• East Asia

    [Asian Books] By All Means Necessary

    By All Means Necessary How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World By Elizabeth Economy & Michael Levi | Oxford University Press | 2014 In By All Means Necessary, Elizabeth C. Economy and Michael Levi explore China’s unprecedented massive quest for natural resources and the global impact of Chinese growth.…

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  • South East Asia

    More fun in the Philippines

    Enjoy Boracay, El Nido, Maskara, Moriones, and more Filipinos are indeed a blessed people, and one of the reasons is their geography and climate being a tropical country. The seasons are generally divided into three: the hot season from March to May, the rainy season that runs from June to…

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  • West Asia

    Commemoration for Soma disaster

    A man sits during a commemoration gathering for the Soma mine disaster victims in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Twenty-five people, including mining company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.

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  • West Asia

    Lee Kun-hee, The Man behind Revolutions

    First comments I read in Arabic,on the death of Samsung Electronics Chairman; Mr. Lee Kun-hee, showed that he was the man behind revolutions. If we speak of Arab region, it is clear how every house, and each citizen might be expressing easily their own experiences with some products with the…

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  • East Asia

    Geisha girls

    Geisha girls parade down the streets toward Asakusa Shrine in the compound of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Friday, May 16, 2014, prior to the annual Sanja Festival, one of the three major festivals in Tokyo, scheduled on May 16-18.

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  • South East Asia

    [Asia Round-up] ASEAN displays solidarity as region suffers

    The Malaysia Airlines plane that has gone missing is testing relations among ASEAN friends. Vietnam responded quickly, deploying emergency officials to the area where the plane was last seen on radar. Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand had no nationals on board but are lending a helping hand to Malaysia. Two-thirds of…

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  • West Asia

    Five years to stay or leave

    The new minister of social affairs is trying to offer solutions for restricting, organizing and controlling the visa trade in Kuwait by limiting the duration of expatriates’ residency in Kuwait to five years. When I first read about it, I thought it was a joke and a waste of time…

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  • West Asia

    A gateway for Syria solution

    The Homs truce could be the gateway for a solution in Syria, despite some skepticism expressed by some people as opposition fighters make their way out of the troubled city following the deal brokered under United Nations sponsorship. Most skepticisms are fueled by questions about what is going to happen…

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  • West Asia

    Qatar to end sponsorship system for expat workers – Doha unveils labor reforms but no timetable

    DOHA: Qatar, host of the 2022 football World Cup, said yesterday it will abolish its controversial sponsorship system for foreign workers, whose treatment in the energy-rich state has stirred mounting international criticism. FIFA chief Sepp Blatter described the move as a “significant step,” but Amnesty International said it lacked substance…

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  • West Asia

    President renames excellence award; VP says march towards Vision 2021 will continue

    The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered that the Emirates Government Service Excellence Award be renamed the Mohammed bin Rashid Government Excellence Award as a tribute to the outstanding role played by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of…

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