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Myanmar's roadmap to undemocratic polls
The myanmar junta's "roadmap to democracy" looks increasingly paved with bad intentions, going by the harsh sentencing of activists, bloggers, journalists and poets in recent weeks for dissent. the crackdown is a clear attempt to stifle subversive.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

The end of an ngo era in cambodia
Cambodia is to place much tighter controls on the more than 2,000 non-governmental organizations and associations that operate in the country. prime minister hun sen has long complained of their constant criticism, and increased aid from china and.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

Comment : un tackles pillars of intolerance
A high-level conference on the "culture of peace" being held by the united nations this week offers world leaders a chance to seek moral and ethical solutions to the globe's "moral bankruptcy". xenophobia, gender and ethnic and racial discrimination.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

The russians are coming
A key group of central asian states is forming an international force "prepared to repel any threat". the move is widely viewed as a thinly disguised attempt by russia to expand its military presence and influence in the region. this overlooks the.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

A change of balance : the party's over
Keynesian intervention now seems the consensus choice for governments combating the economic crisis. this response requires turning a blind eye to balance sheets and questionable assumptions regarding countries expected to subsidize consumption.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

Paulson's lilliputian moment
Lehman brothers' bankruptcy highlights the folly of authority hearkening too avidly to the chattering classes and their favored bloviating pundits. as a new regime enters the white house, barack obama could do worse than carry a copy of gulliver's.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

China's new deal
China shows with its us$600 billion fiscal stimulus plan that it has grasped quicker than federal reserve chairman ben bernanke the futility of relying on interest rate cuts for rapid recovery. more, the spending involved may mark the beginning of.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

The mogambo guru : debt clock runs on borrowed time
Great depression expert ben bernanke may have made a great mistake in his road to expertise by studying the wrong end - the bust - rather than the boom that led to the misery of the 1930s. another mistake by the rate-cutting federal reserve chief is.. 0 Comment(s) - Asia times online - On 2008/11/14 at 01:30

Two girls blinded in afghan acid attack
Two men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school wednesday in the southern afghan city of kandahar, blinding at least two of them, military spokesmen said. 0 Comment(s) - Cnn - On 2008/11/14 at 00:30

U.s.: n. korea mustn't impede nuke inspections
North korea must allow international inspectors to take samples from its main nuclear complex as part of an agreement to verify its past nuclear activities, a u.s. spokesman said wednesday. 0 Comment(s) - Cnn - On 2008/11/14 at 00:30

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