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National Defense
November 2005
Grace Jean |
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to Become Operational in 2006 UNESCO officials set forth a plan calling for the establishment of seven regional tsunami advisory centers in the Indian Ocean basin, the installation and upgrading of coastal sea-level gauges, seismic instruments and stations, and the deployment of deep underwater sensors.   |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Assif Shameen |
Energy Costs Are Draining Asia Taiwan, South Korea, China -- the specter of $70 a barrel is a drag on every economy. |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Assif Shameen |
Indonesia: Oil Smugglers Buy Low And Sell High Because of Indonesia's heavy subsidies on petroleum products, refined oil products are sold there for about a quarter of international prices. When you have such a huge price gap you leave the door open to arbitrage by oil smugglers. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005 |
Burma Bows Out Of ASEAN Chair Duties Burma's decision to forgo the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on July 27 was welcomed with relief by fellow members of the 10-nation trade group. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 47
David Bradley |
Hangover Culprit Found Do some East Asians have a special vulnerability when consuming alcohol? Masako Yokoyama thinks so. Acetaldehyde is a clue. |
Adventure
Jun/Jul 2005
Rachel Scheer |
Nepal on the Brink Photographer Samantha Appleton treks through the adventure travel classic to experience the austere natural beauty coexisting with the harsh political reality. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Assif Shameen |
Asia Cannot Live By T-Notes Alone Asia's central banks are looking to diversify out of dollar bonds |
Reason
May 2005
Kerry Howley |
Rickshaw Rights The World Bank vs. entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. |
Scientific American
May 2005
Christine Soares |
Cooping Up Avian Flu Buying time to arm for a pandemic is possible--maybe. |
IDB America
March 2005 |
An Expected 7,000 to Attend IDB Annual Meeting in Okinawa, Japan Thousands of bankers, government officials, and observers will gather for the conference in Okinawa, Japan on development issues affecting Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Asia. |
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