Asia
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U.S. Military Assistance to Central Asia Highly “Opaque”
Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) – U.S. military assistance to key Central Asian governments has increased dramatically in…
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The Key to Damascus Could Lie at the Borders
Zak Brophy MASHEREE AL-QA’A, Lebanon-Syria Border, Oct 14 (IPS) – A group of six men listen as voices crackle through…
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Girls Determined to Fight Guns With Books
Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Oct 12 (IPS) – Shazia Begum, one of three girls injured in the attack on the Pakistani…
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Child Marriage Defies Laws in Nepal
Naresh Newar KATHMANDU, Oct 11 (IPS) – Social activists in Nepal agree that the one reason why this impoverished country will…
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Report Says Forced Evictions on the Rise in China
AJ Correspondents DOHA, Oct 11 (IPS) – A rapid construction boom in China has led to a rise in people…
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Pakistani Workers Slaving Brick by Brick
Irfan Ahmed LAHORE, Oct 03 (IPS) – One does not always need a time machine to travel into the past…
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India Divided Over Green Light to Multinational Retailers
Sujoy Dhar KOLKATA/NEW DELHI, Oct 02 (IPS) – Thousands of shopkeepers in Sir Stuart Hogg Market in Kolkata, the business…
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Powerful typhoon hits southern Japan
TOKYO: One of the most powerful typhoons in decades hit Japan’s Okinawa on Sunday, with meteorologists warning it could bring…
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Back Home With Help and Hope
Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 10 (IPS) – Thousands who fled their homes in the Taliban-led violence over the past…
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South Korea Showcases Role as Donor at Expo 2012
Isabelle de Grave UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) – When South Korea took the initiative to integrate a development cooperation…
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