YANGON, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is planning to move Laputta,one of the cyclone-hardest-hit coastal townships in southwestern Ayeyawaddy delta region, to a new location, reported 7-Day News Wednesday without specifying the place where the new
Seasonal flooding has started about a month earlier than usual in Vietnam's Mekong Delta rice basket, but should not affect an important harvest, state forecasters and a rice trader said.
Malaysia's highest court has allowed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to challenge his 1998 dismissal as a deputy prime minister, a surprise decision that his lawyer described Tuesday as 'very significant.
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra-a firm believer in astrology-said a coming realignment of stars will help defuse building political tension as anti-government protests entered a fourth week.
Sitting in a house where she is temporarily staying in Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border, Ma Gyee, a 28-year-old Burmese cyclone survivor, speaks in a low, heartrending voice: 'The aid sits at the compounds of the local township authorities," she said.
SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Maritime Capital Shipping plans to sell shares in a Singapore initial public offering at a price between S$1.24-S$1.46 each, a person with knowledge of the deal said Wednesday.
