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ASSOCIATED PRESS News, Apr 17, 2012

AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying
Boston.com
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) By Deepti Hajela Associated PressWriter / April 17, 2012 NEW YORK—The Pulitzer Prizes showcased journalism's power to shine a powerful light on the forgotten or the unknown, and the awards honored work including stories from ...
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Boston.com
AP series about NYPD surveillance wins Pulitzer
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Associated Press reporter Adam Goldman, foreground left with glasses, joins colleagues Eileen Sullivan, Chris Hawley and Matt Apuzzo, after they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, Monday, April 16, ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP wins Pulitzer for revealing NYPD spying on Muslims; Philadelphia Inquirer ...
Duluth News Tribune
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for documenting the New York Police Department's widespread spying on Muslims, while the turmoil-ridden Philadelphia Inquirer was honored in the ...
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Duluth News Tribune
AP wins Pulitzer for stories documenting police spying on Muslims; NY Times ...
Newser
(Associated Press) In this March 26, 2011 photo provided by the Huffington Post, Huffington Post reported David Wood is shown. Wood won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its look at the suffering endured... (Associated Press) The AP ...
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AP wins Pulitzer for documenting police spying on Muslims; Pa. paper honored ...
Newser
(Associated Press) In this April 27, 2011 file photo, a tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Tuscaloosa News won a Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for their coverage of the April 27, 2011 tornado that destroyed.
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Behind the Pulitzers: How did they do that?
Central Florida News 13
This photo provided by the Pulitzer Prize Board shows Sara Ganim, of the Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News, who was awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, announced in New York, Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Pulitzer Prize Board) By The ...
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Sugarland tour manager focus of Indiana stage collapse depositions
Fox News
(AP Photo/Wade Payne)AP The tour manager who was widely credited with saving the lives of country duo Sugarland before a deadly stage collapse at last summer's Indiana State Fair has become a central focus of lawyers seeking millions in damages for the ...
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No fiction Pulitzer given for 1st time in 35 years
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Photo: Harvard University News Office, Rose Lincoln / AP In this undated image released by The Penguin Press, "George F. Kennan: An American Life," by John Lewis Gaddis is shown. On Monday, April 16, 2012, Gaddis won the Pulitzer Prize for biography ...
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Pulitzer Prize winners announced
Washington Post
Denver Post staff photographer Craig F. Walker reacts to winning his second Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. Kathryn Scott Osler / The Denver Post via AP Denver Post staff photographer Craig F. Walker hugs his son, Quinn, in Denver as he tells ...
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Palestinians: Prime minister pulls out of meeting
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) A man holds a picture of a Palestinian jailed in Israel, during a rally marking the annual prisoners' day in the West Bank city of Jenin, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The Israeli prison service said Tuesday hundreds of ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Details on the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners
CBS News
NEW YORK — Details on the winners of the 2012 Pulitzer Prizes: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: The Associated Press. In a series of stories, AP reporters Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley showed how the New York Police Department, ...
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Gun in photo with Pippa Middleton said to be a toy
Sacramento Bee
Aymeric de Drouas, spokesman for a French clothing company owned by Arthur de Soultrait, told The Associated Press the gun in a photo published by The Sun newspaper was a toy and the photographers knew it. Drouas says Middleton and Soultrait told him ...
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Police handcuff Ga. kindergartner for tantrum
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The police report says the girl knocked over a shelf that injured the principal. (AP Photo/WMAZ-13 TV) MANDATORY CREDIT In this Monday, April 16, 2012 image made from video and provided by WMAZ-13 TV, kindergartner Salecia Johnson, 6, is shown at her ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
GOP derails Senate 'Buffett rule' taxes on wealthy
Springfield News-Leader
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) / by Jacquelyn Martin, AP By Alan Fram,Associated Press WASHINGTON (WTW) — Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic "Buffett rule" bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their ...
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New grilling set for current, former GSA officials
Chattanooga Times Free Press
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Photo by Associated Press/Chattanooga Times Free Press. LARRY MARGASAK,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress investigates an $823000 General Services Administration conference at a Las Vegas resort, ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- A senior Israeli military officer's seemingly unprovoked assault against an unarmed pro-Palestinian activist drew sharp condemnations Monday, raising questions in Israel over whether the country's heavy-handed approach to nonviolent ...
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Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets
Houston Chronicle
MICHAEL TARM, AP FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. On Monday, April 23, 2012, the Chicago trial begins for William Balfour, the man accused of murdering Hudson's mother, ...
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France: Syria regime finances halved by sanctions
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo) Syrian opposition member Hassan Abdul-Azim waves to press as he walks out of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 16, 2012 after talks. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) Hassan Abdul-Azim, head of the Syrian opposition ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Crew in fatal yacht race joined by love of racing
Central Florida News 13
(AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Brant Ward) By LISA LEFF, (AP) — The yacht that was rolled by unexpectedly large waves in a tragic accident that left one crew member dead and four missing was manned mostly by experienced sailors who lived to be on ...
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Angelina Jolie named special UN refugee envoy
WRIC
(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, file) AP National News Video More>> Rick Santorum withdraws from GOP presidential race, clearing path for Romney as nominee. More>> Plus or minus? Jobs report leaves Obama, Romney campaigns unsure where vital issue is headed ...
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2012 Pulitzer winners announced
Asheville Citizen-Times
AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Robert Sutton The Associated Press Public service: The Philadelphia Inquirer for its exploration of pervasive violence in the city's schools, using powerful print narratives and videos to illuminate crimes committed by ...
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West Texas historical marker notes German POWs
San Angelo Standard Times
AP AP Photo AX101, AX102%reldate(2012-04-17T13:54:29MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action. The girl's family demanded Tuesday that this central ...
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Tuscaloosa newspaper wins Pulitzer for tornado coverage
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
(AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Robert Sutton) Associated Press A year after the Pulitzer judges found no entry worthy of the prize for breaking news, The Tuscaloosa News of Alabama won the award for coverage of a deadly tornado.
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The Huntsville Times - al.com
AP AP Photo DCMC104, DCMC105 Eds: Updates headlines; jury selection resumes. With BC-US--Clemens-Charges. Multimedia: An HTML interactive showing a timeline on the case of former pitcher Roger Clemens is available in 2012/clemens-trial. With AP Photos.
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AP NewsBreak: Panel says school mergers not needed
Deseret News
By Shannon Mcfarland AP FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, students at Girard Elementary in Girard, Ill., are seen in the school's media center. The school consolidated with Virden Elementary School in Virden, Il., into the North Mac Community...
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Please remember that the strength of your Arkansas AP report depends upon your story and photo contributions. Send stories by email to pebbles(at)ap.org. Send photos to the AP state photo center in New York, 888-273-6867. The supervisor is Jill Bleed ...
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AP NewsBreak: Panel says Ill. schools can cut costs dramatically without ...
The Republic
SHANNON MCFARLAND AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A state commission studying education spending has concluded that Illinois schools could save hundreds of millions of dollars by sharing information and resources but that forcing small districts to consolidate ...
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BC-AP Sports Digest
SI.com
AP Photos. NEW ORLEANS - The Saints report for voluntary offseason workouts under interim coach Joe Vitt as Sean Payton begins his suspension. By Brett Martel. AP Photos. - NEW YORK - FBN--Saints Bounties. By Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner. Sent.
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Fuel Fix » Japan may be atomic-power free next month
By Bloomberg
... 2012, respectively. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA (AP) ..... Fuel costs at the nine regional utilities that have atomic plants — Okinawa Electric Power Co. is the exception — may more than double to about 7 trillion yen ($86.5 billion) in the year ending March 2013 if reactors remain shut, according to an April 9 report by the trade and industry ministry. Kansai Electric's fuel ...
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Federal Report Finds Nursing Homes Unprepared for Natural ...
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... Nursing Home in St. Bernard's Parish, La., after Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ... WASHINGTON (AP) — Tornado, hurricane or flood, nursing homes are woefully unprepared to protect frail residents in a natural disaster, government investigators say. Emergency plans required by the government often lack specific ... or feedback about this? Add your comment now. email print share. Related Topics: News, nursing homes, natural disasters, emergency drill ...
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In this Sept. 27, 2004 photo released by Harvard ... - Cape Cod Online
On Monday, April 16, 2012, Greenblatt won a Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern."(AP Photo/Harvard University News Office, Rose Li. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. April 17, 2012. NEW YORK - Unable to choose a fiction winner, Pulitzer Prize officials made .... AP Drama Writer Mark Kennedy and AP Entertainment Writer Jake Coyle contributed to this report. HOME. Reader Reaction. We reserve the right to remove any content at any ...
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PHOTOS: Pippa Middleton Goes To Paris! Like. 29. Bee Gees ... The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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Today's Photos | April 12, 2012 - US News & World Report
Photos of today's most important people, places and events. ... US News & World Report ... Alexei Druzhinin, Government Press Service/RIA-Novosti/AP ...
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AP series about NYPD surveillance wins Pulitzer
Attorney General Eric Holder said he was disturbed by reports about the ...The Pulitzer was the 50th for the AP, a frequent winner in news photography ...
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AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying - AP News : The Orange ...
The Tuscaloosa News won a Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for their coverage of the April ... (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Dusty Compton, File) ...
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Reports: Sony to cut 10000 jobs over next year - Yahoo! News
2, 2012 file … TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. will cut about 10000 jobs worldwide over the next year as it tries to return to profit, Japanese news reports said Monday. ... FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, visitors try out head. FILE - In this Oct. 4, ...
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Report blasts pepper-spraying of Calif. students - The-Press-News
The-Press-News ... The University of California plans to publish a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying ... (AP Photo/The Enterprise, Wayne Tilcock, File) ...
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Southwest Daily News captures 18 Associated Press awards ...
The staff at the Southwest Daily News garnered six first-place awards in the competition, which was ... Louisiana-Mississippi Associated PressManaging Editors presentation in New Orleans on April 7. ... What the JobsReport Actually Means for Borrowers ... Monroe took third place for SpotNews Photo and Feature Photo.
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AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying - West Palm Beach News
The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism Monday for revealing ... their paper had won a Pulitzer Prize in BreakingNews Reporting for their coverage of the April 27, ... (AP Photo/TuscaloosaNews, Robert Sutton) ...
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My Way News - Students angry over pricey courses pepper-sprayed
(AP) In this photo provided by David Steinman, Nnaemeka Alozie, campaign manager for ... (AP) - Campus police pepper-sprayed as many as 30 demonstrators after Santa ... Associated Press writer Whitney Phillips contributed to this report.
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If you have photos of regional or statewide interest, please transmit them toAP's Chicago photo desk. If you have questions about the Illinois AP news report, ...
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Petrino Had Passenger During Wreck | The Times Record
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino speaks during a news conference at a ... (AP Photo/University of Arkansas, Wesley Hitt) ... The report said Petrino was riding with Dorrell when he lost control of his motorcycle ...
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AP series about NYPD surveillance wins Pulitzer - CBS News
As a result, the AP won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for ... The Pulitzer was the 50th for the AP, a frequent winner in news photography ...
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AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying - Journal-News
(AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Robert Sutton) ... cooperative, after The APwon the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, Monday, April 16, 2012, in New York.
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Severe weather bears down on Midwest, Plains - AP News | The ...
(AP Photo/The Hutchinson News, Sandra J. Milburn). A tornado moves ...Storms were reported in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Emergency officials ...
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ASEAN News, Apr 17, 2012


China's ASEAN role wins praise
China Daily
By Zhou Wa (China Daily) Thailand is keen to play a coordinating role between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said. Calling China "a responsible and constructive partner of ASEAN", ...
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China Daily
Exclusive: Thai PM hopes to boost Thai-China ties
China Daily
How do you comment on China's peaceful development and China's ties with ASEAN countries? Is there any area you think that China should improve to boost the ties with these countries? For the past 20 years, ASEAN and China have been partners in ...
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Asean peacekeepers for Myanmar?
Bangkok Post
The government has declared war on opium production and is welcoming Aseanobservers to monitor the by-elections. But ethnic conflict continues to be a serious problem as the country seeks international acceptance. An open letter to Asean ...
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Seeing the larger picture
China Daily
By Chen Xiangyang (China Daily) This year marks the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Cambodia, the current rotating chair, hosted the association's 20th summit earlier this month.
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Prasarn outlines fourfold test for AEC
Bangkok Post
A key challenge for financial integration among Asean countries is developing the capital market in which Asean economies can tap their collective savings to fund the growing need for investment, says Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
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Burma: The Biggest Emerging Market Story Since China in 2001
Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
Improved rule of law led to an investment boom, fuelled by capital mainly supplied from other Asian countries. The result was high-octane Chinese economic growth and rapid industrialisation due to competitive labour and land costs and proactive local ...
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Burma: The Biggest Emerging Market Story Since China in 2001
International Business Times AU
Our fellow passengers offered us miniature wooden stools placed in the middle of the aisle to sit down on. And we stared out the window at the strange country that rushed past. Burma is entering the era of the Asianworld economy.
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International Business Times AU
CP makes case for regional export collaboration
Bangkok Post
Thailand should join forces with other Asean countries to supply raw materials to global food businesses and to push for an increase in the supply of Asean farm products in world markets. Ajva Taulananda, vice-chairman of the CP Group, said cooperation ...
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Hidden depths in South China Sea tensions
Asia Times Online
As the crisis reached its third day on Thursday, diplomats from both countries were still scrambling to defuse tensions. As anticipated by some observers, the South China Sea issue was not on the agenda during the ASEAN summit held in Cambodia's ...
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Gearing up for AEC benefits, challenges
Bangkok Post
However, there is also a real danger that in the face of competition from other Asean countries, Thailand will not be able to maintain its competitive effectiveness even within its domestic market. It would not be impossible, after all, ...
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ACL aside, Brisbane Roar still have a chance for Asian silverware
The Roar
Enter the ASEAN Club Championship – an international club competition that has not been held since before Australia joined the Asian Football Confederation. As a ASEANinvitee member, Australia has the right to have one club compete in the 2012 edition ...
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More border estates to support AEC
Bangkok Post
Industry Minister MR Pongsvas Svasti has reassured the US ambassador to Thailand that Thailand is ready for the Asean Economic Community due to take shape in 2015. "The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand already has plans to set up four industrial ...
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Not for the faint-hearted
Inquirer.net
Gloria Estenzo Ramos The empowering behind-the-scenes story which led to the inferred admission by the board of Asian Development Bank's multiple violations of its own policies in funding the coal plants in Naga City, needs to be retold to as many ...
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ADB sees Myanmar adding 6%
Bangkok Post
Economic growth in Myanmar is expected to jump sharply thanks to higher investment following the political and economic developments in thecountry over the past several months, says Asian Development Bank. Craig Steffensen, ADB country director for ...
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Bangkok Post
Philippines asks China: Stop all incursions in West Philippine Sea now
Inquirer.net (blog)
But he has yet to comment on Senator Gregorio Honasan's call for the Philippines to enlist the help of the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to stop Chinese incursions on Philippine territory.
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Yingluck off to China
Bangkok Post
High on the agenda is promotion of national development - in particular a high-speed train project, water management system development, renewable energy, human resources development, education and cultural cooperation as well as cooperation withAsean ...
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Coast Guard moves in
Philippine Star
“There'll be a lot of posturing and this is one of those, ordering the Philippine authorities to leave the contested islands,” Lacson said. “We can't go up against them but we always have the ASEAN. We will always lean on the stronger countries.
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Thai food in China has high potential
Bangkok Post
Thai goods imported into China are given special treatment under the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement. Although value-added tax and other local charges are still levied on the goods, Chinese-made products are subject to the same taxes, ...
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Phl version of 'no-fly zone'
Philippine Star
The report reached President Aquino while he was in Cambodia last week attending the annual Leaders' summit of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Nonetheless, President Aquino at the summit meeting renewed his call for North ...
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Indonesia: another giant awakes
New Zealand Listener
There are signs that is slowly starting to change, with New Zealand industry groups increasingly taking notice of Indonesia's growing wealth, and thecountry's recent inclusion in the Asean-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement. (See story below.) ...
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SOS sees AEC as spur to growth
Bangkok Post
"This concern is also shared by many large Thai corporations _ such as PTT Plc _ that are now building up investment in the region to capitalise on the emergence of theAsean Economic Community." International SOS first opened its office in Bangkok in ...
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E-commerce firms warned to get tax affairs in order
Bangkok Post
Authorities in fact want to encourage the growth of e-commerce as trade barriers fall with the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015. Many businesses will no longer need a physical presence in a given market, and instead can rely on their ...
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Phuket Aftershocks; Pole-dancing Nuns for Italy's PM: Phuket Events
Phuketwan
Asean and the Asia-Pacific region produce 73.2 percent of all Bali's tourist visitors with Australia the biggest market share at 26.04 percent. jhunewsletter.com The next morning we flew to Phuket, the famous beach area in southern Thailand.
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Huge pyramid scheme cracked in Guangxi
China Daily
Police said on Wednesday that they cracked the largest pyramid scheme in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, according to a report in People's Daily. Pyramid schemes are an illegal type of network marketing in which recruits pay an ...
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Forwarders weigh in on new AirAsia X Sydney A330 flights
Aircargo - Asia Pacific
"Fortunately, we are located in the booming economic region of the world - ASEAN and Asia-Pacific. Demand has fallen in Europe but that drop has been broadly compensated by robust demand in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific in general.
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Thaksin 'Songkran Tour' in Vientiane today
Bangkok Post
We'll still go about our daily lives. His visit to Laos means very little to us us," company director Soukhakhone Bouangboubphar said. Mr Bouangboubphar believes Thaksin's visit has less to do with politics, than with celebrating Songkran with his ...
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Weaving a success story
Bangkok Post
The company plans to open a showroom in Singapore to showcase its products and act as springboard for sales to other Asean countries. The company may have high-end international clients, such as the Caesars Palace Hotel and the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas ...
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Bangkok Post
English school doubling size
Bangkok Post
"Widespread social networks and the formation of the Asean Economic Community in 2015 have demanded that Thais communicate in English," said Mr Le Quellec. "The language school business is growing not only in Thailand, but elsewhere in Asean.
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Bangkok Post
Motorcycle gunmen target bus in Songkran shooting
Bangkok Post
The issue was raised in talks between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak on the sidelines of the Asean Summit meeting in Cambodia last week. Both countries agreed to closely cooperate on monitoring people...
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Making Sense of China's Bo Xilai Earthquake
Forbes
The ultimate affront was Bo's announcement during the November ASEAN conference that he was holding a military exercise in Chongqing, sending Chinese delegates scurrying home from Honolulu. Back in Beijing, China's leaders decided they had enough of Bo ...
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N. Korea fails to intimidate
Bangkok Post
The country has sold nuclear technology, and still attempts to sell its powerful missiles. Thailand was silent through the rocket launch crisis. The recent Asean summit refused to face the North Korean threat. Indonesia on Friday called for "diplomacy ...
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Rumble in the jungle
Business Mirror
The Asean media is one of the first groups of media in the world to test and evaluate the Colorado in off-road conditions.” She added, “It was difficult to find a natural location that would test the Colorado's capabilities and yet be near Bangkok.
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Business Mirror
Thaksin eyes a third way home
Bangkok Post
"Thailand really needs to free itself from the shackles of political disputes to be able to regain a leading role in Asean." Over the past seven months, the Yingluck Shinawatra administration has driven its political reconciliation efforts via ...
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Thai-ASEAN News Network - CP Group Welcomes Wage Hike
However, he stated the daily minimum wage increase would adversely affect ... In addition, he suggested manufacturers from ASEAN countries to gather under ...
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Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily | China has ASEAN arguing ...
Those who expected a formal code of conduct aimed at easing maritime disputes between China and Southeast Asian countries to be hammered out this year ...
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MOST BEAUTIFUL Woman, Model, Actress, Apr 17, 2012


Miss Philippine Universe 2012 was last year's 1st runner-up
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines—Before she was crowned the most beautiful woman in the Philippines, Janine Tugonon found signs that the 2012 Binibining Pilipinas pageant held last Sunday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum would be a momentous event.
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