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Cambodian Opposition Party to Hold Congress to Select Vice Presidents Cambodia’s main opposition party will hold a party congress next week to amend a crucial bylaw that allows the selection of three vice presidents in another bid to placate the country’s Ministry of Interior which rejected the party’s previous method of naming party leaders, a party official said Tuesday. |
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A former Indonesian education minister won the race for Jakarta governor on Wednesday after a polarising campaign that cast a shadow over Indonesia’s reputation for practicing a tolerant form of Islam. |
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Thailand’s next government will be tightly scrutinised for its adherence to a 20-year “national strategy” on social and economic development being drawn up under the current military government. http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/concerns-over-thailands-20-year-plan |
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Fifteen members of the Liberal Party (LP) allied with the super majority coalition in the House of Representatives have decided to steer clear of the impeachment complaints filed against President Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo. |
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Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi will pay official visits to four European countries at the end of April, followed by a trip to China in May, according to Zaw Htay, the deputy director general of the Office of the State Counsellor. http://www.dvb.no/news/suu-kyi-plans-visit-europe-china/75169 |
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It’s a quiet Sunday for Vice President Leni Robredo as she spent her first birthday as the country’s second top official by just staying at home. http://www.rappler.com/ newsbreak/inside-track/167728-vice-president-leni-robredo-52nd-birthday-celebration |
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Announcements:Regional Liberal Networks Meeting in 61st LI Congress (70th Anniversary Congress)Theme: Role of Regional Liberal Networks in Addressing Threats to Freedom |
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BURMA INDONESIA Megawati says surveys do not determine elections
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PHILIPPINES Why not decriminalize drug use? VP urges gov’t to study Portugal move April 23 2017 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net /891152/why-not-decriminalize-drug-use-vp-urges-govt-to-study-portugal-moveRobredo tells youth: Be ambassadors against online hate April 21 2017 http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/21/17/robredo-tells-youth-be-ambassadors-against-online-hate US: Trump going to Philippines Robredo receives honorary degree from Camarines Sur university THAILAND |
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