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Malaysia to cut 500,000
foreign workers by 2009
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government is planning to send home up
to 500,000 foreign workers by 2009 in a bid to force employers here
to hire locals, according to a report Sunday.
The move follows a denial by the government
earlier this month that it had frozen the recruitment of workers
from India after reports quoted officials saying a ban was in place.
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Taiwan president to visit
disputed Spratly islands
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TAIPEI: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is planning a visit to the
Spratly islands in the South China Sea to underscore Taipei’s
claim to the disputed group, it was reported Sunday, in a move that
is sure to spark tensions in the region.
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Leaders head for Davos as
chilly winds whip world economy
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GENEVA: The icy Swiss mountains are to host the world’s business
and political elite this week for their annual gathering in Davos,
where the cooling temperature of the world economy is set to focus
minds.
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Health of Indonesia’s Suharto
improving, says doctors
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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s former dictator Suharto is improving in
hospital with medics training him to talk and reclaim control of his
muscles again ahead of a possible return home, doctors said Sunday.
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Malaysia gearing up for national polls–report
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has
started a new round of nationwide tours, according to reports
Sunday, in the clearest indication yet that national elections are
imminent.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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HAVANA: Cubans on Sunday cast show-of-support votes for a new
National Assembly which will choose the country’s president amid
doubts about whether ailing Fidel Castro will retake the reins of
the only communist government in the Americas.
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