Tibetans blamed for failed talks

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Territorial deal signing suspended

"MANILA -- Triggered by attacks in certain areas in Mindanao, the Philippine government will no longer sign the controversial Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Press Secretary Jesus Dureza made the...

2003 Dept of Justice Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations

A recently released Justice Department memo, authored by John C. Yoo in 2003, is causing quite the controversy."The Justice Department in 2003 gave military interrogators broad authority to use extreme methods in questioning detainees and argued that wartime powers largely...

Indonesia, China to maintain good political ties

"In 2007, Indonesia and China had signed a number of documents on bilateral cooperation and they would enhance the cooperation this year, Indonesia`s Ambassador to China, Sudrajat, said here Sunday.In the political sector, Indonesian and Chinese Defence Ministers respectively...

Carrefour expects negotiations to buy Alfa stake completed shortly

""We have just signed a memorandum of understanding for the stake purchase. We hope an agreement can be reached over the next few days," Carrefour Indonesia corporate affairs director Irawan Kadarman told Thomson Financial.Earlier today, the company said it was planning to...

Indonesia, Timor Leste to sign MoU on food and drug supervision

""The MoU will be signed when Timor Leste`s prime minister visits Indonesia next January," Haerani of the Ministry of Home Affairs said.She made the remarks at a national seminar on management of border areas in Indonesia which was held in East Nusa Tenggara`s provincial...

Three RI companies to set up posphate acid factory in Morocco

""It`s a better way to meet our need for phosphate acid than having to import the finished product while Morocco also needs ammonia," Alwi said.Alwi who met the president to report the results of his work during the past few months and his work plans for the near future, said...

(AP) Military Probe Focuses on Iraq Contracts

I found this when actually searching for a probe into Iraq oil contract fraud. I have always had suspicions about these types of fraud going on in Iraq and this war, but you don't always know if something is fact or fiction. Well, when the military starts a "probe", there...