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BIMP to implement $1B infra projects

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THE PHILIPPINES has agreed to carry out with Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia—known as a group as BIMP—12 priority infrastructure projects worth about $1 billion over the next two years. These projects, mainly related to transport systems and cross-border interconnection of power facilities, will be done…

American and Muslim band of Sufi mystics aims to go global

FEATURE 09/21/2009 DEPOK — With a discombobulating mix of blonde hair and ecstatic cries of “Allah, Allah!,” the members of Islamic band Debu sway on stage at a strip mall on the edge of Indonesia’s capital. Led by a clutch of American siblings, the band of adherents of Sufi Islamic mysticism have become a perennial hit during the holy month of Ramadan here in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country. The band — who live communally under the tutelage of a 60-something California-born Sufi teacher in Jakarta’s southern sprawl — make an often confusing blur of the lines between the West and Islam.

Police foil plot to kill Indonesian president

BEJI, Indonesia: A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gunbattle with…

Plot against president suspected

BEJI, Indonesia – A leading Southeast…

Indian official says 43 people killed in landslide

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China secrets agency says Rio spied for 6 years

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state…

NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan: military

KABUL (AFP) – A NATO soldier has been killed in an bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force announced Sunday, as the death…

Doubts raised that dead terrorist was top leader

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Police scrambled Sunday to identify the body of a suspected terrorist killed in a farmhouse gunbattle after discovering a plot to kill Indonesia’s president in a suicide car bombing. Forensics teams planned to collect DNA samples from family members of regional terror mastermind Noordin Muhammad Top, who was reportedly killed during a 16-hour firefight with officers in central Java on Saturday, said Dynno Chressbon, a government anti-terrorism adviser

Bangladesh to resume founding leader’s murder case

DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh's top court will soon hear appeals from army officers convicted eight years ago of killing the nation's founding leader, the attorney general…

Pakistani Taliban appear in turmoil after shootout

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan's Taliban appeared in turmoil Sunday after reports of a deadly shootout between contenders to replace the shadowy movement's leader, who is believed to have been killed in a US drone attack. Intelligence officials said Friday that Baitullah Mehsud, who had a five-million-dollar bounty on his head, was killed in the US missile attack. Pakistan's government says it is still seeking confirmation

Asian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top is dead: TV

BEJI, Indonesia (AFP) – Asian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top was killed during a…

Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian…

Taliban commander denies Mehsud dead: report

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A fellow…

Pakistanis admit helping in Mehsud missile strike

ISLAMABAD—Local intelligence officials…

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