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BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Shari & Balfour |
SARS: The Sequel? Across Asia, governments and companies are getting ready. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 |
Central Asia: All In The Family The expected victory of Ilham Aliyev in Azerbaijan's presidential elections on Oct. 15 could signal the beginning of a wave of nepotism in Central Asia. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Michael Shari |
The Vise Tightens on Burma The military government of Burma, which calls itself Myanmar, is coming under the heaviest pressure yet to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from nearly two months of detention in Rangoon. President Bush is soon expected to sign the Burmese Freedom & Democracy Act of 2003. |
Outside June 2003 Greg Child |
Back from the Edge Three years after a notorious kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, new evidence and big changes emerge from Central Asia |
Wired September 2002 Jeff Howe |
The Great Thirst Drought and disease threaten to set off a water war in volatile Central Asia. US scientists are fighting back with a data-crunching system that could pump fresh hope into the region. Call it the New Hydronomy. |
Mother Jones May/Jun 2001 Bill McKibben |
An Alternative to Progress Bangladesh, despite all its problems, holds the promise of a kind of self-sufficiency not imagined at the World Bank... |
Salon.com June 12, 2001 Jeff Greenwald |
Murder and intrigue in Katmandu The massacre of the royal family in Nepal threatens the stability of a nation that has struggled toward democracy for over a decade... |
Salon.com March 19, 2001 Ben Barber |
Fighting the plague The World Trade Organization steps into Africa's AIDS crisis, creating incentives for pharmaceutical companies to give some of their drugs away. |
Salon.com January 29, 2001 Lawrence Weschler |
The Htoo twins come in from the cold Myanmar's legendary child rebel leaders are like toxic cherubim, confusing our moral senses... |
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Emine Gurgen |
Central Asia: Achievements and Prospects Although the five Central Asian countries in transition have made progress in moving to a market economy, they still have far to go and need to intensify their reform efforts. |
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