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Spotlight on Alumni: Alumna Encop Sopia Blaizes the Trail for Indonesian Women in Politics

Spotlight on Alumni: Alumna Encop Sopia Blazes the Trail for Indonesian Women in Politics

EWC Alumna Encop Sopia at the 2008 EWC International Conference in Bali.




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Spotlight on Alumni: Nepal Chapter Raises Funds for Tsunami Survivors, Street Children, and Fosters International Ties with Alumni

Spotlight on Alumni: Nepal Chapter Raises Funds for Tsunami Survivors, Street Children, and Fosters International Ties with Alumni

Between raising funds for victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami, helping support educational programs for street children, and forging a sister-chapter relationship with alumni in Australia, the EWCA Nepal Alumni Chapter in Kathmandu has been busy carrying out the Center’s mission in South Asia.




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Tracking apps useful tool, but raise privacy fears

As governments around the world consider how to monitor novel coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stem the pandemic.




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Financial Institutions E-briefing: Asset Management Update: Taxation of rebates of trail commission on investment products

On 25 March, HMRC published a briefing on the tax treatment of payments of trail commission which is rebated to investors in collective investment schemes and other investment products such as life insurance policies. The briefing relates to any reb...




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Financial Institutions E-briefing: Asset Management Update: Taxation of rebates of trail commission on investment products - update

In our previous briefing we reported on HMRC’s recent briefing on the tax treatment of payments of trail commission rebated to...




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Upside-Down Apple-Pecan-Raisin Pie

From Nov 2009 Southern Living magazine. -- posted by Bren in LR




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Managing Fatigue in the Rail Transport Sector

Whether it is caused by a medical condition, working hours, shift patterns or personal circumstances, fatigue is a health and safety risk that can often be overlooked, but must be controlled by employers.  Many well-known major accidents such a...




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A search for the "Holy Grail" valuation graph continues

On 17th January 2018 the Court of Appeal dismissed a leaseholder’s appeal relating to the Upper Tribunal’s decision as to how one of the components of a valuation for a lease extension or collective freehold enfranchisement should be cal...




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Chief Justice of Indonesia Signs Human-Rights Training Agreement

Chief Justice of Indonesia Signs Human-Rights Training Agreement
HONOLULU (June 12) – The Chief Justice of Indonesia’s Supreme Court has signed a formal agreement with the East-West Center in Honolulu and the War Crimes Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley to expand the human-rights training that the two institutions have been providing to Indonesian law officials for several years through their joint Asian International Justice Initiative.

The Memorandum of Understanding signed at the East-West Center on June 6 details a five-year commitment to conduct training programs for Indonesian judges, prosecutors, police and the National Human Rights Commission in order to “improve knowledge of human rights standards and how they can be implemented and applied by key judicial actors to promote the rule of law and the effectiveness of human rights courts and investigations.”




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Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok

Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 9, 2008

Media contact:
Derek Ferrar
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org

A faculty of experts in the fields of human-rights advocacy and humanitarian law is slated to provide instruction starting May 11 at an advanced two-week training course in Bangkok, Thailand, on the key processes being used to address human-rights abuses in the Asia Pacific region.




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Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts

Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts
HONOLULU (May 29) -- A group of 30 nature reserve managers and conservation officials from across China are currently in Hawai‘i wrapping up an innovative month-long training program during which they have been meeting with their counterparts at nature reserves across the United States to learn about conservation management strategies.

Click here to watch a TV news report on the group's visit to Hanauma Bay marine preserve.




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Khmer Rouge Tribunal Receiving Training in International Law

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Receiving Training in International Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media contact:

Derek Ferrar
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org

HONOLULU (Feb. 4) -- The Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), a collaboration between the East-West Center in Hawaii and the War Crimes Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley, has begun a week and a half of training workshops in international law for all the judges of the Khmer Rouge war-crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.  The workshops are focusing on legal issues likely to play a central role in the tribunal’s upcoming trials.




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First 'Cross Strait' Energy Book Released

First ‘Cross Strait’ Energy Book Released
HONOLULU (June 5) –Energy Economics and Policy in Mainland China and Taiwan, the first book dealing with cross-strait energy issues, was recently published by the Beijing-based China Environmental Science Press.

Co-edited by East-West Center Senior Fellow ZhongXiang Zhang and Yunchang Jeffrey Bor of the Taipei-based Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, the over 300-page book comprises 20 chapters, including 13 from Mainland China, written by senior officials, leading experts and chief executives from 21 institutes in the Mainland and Taiwan. It offers in-depth analysis of issues related to coal and clean coal technologies, oil, natural gas, power generation, nuclear energy, energy conservation, renewable energy, energy security, environmental issues, and energy cooperation across the Taiwan Strait.




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Human Rights Professionals Receive Advanced Training in Women's and Children's Rights

More than 65 human rights and international law professionals from 18 countries participated in the Asian International Justice Initiative’s 2011 Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, which focused on issues related to the rights of women and children in the Asia Pacific region.

Richard Magnus, Singaporean Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, gives a keynote address.More than 65 human rights and international law professionals from 18 countries participated in the Asian International Justice Initiative’s 2011 Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, which focused on issues related to the rights of women and children in the Asia Pacific region.




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Timor Leste Election Observers Praise ‘Efficient and Transparent’ Voting

HONOLULU (July 16, 2012) – An international delegation of election observers who monitored the July 7 national parliamentary elections in Timor Leste has issued a preliminary statement congratulating the people of the that country for “an open and spirited electoral process… that generated high voter interest.”




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ASEAN Teachers and Officials Receive English Training in New Brunei-U.S. Enrichment Initiative

HONOLULU (Nov 15, 2012) – More than 50 teacher-trainers, officials and diplomats from nine Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries have arrived at the East-West Center for a month of intensive English-language education training as part of the new Brunei-U.S. English Language Enrichment Program for ASEAN.




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Hydrogen: Fuelling the next generation of rail travel?

Rail prides itself as being a green alternative to competing modes of transport, and with hydrogen-powered trains now a viable proposition, can this fuel a step-change in the pursuit of new low carbon rail services? There have been a number of recen...




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Transfer of private drains and sewers to the water and sewerage companies

Regulations to effect the transfer of virtually all private sewers and lateral drains to the water and sewerage companies have now been made, and will take effect on 1 July 2011. For the majority of installations, the transfer is planned to take eff...




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Austrian employment law training

Although there are similarities, it is dangerous to consider the German and Austrian employment law systems to be one and the same. Austrian law is distinct in many ways, most importantly in relation to probationary periods, the termination of emplo...




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Nordic (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) employment law training

This Nordic employment training course covers, in turn, an introduction to the employment law systems of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. We will also share the experience we have gained in assisting clients with their operations in the Nordic r...




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IHC HR e-briefing 100: the right to request time off for training or study the right to request time off for training or study

From today, a new right for employees to request time off work to undertake training or study applies to all businesses in England, Scotland or Wales with 250 or more employees. For employers familiar with the right to requ...




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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Sends ‘Strategic’ Praises to Xi Jinping

Customs official banished to a remote area after being caught smuggling.




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An Update On The KCBT-CBOT Wheat Spread And What It Is Telling Us About The Price Of The Grain




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Tax Journal - VAT deductibility for fund-raising: clarity at last

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Practical Implications of RMT v Serco Ltd and Aslef v London & Birmingham Railway Ltd

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EU implements further sanctions against Russia despite cease-fire in Ukraine

The EU has today published further sanctions against Russia, following agreement between the EU and the US that additional measures were required to respond to, what the EU and US view as, Russia’s continued efforts to destabilise the Ukraine....




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WWII veteran walks the walk for fundraising on V-E Day

Even though there were no major ceremonies across Europe, British veteran George Sutherland turned a determined walk into his own parade on Victory in Europe Day.




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Barca’s Samuel Umtiti suffers calf knock in second training session

France defender Samuel Umtiti has picked up a calf injury in just the second session since Barcelona returned to training from the coronavirus quarantine, the Spanish champions announced on Saturday. Barca said that Umiti picked up an injury to his right calf during Saturday’s training session at the club’s Joan Gamper facility, but did not
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UN: Guterres raises alarm about world happenings, coronavirus

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, says divisions and hatred still exist globally. Guterres made the remark on Friday in a video message to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The war claimed millions of lives. The UN chief warned that the coronavirus pandemic was aggravating the situation. He said it […]

UN: Guterres raises alarm about world happenings, coronavirus




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Pompeo vows US will guarantee passage through Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the US will guarantee free passage through the vital Strait of Hormuz, as he accused Iran of recent attacks on oil tankers and the downing of a US drone.




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El beso del traidor, 1ª Parte

La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día.




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Happy ending for pups in drain

Puppies Mario and Luigi gambolled on the grass just days after being rescued from a drain in Cato Manor. A third puppy remains missing.




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Final-year medical students say universities acting ‘recklessly’ over in-service training

Final-year medical students across the country are afraid to return to hospitals to complete their in-service training as Covid-19 continues to rapidly spread.




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Technician who hacked Gautrain IT system 'to steal R800m' from it's account sentenced to 10 years

Obakeng Israel Busang said it was rage that made him let outsiders gain access into Gautrain's system because he was angry at his boss and the human resources manager.




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Lipper U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Funds Take In Net New Money For The 10th Straight Week Paced By Money Market, Taxable Bond Funds



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Gov't Not to Raise Lawsuit against China with WTO...Pushes for $8 Mil. Aid Package with North Korea

The government is pushing forward with a plan worth US$8 million to help out vulnerable people in North Korea. Meanwhile it won't raise a lawsuit against China with the World Trade Organization in relation to the latter country's retaliatory measures after Korea's decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile defense system in its soil. Baek Tae-hyun, spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification, said on September 14, "We are reviewing a plan to give $8 milli...




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[Autumn Travel] Just 1 Hour away from Seoul Downtown by Airport Train

Beachgoing is not just for the summer. Nothing is romantic than walking on the beach with a loved one. What about the beach in the autumn? Walking on the beach on a cool breeze and sitting in a café with an ocean view may be something you don't want to miss.   If you long for a place where you can see the autumn sea and uninhabited islands, all you need to do is take the Airport Train from Seoul station or Gimpo Airport station. Within one hour, it will take you to Yeongjo...





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Legal Eye: Ukrainian IPOs

Over the years, Poland has worked to position itself as a strategic partner to Ukraine and its gateway to the European Union. One of these initiatives appears to be paying dividends. The efforts of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) to attract new fore...




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SFC raids multiple small caps in Hong Kong's largest financial raid

In May 2017, David Webb, an activist investor and former director of the Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Limited, issued a report titled "The Enigma Network: 50 stocks not to own". This report mapped out a complex web of cross-shareholdings between ...




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Not Tested, Not Protected, Badly Paid: Ukraine's Medics Speak Out

The Ukrainian government promised that all medical personnel would be tested for COVID-19 once every five days, but doctors have told RFE/RL that has not happened. Medics also said that there were shortages of protective gear and that government promises of increased pay have not been met.




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Georgia Summons Ambassador To Ukraine Back To Tbilisi After Saakashvili Appointment

Georgia summoned its ambassador to Ukraine back to Tbilisi in a sign of its displeasure over Kyiv’s decision to name Mikheil Saakashvili to a government reform body. 




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Russia's New Coronavirus Cases Top 10,000 For Sixth Straight Day

Russia registered more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the sixth day in a row -- an indication the spread of the virus inside the country remains serious despite a stringent lockdown-- as the Communist party leader called for the release of non-violent criminals from prison .




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Congressmen Raise Questions About Taliban's Commitment To February Agreement

The top members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee say an increase in violence in Afghanistan has raised questions about the Taliban’s commitment to an agreement it signed with the United States in February.




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Russia's 'Captain Tom': Stalingrad Veteran Raises Money Amid COVID-19 Battle

A 97-year-old Russian World War II veteran has been inspired by the fund-raising efforts of Captain Tom Moore. She says she can't walk around a garden to gather donations like the 100-year-old British veteran did, but she is posting war stories online every day to raise money for the families of Russian medics who have died fighting COVID-19.




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COVID-19: New Cases In Russia Top 10,000 For Seventh Straight Day

The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 275,000 with almost 4 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness.




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Les recettes des exportations de dattes devraient baisser de 150 MD

Les exportations de dattes devraient enregistrer,...




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Afrique: 190.000 personnes pourraient mourir de la pand�mie

Sur la base d'une mod�lisation, l'Oms estime que 190.000 personnes pourraient perdre la vie � cause du coronavirus qui infectera entre 29 � 44 millions d'Africains. ......




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Coronavirus - Impact on working capital and fundraising options - UK

Background The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is a public health crisis which has quickly developed into a deep economic crisis. Many businesses, particularly those in the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors, are facing a complete and indefinite c...




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Coronavirus - FCA announces additional measures to aid listed companies with fundraisings - UK

Listed companies and recapitalisation issuances The FCA has announced a series of measures aimed to assist companies in raising additional capital in response to the Coronavirus crisis, whilst at the same time aiming to retain appropriate protection...