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Australia at crossroads as China boom ends

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday said the China resources boom was over, leaving the economy at a ...

Former British PM Thatcher in hospital after operation

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the country's first woman elective leader, is in hospital recovering ...

Workers reject 15 pct wage increase proposal

Industry Minister MS Hidayat`s idea to raise regional minimum wages by 15 percent for labor-intensive and small ...

Govt to lift outsourcing system

The government looks set to lift the outsourcing recruitment system but will still maintain it in the recruitment of ...

Police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators

Police used water cannons, firecrackers and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting in front of the parliament ...

Demonstrators hurl stones at police

Police officers removing pieces of cloth used to pull down fences at the parliament building were hit with stones ...

Demonstrators block toll road to protest fuel price hike

Thousands of demonstrators protesting the government`s plan to raise fuel oil prices blocked the toll road in front of ...

Garuda Indonesia workers mulling strike

PT Garuda Indonesia workers are considering to go on strike because of mounting resentment at and dissatisfaction ...

UN chief praises Myanmar, plans visit there soon

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday praised the government of Myanmar for its democratic reforms and said ...

ASEAN FMs call on world to lift Myanmar sanctions

ASEAN foreign ministers during a retreat session in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Wednesday called on the international ...

Australia eases Myanmar sanctions

Australia said Monday it would scale back sanctions against Myanmar in recognition of steps taken by the formerly ...

1,000 strike at Apple supplier in China: rights group

About 1,000 workers at a plant in southern China that makes components for Apple and IBM went on strike this week, a ...

Workers Observe May Day Peacefully, Call For Welfare Improvement

Thousands of workers celebrated Labor Day or May Day on May 1 in a number of cities peacefully, Sunday, and chanted ...

Pro-Kremlin demos draw thousands on May Day in Russia

Pro-Kremlin parties and trade unions brought thousands of people onto the streets in May Day demonstrations Sunday as ...

Manpower Minister committed to restrict labor outsourcing

Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar is committed to tighten and restrict outsourcing or the ...