have programmes that allow their students to better understand and appreciate the nation's history, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said this could be done by enhancing social sciences and liberal ...

History of the country should become inspiration for development — DPM   The Borneo Post
'History of the country should be inspiration for development'   The Rakyat Post
Be committed to realising education master plan: DPM   The Sun Daily

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  AsiaOne   
ASEAN economic ministers meeting to kick off in Myanmar  GlobalPost
NAY PYI TAW, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have gathered in Myanmar's capital of Nay Pyi Taw for their 46th meeting and related meetings due to kick off later on Monday. Myanmar is ...

Minister travels to Myanmar and Indonesia   Voxy
Lim Hng Kiang to attend ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting in Myanmar   AsiaOne
Lim Hng Kiang to attend ASEAN meetings in Myanmar   Channel News Asia
Thailand National News Bureau   
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