Asia & Pacific

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Geotimes February 2007 Cobb et al.	Rolling Across the Roof of the World The new rail connection to Tibet is a remarkable geotechnical achievement. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway brings greater access to the Tibetan Plateau -- which is good news to geoscientists wanting to see this fantastic and still remote part of the world.
Chemistry World February 2007 Mark Peplow	Science Stars Rise in the East Collaborate or die. That's the message of a series of reports from the independent thinktank Demos, claiming that British science is in danger of being sidelined unless it tries harder to work with booming Asian nations such as China, India and South Korea.
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 Willie D. Jones	You Tell Us: Marine Electronic Highway To head off terrorist threats in the Strait of Malacca, its border countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore propose a marine electronic highway. The real problem is politics.
Geotimes January 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Tonga's Newest Island A new island was born in the South Pacific Ocean in August. The surprised crew of the yacht Maiken bore witness to the island's birth during the eruption of a formerly submarine volcano, called Home Reef, that has now breached the ocean's surface.
IEEE Spectrum January 2007	Around the World in 65 Days Pete Bethune, New Zealand machine-vision entrepreneur and skipper of the Earthrace, will attempt to circle the globe at the equator in just 65 days. And it will do the whole 44,500-kilometer trip running on biodiesel.
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 McDonald et al.	Enticing Investors To make a serious dent in poverty, Africa must attract more foreign capital. Portfolio investment has the potential to raise market efficiency and deepen financial intermediation while safeguarding financial sector soundness.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Peter S. Heller	Asia: Ready or Not The world's most populous continent must prepare now for an aging population.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Bryant & Sonerson	Gauging the Cost of Aging Why population aging is not the main cause of rising government health expenditure in New Zealand.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan's economy has performed strongly over the past half decade.
Smithsonian September 2006 Paul Raffaele	Sleeping with Cannibals This intrepid reporter gets up close and personal with New Guinea natives who say they still eat their fellow tribesmen.
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