Koovagam, India's Largest Transgender Festival, Opens – NYTimes …
Thousands of hijras and their admirers gather in a Tamil Nadu town.
Category: Asia
Experiential Learning for VA Tech Students in Honduras | Heifer Blog
Following a recent Heifer Study Tour to Honduras , Virginia Tech students were given an assignment: Choose one photograph from the trip and explain why you chose it and which of Heifer’s 12 Cornerstones for Just and …
A little slice of Canada in Honduras? | FP Passport
Honduras is currently at work setting up a free-enterprise zone modeled on economist Paul Romer’s “charter cities” concept. The controversial idea is basically that developing countries will set aside a parcel of land to be …
Santorini, Greece – Five Minute Getaway – Beautiful Travel and …
vacation travel photos – Santorini, Greece . … vacation travel photos – Santorini, Greece . Submitted by: Unknown. Via: Irene Schmidt · Incorrect source or offensive? architecturecliff side greece houses · Share on Facebook …
Coming Caliphate: Turkey blocks EU from NATO summit unless OIC …
President Barack Obama named Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan among the five leaders whom he most trusts. Turkey dictates to NATO, now? Since when? NATO is a distinctly American organization.
International Development – 2673/01: Programme Manager, Ethiopia
Job Description WYG International has been selected to tender for the project ‘Service Contract to Technical Assistance Unit for the Civil Society Fund II in Ethiopia ‘. We are currently seeking a Key Expert 1: Programme …
2673/02: Deputy Programme Manager, Ethiopia – Devex
Job Description WYG International has been selected to tender for the project ‘Service Contract to Technical Assistance Unit for the Civil Society Fund II in Ethiopia ‘. We are currently seeking a Key Expert 2: Deputy …
USAID Impact » Q&A with the First Lady of El Salvador Vanda Pignato
The First Lady of El Salvador and Secretary of Social Inclusion Vanda Pignato meets with Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean Mark Feierstein. First Lady, I know you are very passionate about women’s …
Egypt's presidential election boost? | Global Investing
Presidential elections may make investors look more kindly on Egypt , as a further sign of democracy in the country.
China HSBC Manufacturing PMI – Business Insider
April data pointed to further reductions in manufacturing output and new business , although rates of decline were marginal in both cases. Consequently, companies remained cautious with regards to hiring, highlighted by the …
China Demands Apology from U.S. – NYTimes.com
American and Chinese officials simultaneously broke the news on Wednesday afternoon that the blind dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng had left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Within minutes, the Chinese followed up with a …
Elitism in Chile's national sport: Rodeo rift | The Economist
Game Theory, our sister blog, has just published an article on elitism in Chilean rodeo. Read it here. « This week in print: Peacekeepers in Haiti, Venezuela’s courts and its border with Colombia, bribery in Mexico and a …
Cambodia snaps up Vietnam plastics — TalkVietnam
Plastics exports to Cambodia earned 20 million USD in the first quarter of this year, reported the Vietnam Plastic Association. In March alone, export turnover…
Cambodia: WFP Helps Children Dream | WFP | United Nations …
Since time immemorial, it has been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Mothers say eating a healthy meal in the morning helps improve one’s performance in school. But what exactly is the impact of WFP …
[Qatar's] Volunteers feted on return from Cambodia trip
Qatar-based non-governmental organisation Reach Out To Asia (Rota) yesterday hosted a reflection event for some 15 volunteers, parents and school officials to celebrate the success of its recent volunteer trip to Cambodia .
DIPLOMATIC MOM: My journey as a FSO, wife and mom: Cambodia …
It has been a really long time since my last post, but the reason is that the Diplomat and I decided to take a little trip on the wild side and visit Cambodia and Laos. So, we called my Mom, bought her a ticket and dragged her to …
Logging, Corruption in Cambodia | ASEAN Beat
The death of environmental activist Chut Wutty has raised questions over whether there was official complicity.
Bahrain: Free Protest Leaders Immediately | Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – Bahraini authorities should free Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and 13 other jailed leaders of last year’s anti-government protests immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. More than a year after they were arrested, the …
Sri Lanka: Australia Should Raise Torture Concerns | Human Rights …
(Melbourne) – Australia’s immigration minister should raise concerns with Sri Lankan officials about alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of people who were refused asylum and sent back to Sri Lanka when he visits this week, …
Pedestrian Council of Australia: Girl | Ads of the World™
Pedestrian Council of Australia : Girl. Print · Australia & NZ · Australia · Public interest · DDB · Pedestrian Council of … Advertising Agency: DDB, Sydney, Australia Executive Creative Director: Dylan Harrison Creative Director: Mark Harricks …
Report: 49% of Smartphones Sold in Southeast Asia are Android
GfK Asia has reported that half of smartphones sales in Southeast Asia are Android devices.
Asia Sentinel – Feeding Asia while taking care of earth
And among other things, this new order in which extremes become routine threatens to reverse decades of progress in dramatically boosting food production in the rice bowls and breadbaskets of Asia . Also, despite our gains …
News Highlights in Video | Stories, Updates from Church in Asia …
South Asia and the changing climate Climate change has already deeply affected the economic growth and development of South Asia About percent of South Asians live in rural area and account for about percent of the poor …
Kevin Kelly's fun photos of Asia – Boing Boing
My friend Kevin Kelly (co-founder of Wired and founder of Cool Tools) is currently touring Asia and posting lots of wonderful photos of his travels. 201205011612-2. You have not lived ’til you’ve had this Chinese dessert made …
Stanley Weiss: Asia's Quiet War
The mildly farcical battle over Buddhism between China and India is merely one manifestation of a broader struggle, an ongoing “Quiet War” between Asia’s rising superpowers.
The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn: China-Africa Case Studies
As noted in the 30 April entry below, the South African Institute of International Affairs has produced in recent years a variety of excellent case studies concerning China’s relations with individual African countries. Two of the …
The War Over Israel | The National Interest Blog
Israel is at war—with itself. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been upping the rhetorical ante for several months, threatening Iran and, implicitly, President Obama if he doesn’t go along with the idea of unilaterally …
Speaking Truth to Power in Israel | The National Interest Blog
Emanating out of Israel over the past several months has been a remarkable series of dissents from senior and respected members of the Israeli national-security establishment against positions taken by the current …
Washington and Israel Threaten Humanity | War Is A Crime .org
Washington and Israel Threaten Humanity. by Stephen Lendman. So does NATO. It’s America’s imperial tool. An alliance for war, not peace, enemies were invented post-Soviet Russia. Communism then was the alleged threat …
Magnitude 4.2 – SOUTHERN IRAN
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Newswallah: Long Reads Edition – India Ink – The New York Times
Why has the promise of India remained unfulfilled? Basharat Peer enumerates the many reasons for India’s recent failures and uncertain future in an article in Foreign Affairs magazine. The piece argues that while India’s elite …
India Confounds, Fascinates Stars of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel …
Making the movie, about foreigners who move to India to retire, was an assault on the senses, actors say.
IMF Survey: Asia Faces Stronger Growth, but Further Rebalancing …
Growth in Asia is expected to pick up this year, after slowing in the last quarter of 2011, but Asian leaders now face the difficult task of adjusting policies to support stable, non-inflationary growth, say IMF economists.
New Issue of China Briefing: Hong Kong and Singapore Holding …
In this issue of China Briefing, we take a closer look at the benefits of both Hong Kong and Singapore holding companies, how to establish and maintain a company in each of these jurisdictions, and the relevant double tax …
H5N1: Hong Kong: 21 ill in gastro outbreak
Via the Hong Kong government website: 21 ill in gastro outbreak. The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a gastroenteritis outbreak involving 21 students and staff at a Kwun Tong kindergarten. The 19 students, aged …
Serendipity: Things I truly love in Honduras
Living in Honduras as a foreigner is sometimes hard, mostly fun and never boring. Stranger Than Fiction was a title I considered for this Blog, because really… But this Blog is about more than just the oddities of my life in the …
The Brian Lehrer Show: E.U. Ambassador – WNYC
João Vale de Almeida, E.U. ambassador to the U.S., talks about the financial crisis in Europe, as well as the overall …
European Union urges China to 'exercise utmost restraint' over case …
European Union urges China to ‘exercise utmost restraint’ over case of escaped dissident Chen Guangcheng – @Reuters.
Europe's "Dead Bank Walking" List And An ETA Until The Next …
In yet another 2011 déjà vu moment, Europe’s bank funding window is slamming shut again (the catalyst that brought the 2011 Euro crisis vintage to its heights). Nowhere is this more evident than when comparing monthly …
When will Europe fall? | Shadow Government
Europe did not collapse this last week. That was something of a pleasant surprise, since portents of the economic grouping’s demise have been accumulating for years now. In lieu of collapse, there were just more troubling …
Gibe III Dam, Ethiopia | International Rivers
Descending from the central Ethiopian plateau, the Omo River meanders across the country’s parched southwest before spilling into Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake. The Omo River is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands …
Inter legend Mazzola backs Hodgson for England – Goal.com
Inter legend Mazzola backs Hodgson for England . The Italian great believes that the Englishman has proved himself to be more than adept on the international stage and that he will prove well-suited to being the national boss …
Gunmen Kill 15 During Christian Service in Northern Nigeria – World …
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China Bans Online Searches For 'The … – Business Insider
China has had a fascinating response a recent scandal, banning all web searches for “Shawkshank Redemption”, the 1994 prison-break film starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman (which based on a Stephen King …
China Just Invested $8 Billion In South Sudan – Business Insider
China continues its “delicate dance” in one of Africa’s prime oil-producing regions.
Vietnam helps raise Cambodia's rice productivity – Khmerization …
Vietnam’s high-quality fertilisers and its latest science and technology transferred to Cambodia have helped raise rice productivity in the neighbouring country, a conference was told in Cambodia on April 29. The conference …
