Thailand lifts emergency laws - ABC Online
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:23:52 GMT

ABC Online Thailand has finally lifted emergency laws that have been in place in Bangkok since civil unrest in April and ... Emergency rule lifted in Bangkok TODAYonline

An alluring oasis of calm - NEWS.com.au
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:05:37 GMT

NEWS.com.au The main centre, George Town, 30 minutes north of the international airport, is a showcase of South- East Asia's largest collection of pre-World War II ...

South East Asia preview of 2011 - Telegraph.co.uk
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:47:41 GMT

preview of 2011 Telegraph.co.uk President Obama's review may have noted some coalition successes in isolated pockets in Kandahar, ... Transformative Year in Afghanistan Leaves Many Challenges for US in 2011 Voice of America Creative fixes for Afghanistan and worldwide jihadism World Tribune For CIA drone warriors, the future is death Asia Times Online Huffington Post (blog)  - GulfNews  - The Sun Daily

The Fertilizer Industry Has Invested US$40 Billion in Additional Capacity ... - Benzinga
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:54:51 GMT

Benzinga ... new capacity for the three main nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) in North Africa; West, South and East Asia ; and North and South America. ...

2010 morsels whet M&A appetite - AsiaOne
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:25:40 GMT

AsiaOne 'What it reflects is the capital accumulation that has taken place in South- east Asia because of all the business success. Therefore, the companies here ...

East Asian Weather Report for Thursday, December 23 - Radio Taiwan International
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:02:05 GMT

Weather Report for Thursday, December 23 Radio Taiwan International ... cloudy skies and temperatures ranging between 17 and 23 C. Kaohsiung in the south will have mostly clear skies with a high of 27 C. Elsewhere in Asia , ...

Russia's Sakhalin-1 Natural Gas Development - Benzinga
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:34:20 GMT

Benzinga By Taipan Daily In early 2009, Russia inaugurated its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant for East Asia at Sakhalin . After ramping up to three times ...

Myanmar major source and user of amphetamine drugs, says UN report - UN News Centre
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:41:20 GMT

UN News Centre Home to between 50 and 80 per cent of the estimated total number of ATS users in the whole of Asia , the issue of amphetamine-type stimulants in the East and ...

China leads decline in world rural poverty - AFP
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:58:37 GMT

AFP "This has been largely due to the extraordinarily fast decline in the numbers of rural poor in East Asia particularly China," the report said. ... Rural areas face challenges to eradicate extreme poverty BBC News U.N.: Most of world's poor in rural areas UPI.com Developing Countries Must 'Double' Food Production Inter Press Service Adnkronos International English  - ntdtv

McDonald's Analysis and Valuation - Seeking Alpha
Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:24:32 GMT

Seeking Alpha In fact, roughly half of their 1000 planned store openings this year are in East Asia , Africa, and the Middle East. These efforts are part of MCD's overall ... McDonald's Profit Margins Could Suffer on Rising Agricultural Prices Trefis (subscription)

HTC Aria Android 2.2 update out in South East Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan - AndroidOS.in (blog)
Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:58:29 GMT

, Hong Kong & Taiwan AndroidOS.in (blog) HTC has released the FroYo update for Android powered Aria in South East Asia , Hong Kong and Taiwan. While we are not quite sure that HTC ever launched Aria ... HTC Aria gets Android 2.2 Froyo in South East Asia Technology Perk

DNA tests confirm a previously unknown hominid species - Los Angeles Times
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:02:21 GMT

Los Angeles Times Researchers believe they ranged widely throughout East Asia and interbred with humans in the South Pacific. A molar from an early hominid species that ... UCSC researcher aids in discovery of new branch of human family tree San Jose Mercury News Researchers Decipher DNA of Mysterious Human Ancestor Spiegel Online Lesson from ancestors Daily Pioneer BBC News  - USA Today  - Deutsche Welle

Health Ministry: 17 percent of AIDS carriers over last decade were foreign ... - Ha'aretz
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:28:12 GMT

Ha'aretz 17 percent of AIDS carriers in Israel over the past decade were foreign migrants from Africa and east Asia , according to data released by the ...

Asia's baby shortage sets demographic timebomb ticking - AFP
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:10:56 GMT

baby shortage sets demographic timebomb ticking afp tokyo east Asia's booming economies have for years been the envy of the world, but a shortfall in one crucial area -- babies -- threatens to render ... New realities facing Asian exporters Business Times (subscription)

Campbell cancels trip to Asia due to health problem - Mainichi Daily News
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:51:18 GMT

due to health problem Mainichi Daily News Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, had planned to visit Tokyo on Friday and meet Japanese officials on Saturday to ... 'Japanese Militarists' Prepare for Reinvasion of Korea Worldmeets.us U.S. Builds Military Alliance With Japan, South Korea For War In The East OpEdNews China-Japan relations show signs of improvement China.org.cn World Socialist Web Site

A risen China reaches for power - Financial Times
Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:23:33 GMT

Financial Times Why, you can hear Beijing asking itself, should not China do the same in east Asia ? Such thoughts have seen several of China's neighbours Vietnam, ... How China, rest of world can get along CNN International

Kasit envisages super Silk Road - Bangkok Post
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:36:36 GMT

Bangkok Post Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has called for an upgrade of the traditional Silk Road linking East Asia with the Middle East as a way of strengthening links ... Afghanistan still a bump on Silk Superhighway, Thailand says Monsters and Critics.com Scholars from Asia and Middle East to foster links TODAYonline Kuwait taking part in 3rd Asia -Middle East Dialogue in Thailand TwoCircles.net Thai News Agency MCOT  - Bernama  - WAM - Emirates News Agency

$1 million for UVic business - Victoria Times Colonist
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:22:55 GMT

Victoria Times Colonist "Thanks to Mr. Jarislowsky's gift, we can give students a better understanding of the cultural nuances appropriate to business practices in East Asian ...

EDITORIAL: New defense strategy - Asahi Shimbun
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:02:46 GMT

Asahi Shimbun The security situation in East Asia is becoming increasingly unstable. Japan's shift from its traditional restrained stance to a policy of actively ... Defense strategy says China's rise is a 'concern' Asahi Shimbun New 'dynamic defense' policy aimed at China must be accompanied by broad ... Mainichi Daily News Asian stainless offers meet resistance Steel Business Briefing (subscription) Radio Australia  - Australia Network News

Japan's Sengoku Deflects Pressure From BOJ - Wall Street Journal
Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:13:26 GMT

Wall Street Journal ... phenomenon that convinces him that deflation is caused by the nation's proximity to lower-cost economies like China and the nations in South East Asia . ... Japan Agrees to Maintain Spending Level for US Military Bases Until 2015 Bloomberg