Damien Kingsbury

                   

Security Meet

lankabusinessonline.com     Jul 17, 2008   1 related          

SINGAPORE, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - From Pakistan to Sri Lanka and southern Thailand, people are dying in Asia's numerous conflict zones -- but progress in resolving the unrest is unlikely at Asia's main security meet next week,...                

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dw-world.de: Pro-independence protesters took to the streets of East Timor in 1999 and were brutally crushed by the Indonesian army -- hundreds died dw-world.de

Indonesia Regrets Human Rights Violations in East Timor

dw-world.de     Jul 15, 2008   105 related          

Indonesia has acknowledged that its state institutions carried out gross human rights violations during East Timor's 1999 vote for independence. The admission came after a bilateral commission submitted its findings, blaming...                

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Ramos-Horta withdraws from pursuit of UN job

abc.net.au     Jun 27, 2008   86 related          

Jose Ramos-Horta is to stay on as President of East Timor despite suggestions that he was preparing to take over the human rights job from the former Canadian supreme court judge Louise Arbour when her term expires next week.                

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Indonesia's army to bid a farewell to business

thestar.com.my     May 15, 2008          

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's powerful military, pushed out of politics a decade ago when Indonesians embraced democracy, must soon relinquish another prize: a motley array of businesses including golf courses, offices, and taxi firms. The overhaul of the military, known by its Indonesian...                

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Tsunami offers lessons for Myanmar aid effort

terradaily.com     May 12, 2008   5 related          

Jakarta (AFP) May 8, 2008 - A region closed to the press, a regime reticent to open its borders to aid workers, an overwhelming catastrophe -- there are worrying similarities between Myanmar's cyclone and the 2004 tsunami. ... File image of Indonesia's Banda Aceh area...                

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Calls for ASEAN to take action on Burma

abc.net.au     May 12, 2008   10 related          

Since Cyclone Nargis hit south-west Burma 10 days ago, the military government has infuriated foreign aid organisations by refusing to allow their experts in to the country. With increasing international frustration up to and including the UN, there's criticism of ASEAN; the Association of South...                

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Surging food prices bite across Asia

finanznachrichten.de     May 11, 2008   29 related          

SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the ... ... SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - Across Asia, workers made a campaign against high food prices their May Day battle...                

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Surging food prices bite across Asia

thenews.com.pk     May 9, 2008   30 related          

SYDNEY: From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the ... spectres of hunger and unrest, experts warn. A billion people in Asia are seriously affected by the surging costs of...                

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Surging food prices bite across Asia

terradaily.com     May 6, 2008   7 related          

Sydney (AFP) May 5, 2008 - From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the spectres of hunger and unrest, experts warn. ... by Staff Writers Sydney (AFP) May 5, 2008 From the...                

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Torch rallies thousands

theage.com.au     Apr 23, 2008   511 related          

EXCLUSIVE Fifty-bus pro-China convoy leaves Melbourne for Canberra torch rally. ... In one of the strongest displays of Chinese nationalism seen in Melbourne, about 3000 pro-Chinese Olympic torch relay supporters tonight boarded more than 50 buses destined for Canberra...                

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