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On This Day - August 4, 2000
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
FIFA to get to work on new selection system
FIFA to get to work on new selection system GENEVA (AP): FIFA has faced unprecedented criticism over the past month for the way it selects World Cup venues. This week, it hopes to start healing the scars left by the choice of Germany as host for the 2006 tournament.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Platinum metals fall from record highs
Platinum metals fall from record highs LONDON (Reuters): Platinum and palladium fell from their recent record highs on Thursday morning, but dealers said they could easily rally again if more rumors about Russian exports surface.Palladium fixed at $830.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
BoE keeps key rate unchanged
BoE keeps key rate unchanged LONDON (DPA): The Bank of England announced on Thursday it had left its key Base Rate unchanged at 6.00 per cent for the sixth month in succession. Analysts had been divided on whether rates would rise or remain unchanged.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Iranian reformist demands freedom
Iranian reformist demands freedom TEHRAN (AFP): A leading Iranian opposition figure jailed for taking part in a controversial political seminar abroad has demanded his release from prison, his lawyer said in a statement on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Firmer rupiah drives Asian currencies high
Firmer rupiah drives Asian currencies high SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): Asian currencies were firmer late on Thursday, basking in the Indonesian rupiah's ascent to a six-week high.Snapping out of its recent consolidation against the rupiah, the dollar skidded through one support level after another late...
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Politics played key role in military reshuffle
Politics played key role in military reshuffle The need for military support by the government and internal rivalry led to the latest military reshuffle, says military analyst Kusnanto Anggoro of the Jakarta-based Centre of Strategic and International Studies.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Zimbabwe's Mugabe vows to keep grabbing land
Zimbabwe's Mugabe vows to keep grabbing land BINDURA, Zimbabwe (Reuters): Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe thumbed his nose at world opinion on Thursday, vowing to extend the seizure of white farms and telling donors to keep their money.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Woman jailed for chocolate bar
Woman jailed for chocolate bar BANDUNG, West Java: A 30-year old woman has been forced to spend nearly a week in the Regol police precinct's cell for allegedly stealing three chocolate bars worth Rp 6,000 from a local supermarket.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Major league baseball results
Major league baseball results NEW YORK (Reuters): Results of Wednesday's Major League Baseball games:American League: Kansas City 4 NY Yankees 1 Minnesota 10 Baltimore 6 Oakland 5 Toronto 4 Detroit 5 Anaheim 3 Cleveland 5 Tampa Bay 3 Texas 7 Chi White Sox 2 Boston 5 Seattle 2National League: NY...
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Bricks laid for memorial
Bricks laid for memorial PHNOM PENH (AFP): Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy laid on Thursday the first brick of a controversial memorial to victims of an unsolved 1997 grenade attack on a political rally which left at least 16 of his followers dead.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Summit to touch on free trade, wars
Summit to touch on free trade, wars JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): African leaders gather in Namibia on Sunday for a Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit set to be dominated by a free trade pact and the collapsing peace deal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
GM opens automotive plant in Thailand
GM opens automotive plant in Thailand RAYONG, Thailand (DPA): General Motors (Thailand) opened a US$650 million automotive assembly plant in southeast Thailand on Thursday and called it a linchpin to the world's largest automotive company's expansion into the Asia Pacific region.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Anwar verdict postponed as supporters plan protest
Anwar verdict postponed as supporters plan protest KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Malaysian court postponed on Thursday the verdict in Anwar Ibrahim's sex trial a day before it was due, amid plans by supporters of the sacked deputy premier for a major protest on Friday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Allied forms Batam unit
Allied forms Batam unit SINGAPORE (AFX-ASIA): Allied Components International Ltd said it has formed a new unit, PT Allied Batam, in Batam, Indonesia.PT Allied Batam, which will have an authorized capital of US$290,000, is principally engaged in printed circuit board assembly.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Court sentences Zimbabwean to eight years for heroin
Court sentences Zimbabwean to eight years for heroin JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Thursday Zimbabwean national Mecksom Ramson, alias Baba, 37, to eight years in prison and fined him Rp 5 million (US$560) for selling heroin through a go-between in December last year.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Study: Plants talk to each other
Study: Plants talk to each other LONDON (Reuters): The language may be different but plants, like humans, talk to each other and warn of impending danger, according to a new study.New research by scientists at Kyoto University in Japan, published in the science journal Nature, describes how lima...
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Obsolete regulation
Obsolete regulation One of the few New Order regulations I considered reasonable at the time of its introduction in the late 1980s, when rich people used to fly to Singapore or other places just for shopping -- namely that residents had to pay an exit tax when departing this country -- is a...
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Thais to relocate Myanmar refugees
Thais to relocate Myanmar refugees MAE SOT, Thailand (AFP): Thai authorities will relocate 400 Myanmar refugees to a western border camp despite opposition from businessmen who fear the move may anger Yangon, National Security Council (NSC) chief Khachadpai Burusapatana said on Thursday.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
Online medicine changes liaison of doctors, patients
Online medicine changes liaison of doctors, patientsBy Justin Pope BOSTON (AP): Linda Hirsch's days of playing telephone tag with her doctor are over.When she wants to look at the results of her X-rays or medical tests, she uses a new program called PatientSite to download them on her home computer.
Fri, 04 Aug 2000
MPR's Annual Session to cost Rp 25.7 billion
MPR's Annual Session to cost Rp 25.7 billion JAKARTA (JP): The coming 10-day Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is expected to cost the state Rp 25.7 billion (US$2.8 million).More than half of the funds will be used for hotel accommodation for the 700 members of the Assembly.
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