REVISTA DE IMPRENSA ASITICA

Por uma perspetiva oriental da imprensa internacional

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

Ler mais: Terrorist attack, women ban mar biggest by-polls (Dawn, 23 de agosto de 2013).

MYANMAR Myanmar has ordered to strengthen its police forces and to take more security measures especially in border regions, according to police sources. The tightened security comes after reports about bomb threats in some regions and states and the entry of terrorists into the country and the Taliban's conducting of a military training course posted on the internet.
Ler mais: Myanmar police tighten security in border regions (Eleven Media, 21 de agosto de 2013).

PAQUISTO I Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed resolve of the government to eliminate terrorism, improve economy, address power crisis and pursue good neighbourly relations with all countries of the region including India for regional peace and prosperity.
Ler mais: Nawaz vows to eradicate terrorism, improve economy (Dawn, 19 de agosto de 2013).

TAILNDIA -PAQUISTO Pakistan and Thailand have agreed to enhance defence cooperation, a joint statement issued by the two countries at the end of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatras visit to Islamabad said.
Ler mais: Pakistan and Thailand to upgrade defence ties (Dawn, 22 de agosto de 2013).

PAQUISTO II The votes in the biggest ever by-elections in Pakistans history have now almost completely been counted. By and large the polls were conducted in an orderly manner although it has been marred by few allegations of rigging, terrorist attack on Pakistan Army troops and women being denied the right to vote.

SRI LANKA - NDIA Sri Lanka has started the process of handing over some nine Indian prisoners, undergoing life imprisonment here, to India under a SAARC exchange agreement, officials said on Thursday.

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Ler mais: Sri Lanka hands over Indian prisoners under exchange programme (The Hindu, 15 de agosto de 2013).

PENNSULA COREANA The two Koreas agreed Thursday to open talks on Friday in Panmunjeom to arrange the first reunions of separate families in nearly three years, further raising hopes for cross-border reconciliation.
Ler mais: Koreas to hold talks on family reunions Friday (The Korea Herald, 22 de agosto de 2013).

FILIPINAS CHINA The idea of doing away with their allocations under the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) has gained ground in the Senate, with 15 senators so far expressing support for the abolition of the pork barrel.
Ler mais: Countdown: 15 senators now seeking ban on pork (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 de agosto de 2013).

JAPO Tokyo Electric Power Co. is struggling to find out what exactly caused the massive radioactive water leak from a storage tank at its wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after the utility announced the leak Tuesday, and there were no indications that the leak had stopped.
Ler mais: TEPCO leak still mystery (The Yomiuri Shimbun, 22 de agosto de 2013). 2

CHINA Former senior official Bo Xilai denied bribery charges against him during the first day of the high-profile court hearing on Thursday.
Ler mais: Bo Xilai denies charges of bribery (China Daily, 23 de agosto de 2013).

JAPO RSSIA I Subcabinet-level foreign affairs officials of Japan and Russia kicked off talks here Monday, with attention being paid to whether the two nations can pave the way for major progress in their decades-old territorial dispute over four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido.
Ler mais: Talks start with Russia over N. isles (The Yomiuri Shimbun, 20 de agosto de 2013).

CHINA - EUA China and the United States aim to build more stable military ties by agreeing to expand exchanges and exercises, despite distrust over cybersecurity and recent tensions over territorial issues in waters near China, observers said.
Ler mais: Expanded exchanges to stabilize ties (China Daily, 21 de agosto de 2013).
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Japan and Russia have agreed at a meeting here of subcabinet-level officials that the leaders of their countries would hold talks in St. Petersburg on Sept. 5 on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit.
Ler mais: Abe, Putin to hold talks on Sept. 5 (The Yomiuri Shimbun, 21 de agosto de 2013).

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