Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on ...

Afghanistans Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan

Reuters - Sunday 19th May, 2013

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with ...

Video Indonesia healthcare buckling under strain

The National - Sunday 19th May, 2013

As Indonesia scrambles to implement universal health care reforms, crowded hospitals in Jakarta feel the brunt, faced with more patients than they can handle. Sarah Charlton ...

History tour held to mark 15th anniversary of May riots

The Jakarta Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

R. Subiyanto, 68, (left), shows a picture of his son who died during the May 1998 riots, in the commemoration of the tragedy in front of Djarum Mei monument in Kampung Jati Selatan, Klender, East Jakarta, on Sunday. To commemorate the 1998 tragedy and the 15th anniversary of the reform movement in Indonesia, the National Commission on Violence against Women held a tour to a number of key sites ...

Tanzania Shein Roots for Strong Ties With Indonesia Denmark

All Africa - Sunday 19th May, 2013

President Ali Mohamed Shein has said that Zanzibar needs stronger relations with development partners including Indonesia and Demark to achieve its development goals. In separate meeting with Indonesia ambassador Mr Zakaria Anshar, and Denmark envoy Mr Johnny Flento, Shein said Zanzibar has been recording admirable progress in development programmes but support remains important. According to ...

Universal ideals camaraderie bind Indo-StarTrek

The Jakarta Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Growing up with the Cold War, the space race and watching men landing on the Moon, Berthold Sinaulan found himself captivated when he first saw Star Trek on television."I was a junior high school student when I saw the show, then aired by [government broadcast company] TVRI. It was on a black-and-white television, but it was very colorful to me," 54-year-old Berthold told The Jakarta ...

Tourist dies in Indonesia after drinking tainted alcohol

One News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Supplied A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was travelling with a fellow Briton through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident. The pair, accompanied by a third tourist, drank four ...

Government Officers Depart To UK And Indonesia

BruDirect - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Bandar Seri Begawan - Two senior officers from the office of the Malay Islamic Monarchy (MIB) Executive council Secretariat have left for Indonesia to attend an international seminar entitled 'Historical Awareness through Strengthening the National Pillars towards a Smart and Civilised ...

Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria’s deputy FM

Jakarta Informer - Saturday 18th May, 2013

The office of Syria’s deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province. The office says Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad’s … Full News here ...

Rescuers spot bodies say chances of finding survivors declining at collapsed Indonesian mine

Canada.com - Saturday 18th May, 2013

In this photo taken and released by PT Freeport Indonesia Friday, May 17, 2013, the Indonesian unit of Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, rescuers gather inside a tunnel that collapsed on Tuesday morning as they continue their attempt to rescue trapped workers at Big Gossan mining area in Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia. Mining activities at a giant U.S.-owned gold and ...

Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead

San Diego Union-Tribune - Saturday 18th May, 2013

CAIRO -; Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart ...

Fired Mancini thanks City fans in newspaper advert

General Sources - Saturday 18th May, 2013

View Photo FILE - A Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo from files showing Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini holding aloft the English FA Cup Trophy as he celebrates ...