Indonesian flag carrier to expand international routes (People's Daily)
Indonesia's flag carrier Garuda will open 16 new royutes this year, comprising 13 domestic and three international routes, and add more aircraft to its fleet, the airline company announced Saturday. The new routes will begin gradual operation from Jan. 16, and will later be supported by 14 new Boeing 737-NG aircraft to be delivered in mid-2009. The new international routes will link Denpasar ...
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Former top spy cleared of Indonesian activist's poison murder (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Indonesian court on Wednesday cleared the former deputy head of the country's spy agency of masterminding the 2004 poisoning murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
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TIMELINE-Twists in murder case of Indonesia activist Munir (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
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China and Vietnam complete land border demarcation (Gulf Times)
HANOI: Vietnam and China said yesterday they had finished demarcating their land border, a diplomatic milestone for the Communist neighbours who fought a brief but brutal war along the frontier 30 years ago.
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News Asia-Pacific (Aljazeera)
An Indonesian court has acquitted a former spy of charges that he murdered Munir Thalib, an outspoken critic of the country's military, by poisoning him with arsenic while on a flight to Europe.
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Former top spy cleared of Indonesian activist's poison murder (TODAYonline)
Muchdi Purwopranjono (L), former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief, gestures during his trial in Jakarta in September.
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Qantas under siege over cartel (Herald Sun)
ANGRY freight companies and exporters plan to sue Qantas and other airlines for up to $80 million over the global price-fixing affair.
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16-12-2008: MAS among 13 facing freight price fixing charges (The Edge Daily)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) is among 13 airlines to be prosecuted by New Zealand’s Commerce Commission for alleged price fixing and long-term cartel behaviour in the freight market.
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N.Z. Regulator Files Charges in Airline Cartel Case (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects name of carrier in sixth paragraph.) Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand’s antitrust regulator filed proceedings against Air New Zealand Ltd ., Qantas Airways Ltd. and 11 other airlines alleging their cargo units acted as a cartel and unfairly increased prices.
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Alleged air freight conspiracy lands Qantas in court (The West Australian)
New Zealand authorities have launched action against Qantas for its role in a global air freight conspiracy, days after the airline was fined $A20 million at home. The Commerce Commission in New
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