December 30, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. If Asians got together to name a person of the year, someone who brought surprise, intrigue and economic impact to the region, the choice would be obvious: Mother Nature. From earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand to floods [...]
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December 23, 2011
Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. If Asians got together to name a person of the year, someone who brought surprise, intrigue and economic impact to the region, the choice would be obvious: Mother Nature. From earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand to floods [...]
Tags: award, China, corruption, Gillard, Her Brother, India, Japan, Jong Il, Kim Jong, Mother Nature, Muddy Waters, nature, New zealand, Party, power, Prime minister, Sino Forest, Thailand, The region, William Pesek, world, Yingluck
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December 23, 2011
Alexandra Blachere, who heads an association of women with faulty breast implants, displays silicone gel breast implants during an interview in Paris December 20, 2011. Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to [...]
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December 23, 2011
The World Bank announced Tuesday it will allocate US$4.2 billion for a five-year strategy to support reforms and investments key to Vietnam’s transition to a middle-income country. Under the Vietnam Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for the 2012-2016 period, the funding will be given by the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional arm. [...]
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December 21, 2011
A woman reads the tabloid newspaper “The Mirror” in London. CNN chat show host Piers Morgan told the British press ethics inquiry that he had no reason to believe phone hacking went on at the Daily Mirror during his editorship. In a robust performance, Morgan refused to elaborate on the circumstances in which he heard [...]
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December 14, 2011
Vietnam's inflation is expected to slow to about 9 percent in 2012 and is under control, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the Consultative Group. Vietnam may undermine progress toward economic stability if it loosens monetary policy now, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank said as the nation struggles with the fastest inflation in [...]
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December 12, 2011
The World Health Organization describes primitive cooking stoves as the world’s top environmental killer On Thanksgiving, we cook and, if we’re doing it right, we give sincere thanks for being alive. But we rarely think of how the two really interact. We don’t recognize that in many parts of the world, cooking provides not [...]
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December 12, 2011
A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural wonder. A hike in admission fees for the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s foremost tourism site, has drawn a lot of flak, particularly over [...]
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December 9, 2011
Vietnam's chess ace Le Quang Liem (R) will compete at the 2011 World Mind Sports Games in Beijing from December 8-12. Photo by Kha Hoa. Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem will fly to China on Monday to compete at the 2011 World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) in Beijing from December 8-12. The [...]
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December 5, 2011
Ha Long Bay, recently listed as one of the new seven wonders of the world, should have higher admission fees commensurate with its prestige, Tuoi Tre quoted a local official as saying Saturday. Do Duc Thang, deputy chief of the bay’s management board, made the statement two days after the Quang Ninh People’s Committee began charging nearly twice as much [...]
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