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Golkar party Chairman Jusuf Kalla, who is also Indonesian vice president, delivers a speech during the special meeting of the party leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
Business   Jakarta   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Jusuf Kalla		  Jakarta Post 
Jusuf Kalla re-elected to lead CAPDI
Tue 21 May 2013
Former vice president Jusuf Kalla was re-elected as chairman of the Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI) for a third time at the second CAPDI International Conference in Makassar,... (photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim)
Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein attends the ASEAN meeting with Southeast Asian business leaders during the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore on Tuesday November 20, 2007.
Myanmar   Politics   USA   Wikipedia: Thein Sein   Photos		  my SA 
Myanmar leader to meet Obama but stalls on reforms
Sat 18 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action... (photo: (AP Photo/Romeo GACAD, POOL) / )
Myanmar's President Thein Sein, left, shakes hands with Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott as they meet at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, March 18, 2013.  BBC News  Fri 17 May 2013
Burma's Thein Sein heads to US for first state visit
Burma's President Thein Sein is heading to the US and will meet President Obama on Monday - in the first state visit by a Burmese leader since 1966. More than 20 political prisoners have been... (photo: AP / Mark Graham)
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Myanmar political prisoners who were released from Insein prison stand outside the gate of the facility Friday, May 17, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar.  Huffington Post  Fri 17 May 2013
Myanmar Pardons At Least 20 Political Prisoners Ahead Of U.S. State Visit
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's president pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on Friday, just ahead of an historic state visit to the United States that will highlight the two sides' improved... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
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Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar addresses the general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly. The Guardian Fri 17 May 2013
Myanmar leader frees prisoners ahead of US visit
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's president has pardoned political prisoners just ahead of a state visit to the United States, maintaining the momentum of warming ties... (photo: UN / Jennifer S Altman)
Myanmar   Photos   Prisoners   US   Wikipedia: Thein Sein
Blood pressure Jakarta Post Fri 17 May 2013
Fighting hypertension early before it kills you silently
Paper Edition | Page: 6 As you finish reading this article, some 75 people — near or far — will have died from hypertension. Am I exaggerating? Not at all, as globally,... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Health   Obesity   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Hypertension
An internally displaced Rohingya man pushes a rickshaw with children and belongings leaving a camp for displaced Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Thursday, May 16, 2013, ahead of Cyclone Mahasen. The Star Thu 16 May 2013
Cyclone Mahasen crosses Bangladesh coast, two dead
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Cyclone Mahasen started crossing Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, bearing down on the ports of Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, as... (photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Bangladesh   Burma   Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: Cyclone Mahasen
Bangladeshis carry their belongings and leash precious animals as they walk towards a cyclone shelter centre, ahead of the coming of tropical cyclone Mahasen, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Star Thu 16 May 2013
Bangladesh orders one million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said... (photo: AP / Anurup Titu)
Bangladesh   Cyclone Mahasen   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: Cyclone Mahasen
A Bangladeshi fisherman uses an anchored ropes of his boat to come on the banks of the river Kornofuli, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Skynews Wed 15 May 2013
Cyclone Threat To Bangladesh And Burma
Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Burma have been ordered to move to safety to avoid a cyclone travelling towards low-lying coastal areas. The UN is... (photo: AP / A.M.Ahad)
Bangladesh   Climate   Cyclone Mahasen   Photos   Wikipedia: Cyclone Mahasen


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The Ministry of Agriculture called in thousands of chicks in poultry farms for fear of transmission of the "bird flu" Bird Flu Outbreak Costs China £100m Each Day Orange News
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Real Madrid's President Florentino Perez pauses during a press conference at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Monday May 20, 2013. Mourinho and Real Madrid Parting Ways The New York Times
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The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari and his wife Smt. Salma Ansari being received by the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Mr. I. Sobirov, on their arrival at Tashkent-1 International Airport, Uzbekistan on May 21, 2013. Vice President Hamid Ansari leaves for a four-day official visit to Uzbekistan Newstrack India
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang gestures as he speaks during his visit to the Tata Consultancy Services office in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Li told Indian business leaders Tuesday that developing stronger economic ties between their two nations would have huge benefits for both sides. Chinese Premier visits TCS centre in Goregaon Newstrack India
U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell, speaks during inauguration of the American Business Corner (ABC) in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Similar centers have been set up in different parts of India to provide Indian business community information on U.S. companies and upcoming business opportunities. India's growth needs more opening, foreign funding: Powell Newstrack India
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