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The Abbott Fund Announces $1 Million Partnership

- The Abbott Fund, the foundation of the global health care company Abbott (NYSE: ABT), today announced a partnership ...

Landslide destroys power lines in central Fiji

The Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) said on Monday that the country`s power lines has been destroyed by landslides ...

UN secretary general to visit Myanmar

ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan will pay a visit to Myanmar on February 20-21, 2012 at the invitation of the ...

33 people die in South India cyclone

At least 33 people died when a cyclone hit southern India, officials said on Saturday as engineers rushed to restore ...

news focus: ASEAN leaders agree to enhance cooperation in flood prevention

Floods hitting several Southeast Asian nations, Thailand in particular, received special attention from ASEAN leaders ...

Philippine typhoon death toll rises to three

The death toll from Typhoon Songda in the Philippines rose to three on Saturday as rescuers retrieved the body of a ...

World Bank, ASEAN launch world development report on conflict, security

A new World Bank report prepared in consultation with the ASEAN Secretariat shows that conflict and insecurity affect ...

Rare quake rocks Australia's barrier reef coast

Australia`s Barrier Reef district was rocked by an unusual 5.2-magnitude earthquake Saturday, but laid-back locals ...

Australia calls for global disaster force

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday called for world governments to establish an international ...

Couple survives disaster honeymoon

Stefan Svanstrom of Stockholm says he set out on a four-month-long honeymoon with his wife, Erika, and their baby girl ...

ASEAN ready to assist earthquake-hit Myanmar

ASEAN stands ready to assist fellow Member State Myanmar, following the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Shan ...

ASEAN supports Thailand`s, Cambodia`s commitment to peaceful solution

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) support the commitment of Cambodia and Thailand to seek ...

Asean holding urgent meeting on Cambodia-Thai conflict

ASEAN Foreign Ministers are gathering in Jakarta for an Indonesia-facilitated urgent meeting on Tuesday to discuss ...

Aussie crocs "traumatised" by cyclone

A group of ferocious Australian crocodiles were so traumatised by a maximum-strength cyclone last week that they hid ...

Australia fires destroy 68 homes

Firefighters on Tuesday brought a raging wildfire that destroyed 68 houses and damaged 32 others near the Australian ...