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21. news | 09 May 2013
Chinese star calls on Asia to help end elephant slaughter
By AFP
» Ivory jewelry and carvings are prized by some in Asia, but people should know they come from the massacre of elephants whose survival is threatened by rampant poaching, popular Chinese film star Li Bingbing has warned.
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22. news | 16 Apr 2013
Asia organised crime reaps $90bn/yr
By AFP
» Organised crime gangs dealing in fake goods, drugs, human trafficking, and the illicit wildlife trade earn nearly $90 billion annually in East Asia and the Pacific, a UN report showed Tuesday.
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23. news | 24 Mar 2013
Asia's gay rights activists plan UN strategy
By AFP
» Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists from across Asia gathered in Nepal this weekend to plan strategies for overcoming problems in the region, including religion and culture.
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24. news | 23 Apr 2013
Asia poised for free trade talks
By AFP
» Thailand and 15 Asia-Pacific partners will start talks next month on a free trade zone that would cover more than half the world's population, according to a document obtained by AFP Tuesday.
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25. news | 07 Apr 2013
China's Xi says Asia faces 'new challenges' to stability
By AFP
» Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday that Asia faced "new challenges" to its stability and warned no one should be allowed to throw the region into chaos as tensions mounted over North Korea.
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26. learning | 24 Dec 2010
Fashion city Bangkok
About fashion
» Perhaps the most dynamic and cosmopolitan city in Asia, proper planning could put Bangkok on the fast track for becoming Asia's fashion center.
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27. business | 03 May 2013
ADB flags danger of 'asset bubbles'
By AFP
» NEW DELHI - Emerging Asia needs to be on guard against "asset bubbles" as central banks globally loosen monetary policy, the Asia Development Bank (ADB)'s managing director warned on Friday.
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28. news | 13 May 2013
Rubber boom fuelling SE Asia land grabs: report
By AFP
» Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and Germany's Deutsche Bank are driving a land-grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia, activists said Monday.
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29. business | 07 May 2013
Asia designs its future
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» By global standards, the furniture design industry in Southeast Asia is still considered to be in its infancy. Everyone in the industry is struggling to find a foothold. For decades, the region has long been a production...
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30. lifestyle | 28 Mar 2013
Sounds International
By Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Newspaper section: Life
» After a stellar kick-off last year, Future Music Festival Asia came back for a second serving. A franchise of Australia's trademark festival, FMFA is the biggest international music festival in Southeast Asia, held i...
