The symbolic races in 2013 elections

MANILA, Philippines – If President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay have been campaigning like they are candidates on May 13, it's because the elections are, in many ways, about them. Surveys show it's in the bag for the President's men and women, with 9 of 12 Team PNoy bets ...

‘Bangsa Malaysia’ vote makes a bitter BN

ANALYSIS, May 8 ? The popular vote in Election 2013 tells the story of a “Bangsa Malaysia” generation voting for the first time and across racial lines, but for Barisan Nasional (BN), blaming Chinese voters is far more convenient to ensure unity and mask strategies that failed. Some three milli...

GE13 ‘partially free but not fair’, say think tanks

PUTRAJAYA, May 8 — Non-Barisan Nasional (BN) parties played on a very uneven field for Election 2013, said think tanks Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) and the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) today. The uneven playing field was caused by issues such as a media with a h...

GE13 an urban, not Chinese swing, say analysts

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — The outcome of Election 2013 was not simply the result of a “Chinese tsunami” as Datuk Seri Najib Razak has claimed but a major swing in the urban and middle-class electorate that saw Malaysia’s urban-rural rift widen, analysts have said. In their preliminary reading o...

Najib defends Utusan, dismisses urban-rural divide view

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak has dismissed polls data showing an urban-rural divide and defended Utusan Malaysia against accusations of racism after the Umno-owned paper blamed the Chinese for the coalition’s poor showing in the May 5 polls. The prime m...

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Nepal .?The president was careful not to ruffle any feathers, home and abroad, during his visit to India
NEW DELHI. Speaking at a welcome function organised by the Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee on Monday evening, President Ram Baran Yadav hit all the right notes.

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Older people keeping their jobs

SINGAPORE - More older people are keeping their jobs. The 2010 labour force survey has found that the employment rate for older workers aged 55 to 64 has gone up to 59 per cent. This, after holding steady at 57.2 per cent over the last two years during the economic downturn.

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Monetary expansion not in control

Pakistan KARACHI: Monetary expansion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year as reported by the State Bank on Tuesday grew at an alarmingly high rate of 8.6 per cent, reflecting uninterrupted government borrowing from banking system and the central bank.

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—Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman-elect Abraham Samad commenting on KPK’s agenda to go after Nunun Nurbaetie, a suspect in the case of bribery allegations in the election of BI Deputy Governor Miranda Swaray Goeltom.

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