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Australia's $20 Million Aid to Pakistan, Burma
BRISBANE—Australia has responded to an urgent call for support from the World Food Program (WFP) with $5 million for people suffering due to conflict in northwest Pakistan. More than one million people remain displaced by...
News outlets examine malaria drug resistance, hope for malaria eradication in Africa
Experts at an American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting this week said that resistance to the best available drug to treat malaria "is more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously reported," Science...
Once a Child Bride
By Michelle MY Chan Special to ASSIST News Service CHIANG MAI, THAILAND (ANS) -- Deep in the dense opium fields of the Golden Triangle, a young girl escaped marriage to notorious drug warlord Khun Sa, but instead found herself...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Diocese of Hakha celebrates ordination of 18 new priests in Year for Priests
Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - “In this Year for Priests, the Diocese of Hakha is celebrating the historic even of a celebration of the ordination of 18 new priests. It is really a moment of grace and joy for all. May the Lord guide...
ILO Governing Body calls for comprehensive crisis response, long-ter..
Zaterdag 21 november 2009 | International Labour Organization (ILO) ] GENEVA (ILO News) - The Governing Body of the International Labour Office called for an "employment oriented" response to the global economic crisis based on...
Smashing The Snakeheads
A woman walks past a giant anti-human trafficking campaign poster displayed at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok. In the 10 years that he has worked in narcotics control in Mengla, Zhao has been involved in rescuing and...
First Class Traveler
Duncan Greenberg, 11.20.09, 04:20 PM EST From exotic train trips and private mega-yachts to spacious digs on commercial flights, Forbes and the Travel Channel give you ways to experience the heights of luxury travel. In...
4. Sabri's golden goal puts Malaysia in the final
KUALA LUMPUR: Sabri Mohamed Rosli was the toast for Malaysia when he scored a golden goal to give the national team a 3-2 win over South Korea and a place in the final of the Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament in Myanmar...
Obama Takes a Bow?
John Feffer | November 20, 2009 Editor: Jen Doak Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. In China, "Obama was deferential to the point of looking weak," USA...
Pickled evidence for evolution
IF A snake is a reptile and an eel is a fish, why do they look so similar? This was one of the questions that fascinated Charles Darwin as he wrote On the Origin of Species, published 150 years ago next week. The snakes in this...
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