S'pore welcomes RI maid protection<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has welcomed moves by the
\nIndonesian embassy here to protect the thousands of Indonesian
\nmaids working in the city-state, although it stressed it was not
\nconsulted on the moves.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian embassy announced plans to introduce an
\naccreditation system for foreign domestic worker agencies last
\nweek but only informed the government on Tuesday, Singapore's
\nManpower Ministry said in a statement released on late Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The embassy said 90 Indonesian maids have died in Singapore
\nsince 1999, many as a result of falling from high-rise
\napartments.<\/p>\n
Foreign maids, mostly poor women from the Philippines,
\nIndonesia and Sri Lanka, allow Singaporean couples to take full-
\ntime jobs in a country recognized as having one of the highest
\nliving standards in Asia. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-Myanmar-USA-sanction
\nMyanmar condemns new US sanctions
\nJP\/9\/ATW<\/p>\n
Yangon condemns new U.S. sanctions<\/p>\n
MYANMAR: One of Myanmar's top generals on Thursday lashed out at
\nthe United States for introducing tough new sanctions, saying it
\nwas an "abuse of human rights" which would result in social and
\nmoral decay.<\/p>\n
"Trying to push the people of a nation into deep poverty like
\nthis is abuse of human rights," military intelligence chief Gen.
\nKhin Nyunt was quoted as saying in the state-owned New Light of
\nMyanmar.<\/p>\n
Khin Nyunt, one of the three senior generals who control the
\ncountry, said the ban on all imports from Myanmar would bring
\nabout "unemployment and recession" and put women at risk of
\nsexual exploitation.<\/p>\n
The sanctions, effective from next month, include a ban on all
\nimports from the Southeast Asian nation worth about US$356
\nmillion annually and are particularly aimed at the crucial
\ntextile trade in an economy near-collapse. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-Cambodia-election
\nHun Sen warns rival parties
\nJP\/9\/ATW<\/p>\n
Hun Sen warns rival parties<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Hun Sen hardened his rhetoric on
\nThursday after weekend elections, claiming opposition parties
\nwould be making "a big mistake" if they interrupted the
\ntransition of government.<\/p>\n
He again warned against any attempt to establish an
\nalternative government in the wake of his Cambodian People's
\nParty's (CPP) overwhelming performance at the polls, saying that
\nwould be a betrayal of the people's decision.<\/p>\n
The opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) has called for a
\ntripartite government to be established with elected members from
\nthe CPP and the royalist FUNCINPEC party but on the condition
\nthat Hun Sen does not serve as prime minister.<\/p>\n
According to the preliminary count of the entire countrywide
\nvote by the National Election Committee (NEC), the CPP won 47.28
\npercent, the SRP 21.89 percent and FUNCINPEC 20.75 percent. The
\nremainder of the votes went to the 19 smaller parties that also
\nfielded candidates in the election. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-Nepal-Landslide
\nMonsoon rains trigger landslides in Nepal, killing 27
\nJP\/9\/ATW<\/p>\n
Landslides kill 27 people<\/p>\n
NEPAL: Monsoon rains triggered landslides in Nepal, blocking a
\nkey highway, burying houses and killing at least 27 villagers
\nover two days, an official said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The new fatalities took the death toll across South Asia to
\n794 in floods, landslides and lightning strikes caused by the
\nmonsoon rains. There have been 333 deaths in India, 181 in
\nBangladesh, 112 in Nepal, and 168 in Pakistan. Millions are
\nhomeless across the subcontinent.<\/p>\n
A landslide in Nepal on Thursday destroyed at least eight
\nhouses and killed 19 sleeping villagers in Manakamana village,
\n120 kilometers west of the capital, Katmandu, said Lekhnath
\nPokhrel of the government's Natural Calamity and Disaster
\nManagement Center in Katmandu.<\/p>\n
Fifty rescuers have reached the village and were helping the
\nsurvivors. Foul weather prevented rescue helicopter from reaching
\nthe area. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ-USA
\nVenezuela's Chavez to U.S
\nJP\/9\/ATW<\/p>\n
Chavez rejects U.S. meddling<\/p>\n
VENEZUELA: President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday warned the United
\nStates not to meddle in his country's affairs following comments
\nby a U.S. official about a possible referendum on his rule.<\/p>\n
"I have to remind the U.S. one more time that they have no
\nright to express their opinion ... we are an independent country
\nnot a colony of North America," the president told thousands of
\ncheering supporters during a street rally.<\/p>\n
Chavez, who survived a coup in 2002 and later outlasted a two-
\nmonth opposition strike, now faces a campaign for a recall
\nreferendum from foes who accuse him of dictatorial rule in the
\nworld's No. 5 oil exporter.<\/p>\n
The outspoken ex-army paratrooper elected in 1998 has often
\nriled Washington with his fierce populist, anti-capitalist
\nrhetoric and close ties with states such as Communist Cuba.<\/p>\n
His comments followed remarks made by State Department
\nspokesman Richard Boucher urging the government and opposition to
\nrespect an accord they signed in May on the possible referendum
\non Chavez's rule. --Reuters<\/p>",
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