World Bank Raises Forecast for China's Economy The New York Times | HONG KONG - The World Bank on Wednesday became the latest major institution to raise its forecast for growth in China, a reflection of the country's rapid rebound this year, though it cautioned that more policy adjustments would be necessary in the medium term to ensure that the recovery would be ...
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Loss of innocence The Star | Enforcement officers hot on the heels of sex traffickers in a bid to curb the thriving flesh trade in the Golden Triangle. | IN the stillness of a juvenile court, Naing, 15, stood motionless with a blank look on her face. She hardly heard the charges as they were being read out, overcome by numbne...
ASEAN-US meeting to discuss disaster control, flu prevention China Daily BANGKOK: The ASEAN-US Summit to be held after the Singapore APEC meeting in mid-November will discuss topics such as non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, disaster management, A(H1N1) flu influenza control, a Thai official said Tuesday. | The 9...
Loss of innocence The Star | Enforcement officers hot on the heels of sex traffickers in a bid to curb the thriving flesh trade in the Golden Triangle. | IN the stillness of a juvenile court, Naing, 15, stood motionless with a blank look on her face. She hardly heard the charg...
Head to head Inquirer | President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had to attend a birthday party in Pampanga, and so she missed the opening of the 15th ASEAN Summit in Thailand. Three other ASEAN leaders were late, but with good excuses: Hun Sen of Cambodia had to conclude an off...
Rice tariffs snarl ASEAN single market Asia Times | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | CHA-AM, Thailand - Rice, the staple dish across Southeast Asia, has emerged as an apt symbol of the region's commitment - or lack of it - to unveiling a free-trade area for its 10 members when the new year dawns. | A trade...
ASEAN Summit Ends With Pledge to Build Flexible Community Voa News | Meetings of Southeast Asian leaders and their dialogue partners have ended with a pledge to build a more flexible economic community that is less dependent on the United States. There were also some hopeful signs of political change in milita...
E. Asia, ASEAN cooperate for common good China Daily | Sixteen countries across Asia and the Pacific are cozying up to find their way out of the economic recession together. | At a weekend meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Premier Wen Jiabao said China said it would provide...
Asean Summit Turns to Widening Free Trade The New York Times | CHA-AM, THAILAND - After a year of uncertain economic prospects, a sense of cautious optimism appears to be returning to the leaders of Asia as they tackle the business of increasing trade within the region, lowering tariffs and planning for a wide...
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Asian leaders' visions for economic blocs Khaleej Times Asian leaders heard competing plans from Australia and Japan for a massive EU-style economic and political bloc as they wrapped up an annual summit in Thailand on Sunday. | Austral...
Asean to study free trade pact Al Jazeera | Leaders of East Asian countries are set to work on a feasibility study for a huge free trade zone as part of a broad agenda of a major summit that o...
Asean working on EU-style bloc Al Jazeera | Leaders of East Asian countries have laid the groundwork for a European Union-style bloc that will cover half the world's population, analysts and officials say. | Discussions on the grand project began on Saturday during the 10-member Association ...
Leaders of 16 Asian nations meet in Thailand Kansas City Star Apichart Weerawong, Pool Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) join hands as they pose for a group photograph with partners from China, Japan, and South Korea during the ASEAN plus three summit in Cha-am of Hua Hin, southern...
Asian leaders' visions for economic blocs Khaleej Times Asian leaders heard competing plans from Australia and Japan for a massive EU-style economic and political bloc as they wrapped up an annual summit in Thailand on Sunday. | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd presented his counterparts with his gran...
Cambodian role for ousted Thai PM NZ Herald 4:00AM Friday Nov 06, 2009 | PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has appointed the ousted Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, as a government adviser on the economy, a move likely to further deteriorate relations with the government in Bangkok. | Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's public embrace of Thaksin - a deeply divisive figure in Thailand - fol...
