• Who should be next US president?

    Voters on Tuesday will go to the polls to decide which man ― Mitt Romney or Barack Obama ― will occupy the White House for the next four years. President Obama is seeking re-election amidst an economy that hasn’t fully perked up since the recession that was under way when…

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  • East Asia

    Clash of two languages

    A Japanese professor was introducing himself to his new class at a university in Seoul. “I’m professor Seki and I’m going to teach you…” All the Korean students burst into uncontrollable laughter. “Is anything wrong?” Seki asks. “Your name, sir,”replies came from the still chuckling audience. The newcomer to Seoul…

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  • World

    Sandy’s leadership lesson

    For some crazy moment on Monday when “Frankenstorm” Sandy was threatening to tear a hole in our roof and I was sure we would lose power, I remembered a funny cartoon from the summer when a freak “Derecho” storm did rob us of power for two days. It featured a…

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  • Africa’s big boom

    PARIS ― Africa is undergoing a period of unprecedented economic growth. According to the Economist, six of the 10 fastest-growing countries in 2011 were in Africa. Average external debt on the continent has fallen from 63 percent of GDP in 2000 to 22.2 percent this year, while average inflation now…

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  • South East Asia

    [Indonesia Report] Indonesia will strengthen cooperation with Britain in energy resources

    Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s  visits to London last week will promote cooperation between Jakarta and London in the field of energy and resources. According toKompos.com,  Indonesian Minister of Natural and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik who accompanied the president said that Indonesian government asked for more investment from British Oil and Gas Companies. Development of Natural Resource…

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  • East Asia

    Impact of US election on Korea-US ties

    An examination of Seoul-Washington relations turns up patterns that may be useful in assessing the impact Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will have on Korea after the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday. Neither of the candidates has indicated that they would tamper with the Korea-U.S. alliance. Both candidates, backed by…

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  • I shall not want

    I can hear the strains of softly struck gongs and Tibetan singing bowls from within a monastery perched on a high plateau in Central Asia. The temple like structure is steeped in solemnity and the natural wood façade, at times, peeps through the clouds like a castle in a heavenly…

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  • South East Asia

    [Indonesia Report] Indonesia achieves record economic growth in 2012

    Indonesia has achieved a record economic growth in the period from January through September 2012 with export of more than US$ 1 billion per month. In 2012, Indonesia export to non-conventional countries raises sharply. Indonesia Central Statistic Bureau’s Chief, Suryamin, told Vivanews.com that in September Indonesia has recorded a trade surplus of US$ 552,9 million, compared…

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  • [Nuclear Symposium] The Fear of Nuclear Power

    It’s hard for me to say a definite opinion about using nuclear power in the middle east. Especially since most of them have plenty of sources like “Oil water, natural gas”, but Jordan suffers from lack of these resources. This lack in sources of nature, comes with the pettiness of…

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  • [Nuclear Symposium] The dilemma of Nuclear power

    Nuclear power and its usage have been a never-ending dilemma since its beginnings. Nuclear power is the usage of nuclear fission to produce electricity, power, and mass-destruction weapons. As you can see it can be used in utmost good or complete evil, it’s as they say “a double-edged weapon”, something…

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