Interra Resources says unit, Goldpetrol Joint Operating Company Inc., has completed development well YNG 3236 and started drilling for oil recently in the Yenangyaung field in central Myanmar.
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Myanmar: Democracy leader released from house arrest
November 13th, 2010 |
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A Myanmar official says democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest has been lifted.
Hundreds of journalists, diplomats and supporters of the Nobel peace laureate rushed her Rangoon home as police removed barricades and military officials entered the house to read an official release order.
Alien torts: Trial trails
October 7th, 2010 |
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An American court blocks human-rights suits against businesses
WHEN lawyers for a group of Burmese villagers used an obscure American law in 1996 to sue Unocal, an oil company, for using forced labour and other abuses while constructing a pipeline in Myanmar, human-rights campaigners saw a new way of attacking companies (as opposed to their executives in person) for misdeeds abroad. A flurry of headline-grabbing suits followed. Nine Nigerians, including relatives of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a playwright, accused Shell of complicity in human-rights abuses. Vietnamese villagers sued Dow Chemical and others for injuries caused by the Agent Orange herbicide.
This avenue was abruptly closed recently when the second circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled on September 17th that corporations could not be held liable under the Alien Tort Claims Act for breaches of international law abroad. Businesses had long argued this, but no American court had ruled clearly on the issue before. Both companies and their accusers reckoned that the courts treated the principle of liability as a given. …
Interra Resources completes drilling of infill development well in Myanmar
September 22nd, 2010 |
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Oil producer Interra Resources says jointly-controlled entity, Goldpetrol Joint Operating Company Inc., has completed infill development well YNG 3235 in the Yenangyaung field in central Myanmar.
Interra Resources has a 60% interest in the petroleum recovery contract of the Yenangyaung field and also owns 60% of Goldpetrol which is the operator of the field.
Super Group records 101% jump in 2Q net profit to $19m
August 11th, 2010 |
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Super Group, the manufacturer and distributor of 3-in-1 coffee and other beverages, says it registered a 101% y-o-y increase in net profit to $18.9 million for the three months ended 30 June 2010 (2QFY2010) as demand for its products improve.
Group revenue grew 9% to $76.7 million in 2Q10 from $70.3 million in 2Q09 mainly driven by higher consumer goods sales which continued to see robust demand from Myanmar, Thailand, Mongolia and China.
Ntegrator wins 4 contracts worth total of $15.5m
August 10th, 2010 |
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Ntegrator International, the regional communications network specialist and systems integrator, says it has secured another four contracts worth $15.5m.
The deals expand on existing projects with repeat customers including Vietnam’s second largest telco operator, Viettel Corporation; Myanmar’s state-run telco, Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications; a cable TV provider in Myanmar, Forever Group Company Limited (FGCL); and a subsidiary of Singapore Power, SP Powerassets (SPPA).
India’s northeast can be regional bridge: Tharoor
April 9th, 2010 |
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Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Friday said India’s improving relations with countries of South Asia and South East Asia will accelerate development in the landlocked northeastern states.
“I see an opportunity for India to advance its national priorities in this region and its foreign policy in the wider region in one seamless approach,” [...]
Ramdev set to take Indian yoga to Myanmar, Pakistan
March 31st, 2010 |
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After conquering Nepal with his traditional brand of fitness pill – the Indian yoga, seer Ramdev is all set to take on Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan with his brand of exercises.
He will also use yoga as a tool to canvas for votes in the 2014 general elections in India, fielding candidates for [...]
Ramdev set to take Indian yoga to Myanmar, Pakistan
March 31st, 2010 |
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After conquering Nepal with his traditional brand of fitness pill – the Indian yoga, seer Ramdev is all set to take on Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan with his brand of exercises.
He will also use yoga as a tool to canvas for votes in the 2014 general elections in India, fielding candidates for [...]
Bird flu still a threat to human health: WHO
March 24th, 2010 |
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Avian influenza remains a threat to human health despite a decline in cases since a peak in 2006, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Wednesday.
WHO noted that so far this year, 21 human cases of H5N1, including seven deaths, have been reported.
“Sixteen of those were in Egypt, including five deaths, four in Vietnam, including one [...]
Tata Motors to set up heavy truck plant in Myanmar
March 22nd, 2010 |
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Tata Motors Monday signed a turnkey contract with Myanmar Automobile & Diesel Industries Limited, a government enterprise, to set up a heavy truck plant at Magwe, around 480 km from Yangon.
The project has been funded by a line of credit from the Indian government.
The facilities planned at the plant include a flexible chassis and frame [...]
Yoma Strategic Holdings posts smaller 3Q net loss of $0.42m
February 18th, 2010 |
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Yoma Strategic Holdings, the builder and developer of properties in Myanmar and China, says the group posted revenue of $5.31 million for 3QFY2010, an increase of 47% compared to $3.61 million recorded in the quarter ended 31 December 2008 (3QFY2009).
Ozomatli: Album & Tour Dates
February 10th, 2010 |
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Upcoming Ozomatli Album and Tour Dates
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Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli are set to release their new album, Fire Away April 20 on Mercer Street Records / Downtown Records.
Fire Away is the Grammy Award-winning band’s fifth studio full-length, and first for the NYC based Mercer Street Records / Downtown Records. Produced by acclaimed producer Tony Berg (Aimee Mann, Pete Yorn), Fire Away features eleven new Ozo songs.
Ozomatli’s music is a collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga.
2009 proved to be a busy year for Ozomatli, serving as U.S. cultural ambassadors with a U.S. sponsored State Department trip that included Ozomatli community outreach and performances in Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand. The band was also honored to play for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 32nd Annual Award Gala, held in Washington DC in September.
2010 looks to continue Ozomatli’s feverish pace. In addition to hitting the road in support of Fire Away, in February Ozomatli will be performing at the TED Conference and two shows in Hawaii. March brings two shows at the SXSW Festival in Austin, collaborating with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as well as the Boston Pops Orchestra for the 125th Pops Anniversary Celebration in early May, and once again serving as U.S. Cultural Ambassadors with a State Department trip to China and Mongolia.
Ozomatli Fire Away Track Listing
1. Are You Ready?
2. 45
3. It’s Only Paper
4. Elysian Persuasion
5. Gay Vatos In Love
6. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
7. It’s Only Time
8. Nadas Por Free
9. Malagasy Shock
10. Love Comes Down
11. Caballito
2010 Tour Dates
Feb 10 – Long Beach, CA (private show) TED Conference
Feb 19 – Honolulu, HI Pipeline Cafe
Feb 20 – Maui, HI Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Feb 24 – Los Angeles, CA (private) Gibson Showcase
Feb 26 – Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Feb 27 – Anaheim, CA House of Blues
March 5 – Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
March 6 – Scottsdale, AZ Martini Ranch
March 9 – Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep
March 10 – Breckenridge, CO Three20South
March 11 – Vail, CO Agave
March 12 – Aspen, CO Belly Up
March 14 – Ft. Collins, CO The Aggie
March 17 – Austin, TX SXSW
March 18 – Austin, TX SXSW
April 17 – Houston, TX World Stage
April 26 – Washington, DC 9:30 Club
April 27 – Baltimore, MD Ramshead Live
April 28 – Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
April 30 – New York, NY Highline Ballroom
May 1 – New York, NY Highline Ballroom
May 2 – Burlington, VT Higher Ground
May 4 – Chicago, IL House of Blues
May 5 – Urbana, IL Tryon Festival
May 7 – Boston, MA Boston Pops
May 8 – Boston, MA Boston Pops
May 14 – St. Louis MO St. Louis Symphony
Ntegrator bags follow-up contracts with regional telcos
January 26th, 2010 |
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Ntegrator International, the regional communications network specialists and systems integrators, says it has bagged three follow-up contracts with MobileOne, Viettel Import Export and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications as well as a fourth contract from Singapore Telecommunications for the purchase of a tester.
These four new contracts have increased Ntegrator’s total outstanding orders to $46.8 million. The newly secured contracts are expected to contribute positively to the group’s earnings in FY2010 and are scheduled to be completed in FY2010.
Annular solar eclipse begins in Delhi
January 15th, 2010 |
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The millennium’s longest annular solar eclipse began in the national capital Friday but fog and cloudy skies marred a clear view of the celestial spectacle.
Although seen only partially from here, it nevertheless enthralled enthusiastic onlookers who gathered to watch the celestial phenomenon at the Nehru Planetarium and other places where special arrangements were made to [...]
Swiber Holdings rated buy
December 16th, 2009 |
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AmResearch in a Dec 14 research report says: “Swiber has secured two letter of awards potentially worth up to a combined US$82 million from oil companies to provide offshore support vessels in South-East Asia. The first award is an extension of a contract in Myanmar to provide two vessels for five months. The other award involves a charter period of two to five years for four vessels to an undisclosed oil & gas company.
Myanmar junta chief’s future still uncertain: activists
December 13th, 2009 |
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As Myanmar gears up for rare elections due next year, eyes are turning to the fate of the country’s ageing military strongman, Than Shwe, and a possible succession, exiled activists say. Described by critics as reclusive, paranoid and deeply in thrall to astrology, the 76-year-old “Senior