Maoist Attack Kills 7 in Central India

A politician in India’s central state of Chhattisgarh says at least seven Congress Party workers were killed when Maoist rebels attacked his convoy. Chhattisgarh Congress Party leader Nand Kumar Patel told reporters Wednesday that his convoy of some 20 vehicles was attacked in a roadside explosion that missed his vehicle but destroyed those behind him. […]

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Myanmar calls off import ban on Thai goods

BANGKOK, July 17 – Myanmar’s Commerce Ministry annulled its import ban on 15 Thai items from Thailand, according to Thailand’s director-general of Trade Negotiations Department. Ms Srirat Rastapana said the 15 types of merchandise were fresh fruits, monosodium glutamate (MSG), chewing gum, sweet drinks and other beverages, crackers, wafers, cake, canned food, instant noodles, liquor, […]

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Offshore helicopter crash kills 3 in Myanmar

Yangon – A helicopter serving Myanmar’s offshore gas industry crashed Monday, killing three people, an industry source said. The helicopter carrying a pilot, co-pilot and 10 passengers for Petronas Malaysia crashed in the Andaman Sea soon after taking off from a floating storage facility for the Yetagun gas field, an official who did not want […]

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Scores Killed in India Train Accidents

Two passenger trains in India were derailed in separate incidents Sunday, leaving at least 67 people dead and about 200 others injured. All of the fatalities occurred in a derailment in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Rescuers were searching Monday for more survivors in the wreckage of the Kalka Mail train that jumped the […]

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