By Prasto Wardoyo and Stanley Widianto MALANG, Indonesia (Reuters) -Dozens of Indonesian police were placed under investigation on Monday over a stampede at a soccer match that killed 125 people, as authorities sought to determine what caused one of the world’s deadliest stadium disasters and who was to blame. Panicked spectators were crushed on Saturday …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Monday accepted an apology tendered by former prime minister Imran Khan and dropped a contempt of court case against him, his defence lawyer said, a ruling that ease the threat to him of disqualification from politics. The Islamabad High Court had deferred Khan’s indictment over …
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(Reuters) – At least 125 people died over the weekend in Indonesia when a soccer match between two teams that were fierce rivals ended in a stampede, marking one of the world’s worst stadium disasters in recent decades. The incident in East Java province has sparked outrage and grief in Indonesia, where sports commentators and …
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(Reuters) – A soccer stampede in Indonesia killed at least 125 people on the weekend, with 32 children among them, officials said, as pressure builds on the Southeast Asian country to explain how one of the world’s worst stadium disasters unfolded. * Officers fired tear gas on Saturday night to disperse agitated supporters of the …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will give 50 million rupiah ($3,268) in compensation to the families of at least 125 people who died in a stampede at a football stadium at the weekend, a senior minister said. President Joko Widodo’s office intends to give out the funds within one or two days. ($1 = 15,300.0000 rupiah) …
By Syed Raza Hassan SEHWAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is overwhelmed. On a recent visit, Reuters witnessed hundreds of people crammed into rooms and corridors, desperately seeking treatment for malaria and other illnesses that are spreading fast after the country’s …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The armed forces of the United States and Philippines launched two weeks of joint naval exercises on Monday, reinforcing a close military alliance at a time of regional uncertainty over tensions between Washington and Beijing. KAMANDAG, an acronym in Filipino for “Cooperation of the warriors of the sea”, runs until Oct. 14, …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Emperor Naruhito is set to take a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test in early November to check there is no disease in his prostate, the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) said in a statement on Monday. Naruhito, 62, will take the MRI test after the result from a separate prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan launched its first English-language news, lifestyle and entertainment television channel on Monday to give it a bigger voice internationally at a time China when is squeezing the island’s footprint and seeking to assert sovereignty. The government-backed TaiwanPlus began operations last year as a mostly online streaming platform and has been strongly …
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(Reuters) – Indonesia’s Arema soccer club on Monday apologised to victims of a deadly stadium stampede, with its president Gilang Widya Pramana stating he was ready to take full responsibility for the events. At least 125 people were killed in the soccer stampede in the Indonesian city of Malang at the weekend, officials said, in …
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