Panicked diplomats 'call in sick' to avoid speaking English

JAKARTA: The head of Indonesia's foreign affairs department has expressed concern that some of its diplomatic attaches have such a poor command of English they "freak out" and regularly cancel appointments.

Indonesia envoys lie low to hide bad grasp of English

SOME Indonesian diplomatic attaches have such a poor command of English they "freak out" and regularly cancel appointments, according to the secretary-general of the country's foreign affairs department.

Qantas vulnerable in fight for government travel

MORE than a dozen airlines and large travel-management consultancies will find out within weeks whether they have broken Qantas' stranglehold on the federal government's $500 million a year travel budget.

Qantas anxious as rival airlines fight for government travel business

MORE than a dozen airlines and large travel-management consultancies will find out soon whether they have broken Qantas's stranglehold on the federal government's $500 million-a year travel budget.

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EXCESS baggage is the blight of air travel. You know the problems: it costs you an arm and a leg, you have to join another queue, your partner shouts at you for buying too many books, and, if you are as heavy as I used to be, you worry each time you go to the airport that you will be charged extra just for being yourself.

Rio might tweak deal to pre-empt FIRB, investor concerns

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