Asia & Pacific

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Chemistry World August 23, 2006	Drug Enforcement Hits Purple Patch In an effort to combat cocaine production, pharmacies in Uzbekistan have been ordered to limit sales of potassium permanganate. The chemical is used worldwide as a household disinfectant.
Chemistry World July 21, 2006 Maria Burke	Sourcing Bangladesh's Arsenic Arsenic contaminates millions of people's drinking water in West Bengal and Bangladesh, but scientists now think they might have figured out how the toxic element gets into the water in the first place.
Smithsonian July 2006 Seidensticker & Lumpkin	Building An Arc Despite poachers, insurgents and political upheaval, India and Nepal's bold approach to saving wildlife in the Terai Arc just may succeed.
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 J. R. Minkel	Could the Internet Fragment? Fears of Internet fragmentation are largely based on concerns about alternative roots. China and some Arab countries are testing domain names in their native scripts, raising touchy issues.
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Burton et al.	Asia's Winds of Change The path that Asian countries have traveled to growth and prosperity in the past 50 years will remain relevant for the future -- the embrace of openness, the commitment to macroeconomic stability, and the drive to adapt and reform in response to changing circumstances.
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Belaisch & Zanello	Deepening Financial Ties The combination of favorable economic conditions and a clear commitment to integration can provide a fitting environment in which the policy debate can flourish -- and Asia's financial integration can continue to advance.
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Andrew Sheng	The Art of Reform Both domestic and global investors will look to regulatory assessments to judge for themselves the quality of Asia's market governance. And they might also want to remind themselves of the ancient dictum: he who knows the competition and himself wins in the global competitive game.
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Raymond Lim	Creating a Globally Connected Asian Community As Asia connects to the world, there is every reason to hope that the same principle and structure of a community based on complementary growth and positive competition, held together by overlapping political and economic relationships, can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Charles Kramer	Asia's Investment Puzzle Despite the recovery in Asia, lingering uncertainty appears to be holding back investment.
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Anthony Elson	What Happened? Here's why East Asia surged ahead of Latin America and some lessons for economic policy.
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