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DEVELOPMENT: Testing the Waters for an Embryonic Asian Investment Bank
A regional U.N. agency is up against two formidable adversaries - the United States and Japan - as it tries to drum up support among Asian and Pacific governments to create a new financial institution, the Asian Investment Bank (AIB).TSUNAMI IMPACT-ASIA: Rebuilding Still a Gargantuan Task
To convey the reconstruction challenge that faces tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka, Rachel Perera, a director on the government's post-tsunami rebuilding task force, talks about houses.TRADE: Single Export Dependency Bad for Asia’s Poorest – U.N. Official
Asia's poorest countries are facing a mounting challenge to benefit from the international free-trade regime due to the lack of diversity in their export sector, says a senior U.N. official.RIGHTS: Burma Still Not Free From Scourge of Forced Labour
Burma's military government is at the head of the pack of Asian regimes perpetuating the use of forced labour, a new global report reveals.RIGHTS: Burma Still Not Free From Scourge of Forced Labour
Burma's military government is at the head of the pack of Asian regimes perpetuating the use of forced labour, a new global report reveals.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Fake Drugs in Poor Nations Worry Health Experts
Despite the odds weighing heavily against it, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is placing its faith in the Internet to battle the alarming spread of counterfeit drugs in South-east Asia's poorest countries.HEALTH-SOUTH-EAST ASIA: New Bird Flu Alert As Hot Season Approaches
Just as Thailand began to celebrate a domestic triumph over the bird flu virus, other parts of South-east Asia had reason not to let their guard down over this killer disease. More so, since the heat and humidity that intensifies across the region in the months ahead creates an ideal condition for the virus to breed.WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Murdered Tamil Journalist, a Symbol of Courage
For Sri Lanka's reporters, World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday took on added poignancy this year due to one name, Dharmeratnam Sivaram - the South Asian island nation's best journalist on Tamil affairs.WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Thai On-Line Crusader Fights Silent Battle
'Prachatai', an on-line news website in Thai, is a name that barely registers on the radar of Thailand's mainstream media world. Yet, it is making waves in its own way and on World Press Freedom Day that falls on May 3, the on-line news portal shows the importance of a free press in a free society.WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Thai On-Line Crusader Fights Silent Battle
Every May 3 is dedicated to world press freedom, a day to remember and stress the importance of a free press in a free society. Yet, Somkiat Juntursima is a name that barely registers on the radar of Thailand's media world. Nor the publication he edits, 'Prachatai', an on-line news website in Thai.THAILAND: Rot Sets In With a Discredited Anti-Graft Body
As an alleged bribery scandal involving senior government officials and an U.S.-based company unfolds, Thai citizens will not be looking towards the country's independent anti-graft body for any favours.DEVELOPMENT: A Grim World Bank Prediction for Thailand’s Farmers
It's all bad news this year for Thailand's farming communities, from where the bulk of the country's poor come.POPULATION: Fast Growth in Asia’s Silver-Haired Generation Worries Experts
An enduring image that has helped to define Asian societies - of ageing parents being cared for by their grown-up children - is coming under scrutiny in the wake of the region's ballooning silver-haired generation.TECHNOLOGY: Developing Countries Not Immune From Cyber Crime – U.N.
When mobile phones in the Philippines, Vietnam and China were attacked by a computer virus in the second half of last year, the world's cyber sleuths realised they were up against a new form of cyber crime.POLITICS: U.N. Wants Strong Message Sent to ‘Perpetrators of Terror’
For the current global campaign against terrorism to succeed, governments must deliver a stark message to the perpetrators of such violence that they are on the losing side of a battle.POLITICS: Crime and Terrorism Interlinked, Says U.N.
A major U.N. conference began here Monday urging the international community to tighten the noose around organised crime syndicates and terrorism networks by combatting them together.POLITICS-THAILAND: Thaksin Launches Drug War III
By declaring another war against the country's narcotics trade, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra appears steeled in his determination to rid Thailand of illicit drugs.POLITICS: Burma Just Not Worth It, Scream South-east Asian Press
While South-east Asian governments give mixed messages about the fate of regional member Burma, there is little confusion about where leading sections of the region's press stand with regard to the debate about that military-ruled country.TRADE: Constitutional Crisis Looming Over Thai-U.S. FTA
If critics of the Thai government's international trade policies have their way, then the current negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between Bangkok and Washington could evolve into constitutional crisis for this South-east Asian nation.HEALTH-ASIA: Experts Use SARS Lessons for Bird Flu Preparedness
As public health experts lay the groundwork to combat a possible pandemic triggered by the lethal bird flu virus in Asia, they have an equally lethal infection that struck two years ago - SARS - to thank for the current state of readiness.TSUNAMI IMPACT: Sirens, Loudspeakers To Be Used for Killer Wave Warnings
Tourists heading to the beaches of Patong on this popular resort island are being exposed to something more than the pleasant sound of waves rolling off the Andaman Sea and crashing on the shore.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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