REVISTA DE IMPRENSA ASITICA

Por uma perspetiva oriental da imprensa internacional

Editora: Catarina Severino Assistentes de edio: Madalena Lage Joo Terrenas

Ler mais: Mamnoon sworn in as 12th President of Pakistan (Dawn, 9 de setembro de 2013).

PAQUISTO III Pakistan will release former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as soon as this month to help advance peace efforts in neighbouring Afghanistan, Pakistans foreign policy chief said on Tuesday.
Ler mais: Pakistan to free top Taliban prisoner Mullah Baradar (Dawn, 10 de setembro de 2013).

PAQUISTO I President Asif Ali Zardari, one of the most powerful civilian presidents the country has ever had, stepped down on Sunday, leaving his official residence after a record five years in power.
Ler mais: Zardari ends tenure, treated to honour guard (Dawn, 8 de setembro de 2013).

NDIA Prime Minister's key economic advisor C Rangarajan today lowered the growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5.3 per cent from 6.4 per cent projected earlier and listed out host of measures including further liberalisation of FDI norms to improve economic condition.
Ler mais: PM panel lowers growth projection to 5.3% (The Statesman, 13 de setembro de 2013). 1

PAQUISTO II President-elect Mamnoon Hussain took oath of office on Monday as the 12th head of state. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at a ceremony held at the Presidency in the federal capital.

BANGLADESH International clothing makers have failed to reach a deal on the creation of a compensation fund for victims of two Bangladeshi factory disasters.

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Ler mais: No deal on Bangladesh garment disaster damages (The Daily Star, 13 de setembro de 2013).

Ler mais: Laos, Timor-Leste hold talks on bilateral ties (Vientiane Times, 11 de setembro de 2013).

MYANMAR Myanmar will draft a law to form court monitoring groups that will include media people, says the chairman of a parliamentary committee.
Ler mais: Myanmar to draft law to form court monitoring groups including media reps (Eleven Media, 8 de setembro de 2013).

TAILNDIA The proportion of students enrolling in universities through the schools' direct-admissions systems must be reduced, with more students being made to enter the system through the central entrance-examination channel, Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang said yesterday.
Ler mais: System of direct admission blocking reform, Chaturon says (The Nation, 13 de setembro de 2013).

LAOS - NDIA Laos and India yesterday pledged to deepen their relations and cooperation following discussions in Vientiane by a joint commission on bilateral cooperation.
Ler mais: Laos, India vow to deepen relations, cooperation (Vientiane Times, 10 de setembro de 2013).

VIETNAME Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luong Thanh Nghi, has said that Viet Nam welcomes Russia's proposal to place Syrian chemical weapons under international supervision.
Ler mais: VN supports Syria weapons proposal (Vietnam News, 13 de setembro de 2013). 2

LAOS TIMOR-LESTE Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and his visiting Timor -Leste counterpart Kay Rala Xanana Gusmo yesterday held talks on bilateral ties, pledging mutual support and assistance through bilateral and multilateral frameworks.

FILIPINAS Moro rebels holding a number of civilians in a coastal village in southern Philippines are demanding international mediation as fresh rounds of fire broke out between them and government forces on the third day of the standoff.

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Ler mais: Moro rebels want international mediators (The Star, 11 de setembro de 2013).

Ler mais: Koreas agree to reopen Gaeseong next Monday (The Korea Herald, 11 de setembro de 2013).

CHINA China will issue seven new state standards for elderly care to further protect the rights of old people, according to the Standardization Administration on Friday.
Ler mais: China to improve standards for elderly care (China Daily, 8 de setembro de 2013).

EUA - NEPAL After winning the bid to host the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo now faces a race against time. The nations capital beat its rivals, Istanbul and Madrid, as its compact Games plan and presumed organizational ability to deliver the event in a safe and secure manner was viewed very positively. Tokyo plans to build 11 new facilities while using some venues from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It will have seven years to make good on its promises.
Ler mais: Tokyo faces a race against time (The Yomiuri Shimbun, 11 de setembro de 2013).

EUA - NEPAL The US Embassy in Nepal on Thursday announced recipients of the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), the fund established to support preservation of cultural sites, cultural objects and forms of traditional cultural expression.
Ler mais: US Embassy succour recipients (The Kathmandu Post, 12 de setembro de 2013).

PENNSULA COREANA South and North Korea agreed Wednesday to resume the operation of a joint industrial complex in the communist country next week after a fivemonth hiatus, Seoul's unification ministry said.

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