Author: Andrew Rowell, CARE Australia The UN Commission on the Status of Women met again in New York on 4–15 March 2013, with a particular focus this year on prevention of gender-based violence. In this context, it is timely for policy-makers to contemplate the full social and economic costs of gender-based violence on women, ...
April 11 2013.
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Authors: Wolfgang Lutz, IIASA and Samir KC, IIASA Asia today is home to more than four billion people — more than 60 per cent of the total world population — yet its influence in world affairs remains disproportionately small. The reason for this imbalance is that, while influence on the world stage ...
April 02 2013.
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The country currently hosts some 84,900 registered refugees and an estimated 62,000 unregistered asylum-seekers from Myanmar in nine camps along the Thai-Myanmar border. Visit link: Top cop transfered after deadly refugee camp blaze Thailand’s open and tightly integrated into global trade economy experienced a V-shape contraction and ...
March 27 2013.
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VietNamNet Bridge – Why can Chinese low quality and toxic products penetrate the Vietnamese market? Because Vietnam still does not have effective barriers to prevent the products. See more here: Vietnam turning ...
Millions of Americans lined up Saturday for a chance to have their dreams come true. Saturday night's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical $600 million for a single winner, ...
May 19, 2013 | Posted in Asean
There have been reports that Yahoo's board will meet tomorrow to decide whether or not to make a $1.1 billion cash offer to buy Tumblr.There have been other reports ...
May 18, 2013 | Posted in Tech
A committee looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities to enter India today submitted its report to Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot. Excerpt from: Panel probing Walmart lobbying submits report to ...
May 18, 2013 | Posted in India
The world's richest man says everyone needs feedback beyond one-word descriptors.Bill Gates, who recently reclaimed the title of the richest man in the world, took to the stage earlier this ...
May 17, 2013 | Posted in Business
Read more here: Aquino Strengthens Influence Over Philippine Senate
May 17, 2013 | Posted in Asean
A weeklong pop-up art exhibit opens today in Shanghai, and hundreds of art lovers are eyeing their inbox to find out where. Annual inflows of foreign direct investment rose to ...
May 17, 2013 | Posted in China
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