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Palm up 8pc at 3-month high (Business Times (Malaysia))
JAKARTA: Malaysian palm futures extended a recent rally, climbing nearly 8 per cent to finish at a three-month high yesterday, on stronger crude oil prices and short-covering, traders said.
Gaza: Who loses? (The Manila Times)
Shlomo Ben Ami, former Israeli Foreign Minister, writing in the Jakarta Post on New Years Eve said everybody loses from the assault on Gaza, with rockets falling on southern Israel and Israeli politicians competing over who would offer the harshest response.
ASEAN charter's implementation is one of Indonesia's priorities: Minister (Philippine News Agency)
JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (PNA/Xinhua) -- Indonesia will put its efforts to prepare the basic arrangements and infrastructure of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) based on the grouping's recently adopted Charter as one of the priorities of the country's diplomacy in the region, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said.