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Borneo Bulletin Online
April 3, 2018
It gives participants confidence and experience in collaboration across ethnic, religious, and national boundaries by promoting mutual understanding between the peoples of Southeast Asia and the United States. The programme also aims to develop a shared sense of civic responsibility and commitmentÃâà...
Aspen Times
April 3, 2018
The trick is to redraw a state's electoral-district boundaries to cram Democrats all together in a small number of districts, leaving the GOP as the ... Around the country, allegations of gerrymandering abuses have spawned legal battles in at least four states, and the U.S. Supreme County is mulling over oneÃâà...
Ventures Africa
April 3, 2018
His solution to digitizing the CFTA is for African governments to initiate policies that would make it easier for data flows across national boundaries. “A heavy ... Asia is growing from its cheap labor beginnings to a continent abounding with digital innovations and economies driven by a creative population.
KPVI News 6
April 3, 2018
Government officials have accused the opposition coalition of using fake news to win votes and warned that any news about the indebted 1MDB state fund that has not been ... Other Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore and the Philippines, have also proposed laws to clamp down on fake news.
New York Times
April 2, 2018
Like the bill condemning misinformation, the proposal on voting boundaries was debated and passed in a matter of hours. Malaysia has been governed by a single coalition since independence. In 2013, the coalition, which is dominated by Mr. Najib's party, the United Malays National Organization, lost theÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
April 1, 2018
The reason is that even as China grows stronger, the contradictions of the country's one-party rule are likely to become more serious and the country more ... Several days earlier, something incredible happened: In India's Ladakh region, where the boundary with China has not been settled, more than 1,000Ãâà...
AZCentral.com
April 1, 2018
Arizona has gained at least one House seat in Congress following each census since 1960 because the state has gained population relative to other ... to lose out if the citizenship question leads to an undercount, said Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, an advocacy group.
Channel NewsAsia
April 1, 2018
Under a Base Erosion and Profit Shifting framework set up by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2016, one hundred national tax agencies including the IRS expect companies to use an "arm's length" approach to transfer pricing. That means, in the case of trademarkÃâà...
National Herald
March 30, 2018
Declaring that 'impunity recognises no boundaries', 20 prominent editors and media figures from a media rights network across South Asia, including India ... signed by Sanjoy Hazarika, International Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Mrinal Pande, National Herald, Navjivan and QaumiÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 30, 2018
The deputy minister's tweet went out on the same day Najib came under intense fire for pushing through controversial changes to the country's constituency boundaries in a move the opposition said was an attempt to “steal” the election. That move raised speculation parliament would be dissolved withinÃâà...
East Asia Forum
March 30, 2018
On 6 March 2018, Australia and Timor-Leste signed a landmark treaty that draws permanent maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea. ... More than 90 per cent of Timor-Leste's national budget comes from oil revenues from fields that will be depleted in less than five years, and the government will exhaustÃâà...
Asian Correspondent
March 30, 2018
Supporters of pro-democracy group Bersih protest against a controversial proposal to redraw electoral boundaries outside near the Parliament House in ... constituencies and recommend changes they may think necessary to ensure a balance in voter populations between all constituencies in the country.
WTOP
March 29, 2018
Parliament on Wednesday approved controversial new constituency boundaries for national elections due in August, but widely expected in the next few ... Government officials have accused the opposition coalition of using fake news to win votes and warned that any news about the indebted 1MDB stateÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 29, 2018
In the Kota Melaka constituency in Melaka state, an extra 28,000 voters have been moved in from the nearby Hang Tuah Jaya seat. The opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat won the seat in 2013, but is expected to lose with the redrawn boundaries, analysts say. They also say that with more Malay votersÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 28, 2018
Malaysia's parliament requires a simple majority of 112 votes to pass the electoral boundary changes. ... The 200-strong crowd gathered at the National Monument - a symbolic sculpture marking the country's fight for freedom just 500m away from Parliament - called for the withdrawal of the redelineatedÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 28, 2018
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's government on Wednesday pushed through controversial changes to the country's constituency boundaries, a move opposition ... Delegates attend a closed-door gathering of Malaysia's ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Kuala Lumpur. Photo:Ãâà...
Firstpost
March 19, 2018
Beijing: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will now be its key negotiator with India on the vexed border issue after Beijing promoted him to the post of State Councillor, the country's top diplomat, it was announced on Monday. Wang succeeds Yang Jiechi, China's senior-most diplomat, who until now was theÃâà...
Village Voice
March 17, 2018
He, too, entered the Shimmer, only to return about a year later in a near-catatonic state. As the group nears the ... To leave the boundaries of the Shimmer, the Asian humanoid must adopt a white body via a shift from nonhuman to human, a binary coded as nonwhite and white. In doing so, Garland reversesÃâà...
Asia Times
March 16, 2018
In 1947, when Britain was facing political, de-colonization and economic challenges, it decided to divide the South Asian subcontinent into two separate ... In August, on the floor of the National Assembly, Achakzai clearly pointed out that the state of Pakistan was moving toward the center of conflict betweenÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 10, 2018
Barisan Nasional is made up of its linchpin party the United Malay National Organisation (Umno), the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), as well as ... election budget last October, Najib has criss-crossed the country to press his case as the most able steward of Southeast Asia's third largest economy.
Asia Times
March 10, 2018
Italian success stories are almost exclusively when a new venture uses creative means to get around the State and its local politicians such as Milan stock exchange ... There is already a movement in Italy to draft Draghi as a national unity candidate made up of Italy's top business, legal and political minds.
TODAYonline
March 10, 2018
With the annual session of China's rubber-stamp parliament entering its second and final week, Mr Xi will soon unveil key personnel appointments and a government restructuring that will indicate his priorities — such as a further blurring of the boundaries between the Chinese state and the rulingÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 10, 2018
We will talk about the people's economy, national economy, women, children, wages and efforts to mitigate the cost of living. It will cover a wide ... Meanwhile, the Election Commission has submitted its final report on the redelineation of electoral boundaries to Prime Minister Najib Razak. Its chairman MohdÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 10, 2018
PETALING JAYA/PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR ONLINE/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - With the country heading towards the general election and opposition coalition ... said its manifesto would touch on the economy, among other things, adding: "We will talk about the people's economy, national economy, women,Ãâà...
The Age
March 9, 2018
Although it did make concessions, Australia has been trying, in effect, to wrest away as much as it can of East Timor's only serious source of national income. For a wealthy nation that aspires to be a leader in a relatively poor region, this has not been a good look. Although the pact ends the boundaryÃâà...
WTOP
March 7, 2018
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Australia and East Timor signed a historic treaty drawing their maritime boundary Tuesday, ending years of bitter wrangling ... pipeline to the south coast of Timor would be a game changer and have a transformational impact on the socio-economic status of the country,” he said.
Nikkei Asian Review
March 7, 2018
"With this treaty, we open a new chapter in relations between Australia and Timor Leste," she said, using the neighboring country's official name in the local language. Agio Pereira, East Timor's deputy minister of the prime minister for the delimitation of borders, said treaty negotiations had been "tough" butÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
February 27, 2018
The state's new congressional boundaries have former candidates of the now old 1st district seat scrambling to find their political footing. Before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court approved the new congressional boundaries last week, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bob Brady's 1st Congressional district witnessedÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 13, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysia's opposition and an election watchdog submitted objections yesterday to the redrawing of some constituency boundaries, which they said would favour Prime Minister Najib ... Selangor is the country's richest and most populous state, with more than 2.3 million registered voters.
Delaware Gazette
December 31, 1999
Yet, Turkey remains the most democratic and secular country in the Islamic world. It has a capitalist economy, a strengthening middle class and a youthful population. Turkey's geostrategic position between Europe and Asia Minor made it an important NATO partner of the U.S. in the Cold War with the formerÃâà...
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
As government and opposition leaders criss-crossed the country this past month to prepare for the upcoming polls, Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to table new electoral maps next ... The Election Commission has said it can put into effect the new boundaries just days after they receive royal assent.
Nikkei Asian Review
December 31, 1999
Australia's previous reluctance to establish a maritime boundary with the East Timorese had earned a certain amount of criticism. Many, such as Tom Clarke, spokesman for the Timor Sea Justice Campaign, felt Canberra was strong-arming an impoverished, resource-dependent country that had recentlyÃâà...
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