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Appointment of CEO For Hawkins Group of Businesses

Monday, 20 May 2013, 4:50 pm | Hawkins Group

Geoff Hunt has been appointed CEO Hawkins Group to lead the next phase of growth and development for the businesses. More >>

NEC Asia Pacific’s Regional Retail Business Support Center

Monday, 20 May 2013, 4:25 pm | NEC Asia Pacific

(From left to right) Mr. Toshiya Matsuki, CEO NEC Asia Pacific; Mr. Manabu Kinoshita, Senior Vice-President, NEC Corporation; Mr. Shigeru Nakamura, Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency; Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Secretary General of the Ministry ... More >>

ADB Provides $100,000 to Marshall Islands For Drought Relief

Monday, 20 May 2013, 3:26 pm | Asian Development Bank

MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (20 May 2013) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $100,000 emergency grant to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to help fund drought relief efforts in the northern areas ... More >>

Polyplastics Launches Liquid Crystal Polymer LAPEROS

Monday, 20 May 2013, 1:04 pm | Polyplastics Co LTD

Polyplastics Co., Ltd. announced on May 16 the market launch of LAPEROS (R), a new brand of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) for electronic component applications. More >>

US Mission to UN: International Day Against Homophobia

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:57 am | US State Department

Today, as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, we rededicate ourselves to a basic but essential truth – that human rights are universal and must be protected for all. Homophobia, sadly, is present in every corner of our world. And, it ... More >>

President Ma Says Philippine Attack "Cold-Blooded Murder"

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:53 am | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

President Ma Ying-jeou said on May 17 that a Philippine government vessel's use of automatic weapons to strafe an unarmed and unprovocative fishing boat was "cold-blooded murder." More >>

US Statement Regarding French Polynesia

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:47 am | US State Department

U .S. Mission to the United Nations: Statement At a General Assembly Plenary Meeting On the Implementation of the Declaration On the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples More >>

President's Interagency Task Against Human Trafficking

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:43 am | US State Department

Remarks At the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons More >>

State of Emergency and Fighting In Northern Nigeria

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:35 am | US State Department

The United States is deeply concerned about the fighting in northeastern Nigeria following President Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states. We are also deeply concerned by credible allegations that ... More >>

U.S. Views On Population, Reproductive Health, and Rights

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:32 am | US State Department

Thank you, Maureen, for that kind introduction, and my thanks to the Funders Network for Population, Reproductive Health and Rights for inviting me to speak with you here today as you meet to consider this important agenda. Your mandate and the work ... More >>

U.S. Policy and Response to Humanitarian Crisis In Africa

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:25 am | US State Department

Thank you for that kind introduction, and for having me here today. And thank you for your decades of service to refugees in this country and around the world. More >>

Australian healthcare organisation signs contract with HSAG

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:18 am | HSA Global

The South Eastern Sydney Medicare Local (SESML) is working with integrated care experts HSAGlobal, who will support it in delivering better coordinated care across primary, secondary and community healthcare providers for the local population of 450,000. More >>

U.S. Envoy at U.N. on French Polynesia, Self-Determination

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:11 am | US State Department

The people of French Polynesia, through their democratically elected representatives, have made clear that they do not support this resolution. The newly-elected government, which takes office today, has notified the General Assembly that this resolution ... More >>

US State Department: Daily Press Briefing - May 17, 2013

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:11 am | US State Department

Activist Mazen Darwish Detained / Al-Nusrah Front Leader Muhammad Al-Jawlani, a Specially-designated Global Terrorist More >>

Obama Seeks More Funds for Asia-Pacific

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:10 am | US State Department

President Obama has asked Congress to approve $1.2 billion to support diplomatic and aid operations in countries in East Asia and the Pacific in fiscal year 2014. That is 7 percent more than the amount requested for fiscal 2012 and the largest ... More >>

Anniversary of U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:07 am | US State Department

When President Obama came into office, one of his priorities was to push forward and implement the U.S.-Colombia trade promotion agreement. Through hard work in both countries, we did it. And I’m pleased and honored to be here today to celebrate ... More >>

Remarks At the Roundtable On Wildlife Trafficking: Pretoria

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:40 am | US State Department

Under Secretary Hormats' Remarks At the Roundtable On Wildlife Trafficking At the University of Pretoria More >>

Arabic Week At Wyndham Grand Regency Doha Hotel

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:36 am | Wyndham Grand Regency

Doha, Qatar (May 19, 2013) – Wyndham Grand Regency Hotel opens its doors to the Arabic food lovers from 18th till 24th of May 2013. The Arabic Week at Grand Gourmet restaurant, served in an open buffet, which had brought to you the best selective ... More >>

Sarawak Energy Awarded US$ 226 Million In Contracts

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:29 am | Bruno Manser Fund

Sarawak Energy Awarded US$ 226 Million In Contracts to Malaysian Chief Minister’s Family Malaysian power supplier’s Norwegian CEO asked to resign over corruption allegations (KUCHING, SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, the Norwegian ... More >>

Papua New Guinea's Plan to Resume Death Penalty A Setback

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:29 am | UN News

The United Nations human rights office today expressed serious concern over Papua New Guinea’s announcement that it will resume the death penalty more than half a century since it last carried out an execution, stressing this would represent ... More >>

Countries Must Repeal Laws That Discriminate Against LGBT

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:28 am | UN News

Marking the International Day Against Homophobia, United Nations officials today issued a call on Governments worldwide to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and strike laws that discriminate against them. More >>

Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 1.5 Million Mark

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:25 am | UN News

The United Nations refugee agency announced today that the number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape conflict has passed the 1.5 million mark, while warning that the widening gap between the needs and resources available is becoming ... More >>

Bangladesh Work Safety Accord Signed by Major Companies

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:23 am | UN News

The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the decision of dozens of international companies to sign on to an fire-and-safety agreement in the aftermath of the deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh, while calling for additional actions to overhaul ... More >>

Launch of Amnesty International Report 2013: State of the Wo

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:22 am | Amnesty International

The Amnesty International Annual Report 2013 will launch on Thursday 23 May 2013 at 11.01am NZST. More >>

Eight Countries To Combat Illegal Trade in Elephant Ivory

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:22 am | UN News

Eight countries identified as being the most affected by the illegal trade in elephant ivory have submitted national action plans to the United Nations-backed treaty for the conservation of endangered species containing measures to combat the scourge. More >>

Government Recognizes Customary Forests

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:19 am | The Jakarta Post

Jakarta -- The government was due to begin mapping areas defined as customary and state forests following the Constitutional Court’s ruling that rendered the government’s ownership of customary forests void, a top forestry official has said. More >>

French Polynesia Added to UN Decolonization List

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:16 am | UN News

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to place French Polynesia back on the UN list of territories that should be decolonized and requested the French Government to "facilitate rapid progress […] towards a self-determination process." More >>

SBY Calls On Freeport to Intensify Mine Rescue Efforts

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:14 am | The Jakarta Globe

Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. to step up rescue efforts at the world’s second-largest copper mine, where 23 people are unaccounted for after a tunnel collapsed, killing five ... More >>

Concern About Provocations after DPR Korea Missile Test

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:13 am | UN News

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his concern about provocations and tensions on the Korean Peninsula following reports that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched short-range guided missiles into the sea on Saturday. More >>

Hope and Time Running Out Or Trapped Freeport Workers

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:10 am | The Jakarta Post

About 23 PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) workers were still trapped in a landslide at the Bog Gossan training facility at the company’s site in Mimika, Papua, as of Saturday. More >>

Standing Tall For Landowner Rights

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:06 am | Walter Brasch

Julia Trigg Crawford of Direct, Texas, is the manager of a 650-acre farm that her grandfather first bought in 1948. The farm produces mostly corn, wheat, and soy. On its north border is the Red River; to the west is the Bois d’Arc Creek. More >>

Somalia and the Slippery Slope of ‘Jubbaland’

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:02 am | Abukar Arman

If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone—somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed—you are not alone. Due to the array of competing internal and external interest groups and ... More >>

Eleven Abahlali Members Arrested In Kwandengezi

Monday, 20 May 2013, 9:57 am | Abahlali baseMjondolo

The Abahlali baseMjondolo KwaNdengezi branch have vowed to challenge the authoritarian rule of the KwaNdengezi councillor Mduduzi Christian Ngcobo who is known as Ngola. More >>

Outcomes At World Technology Policy Forum

Monday, 20 May 2013, 9:48 am | US State Department

Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, led a U.S. delegation to the World Telecommunication/Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum (WTPF) in Geneva, Switzerland this week. More >>

Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

Saturday, 18 May 2013, 5:13 pm | Franklin Lamb

It’s not hard to find critics of the Assad government in the Governorate (Muhafazat) of Homs or for that matter, to varying degrees in Syria’s other thirteen Governorates according to Syrian analysts interviewed by this observer and reports from human ... More >>

Dialogue on Conflict, Peace and Security Issues

Saturday, 18 May 2013, 2:57 pm | Pacific Islands Forum

A regional dialogue for civil society organisations on conflict, peace, and security issues was held at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat from 6-10 May 2013. More >>

Embassy of Cuba - Upcoming Events

Saturday, 18 May 2013, 1:37 pm | Embassy of the Republic of Cuba

Huge Cuban hotel project demands designers May 13th A huge tourist investment aimed at building a large number of hotels on the keys off the northern Cuban coast demands the services of many designers from all companies, said the executive secretary of ... More >>

PWDA welcomes Coalition commitment to the NDIS

Saturday, 18 May 2013, 12:33 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the commitment by the Coalition to maintain the funding support for the NDIS (DisabilityCare) and ensure the scheme remains true to the principles of the Productivity Commission report. More >>

Excising Australia: When a Country Ceased to Be

Saturday, 18 May 2013, 11:18 am | Binoy Kampmark

It was a crime of sorts, perpetuated against the international community with a brazen disregard that has come to mark the politics of the country. On Thursday, the bill that had been promised excising the Australian mainland for the purposes of refugee ... More >>

International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia

Friday, 17 May 2013, 9:26 pm | International Labour Organisation

On International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says the ILO is stepping up efforts to eradicate workplace discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. Type: Statement When: 17 ... More >>

Suva Peace Vigil Dedicated to IDAHOT Today

Friday, 17 May 2013, 5:31 pm | British Council

The Suva Peace Vigil convened by FemLINKPacific at the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral in Suva every Thursday is dedicated to the commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) in collaboration with The Drodrolagi ... More >>

Budget Falls Flat On Tertiary Education

Friday, 17 May 2013, 4:32 pm | NZUSA

A post-Budget forum convened by student associations today ( Friday 17 May ) at Victoria University of Wellington has challenged the continued absence of vision for tertiary education shown in this year’s Budget. More >>

Tonga Celebrates Arrival of Broadband

Friday, 17 May 2013, 2:09 pm | Government of Tonga

NUKU’ALOFA, 17 th May 2013 ---- Today Tonga’s National ICT Day showcased the advent of high-speed internet in July, under the first phase of the Pacific Regional Connectivity Project supported by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). More >>

Taiwan Announces Further Sanctions Against Philippines

Friday, 17 May 2013, 1:09 pm | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

Premier Jiang Yi-huah announced Wednesday the initiation of a second wave of sanctions against the Philippines in retaliation for the fatal May 9 shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. More >>

Exclusive: Sarawak Dams to Flood 2,300 Km2 of Rainforests

Friday, 17 May 2013, 1:01 pm | Bruno Manser Fund

Exclusive: Sarawak Dams to Flood 2,300 Km2 of Rainforests, Displace Tens of Thousands of Natives 30,000 to 50,000 indigenous people to pay the price for Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s excessive dam plans in Malaysian Borneo (KUCHING, SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) ... More >>

Review: US State Dept 2012 Human Rights Report on West Papua

Friday, 17 May 2013, 12:58 pm | West Papua Advocacy Team

Comments On the U.S. Department of State's Annual Country Report On Human Rights For 2012 Concerning Indonesia/west Papua More >>

South Africa: Resisting Home Demolitions

Friday, 17 May 2013, 12:49 pm | Abahlali baseMjondolo

South Africa: By the Time You Read This, Our Homes May Have Already Been Demolished More >>

Tonga celebrates arrival of Broadband

Friday, 17 May 2013, 12:44 pm | World Bank

NUKU’ALOFA, 17th May 2013 ---- Today Tonga’s National ICT Day showcased the advent of high-speed internet in July, under the first phase of the Pacific Regional Connectivity Project supported by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). More >>

Tonga Celebrates Arrival of Broadband

Friday, 17 May 2013, 12:43 pm | World Bank

Fast Transport Facts For Your Regions - New NZTA Resource

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:58 am | New Zealand Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency has added a new set of easy-to-use transport statistics to the NZTA website, providing one-page snapshots of current data on crashes and casualties, registered vehicles, road lengths and vehicle kilometres travelled for all 67 New ... More >>

ACC Levies Higher than They Need to Be

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government is charging New Zealanders up to $2 billion more in ACC levies than it needs to so it can create the illusion of a surplus, says Labour’s ACC spokesperson Sue Moroney. More >>

Yemen: ICRC Confirms Safe Return of Staff Members

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:53 am | International Committee of the Red Cross

Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who had been held since the beginning of the week by armed individuals in the vicinity of Ja’ar, in Abyan governorate, are now safely back with their ... More >>

Camp Hurriya Residents’ Relocation to Albania

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:40 am | US State Department

On May 15 the first 14 Camp Hurriya residents departed Iraq for permanent relocation in Albania. The United States expresses its appreciation to the Government of Albania for its generous humanitarian gesture to accept 210 former Camp Hurriya residents. More >>

Guinea: Army Medical Corps Boosts Capacity to Treat Injured

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:36 am | International Committee of the Red Cross

Geneva/Conakry (ICRC) – Some 50 military doctors and nurses have just completed war-surgery training organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the army medical corps. The training took place at the army's surgical clinic ... More >>

SG Slade: 23rd Pacific Developing Countries Governors Mtng

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:33 am | Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

SG Slade's Remarks At the 23rd Pacific Developing Member Countries Governors Meeting with ADB Management More >>

South Sudan: UN Reinforces Peacekeeping in Pibor Town

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:31 am | UN News

Additional United Nations peacekeepers are on alert to protect civilians in the town of Pibor in South Sudan’s Jonglei state where the situation remains tense amid recent violence, looting and displacement, the Secretary-General’s spokesperson ... More >>

Rewards Are High If Fisheries Issues Negotiated Well In EPA

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:30 am | Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

The Pacific region’s Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union could be an important vehicle for sustainable development of our region. This is the message that was conveyed to the Pacific ACP Trade Ministers at their Meeting ... More >>

Day of Families: Importance of Intergenerational Solidarity

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:29 am | UN News

Supportive relationships between family members from different generations are more important now than ever before to face unemployment and other current social and economic challenges, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, marking the International ... More >>

General Assembly Demands Halt to All Violence in Syria

Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:28 am | UN News

Expressing grave concern at the continuing escalation of violence in Syria, the United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution reiterating its call for rapid progress on a political transition, “which represents the best opportunity to resolve ... More >>