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http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0603/p07s02-wosc.html?page=1 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2008/0603/p07s02-wosc.html By a correspondent / June 3, 2008 Rangoon, Burma — Unable to read street signs at 8 p.m., a Burmese driver … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: After Cyclone Nargis, Rangoon endures a month of darkness
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1015/p04s01-woap.txt Headline: With more sanctions, Burmese chafe under further isolation Kawthaung, Burma – During the rainy season, Buddhist monks in … Continue reading ECONOMY: After deadly protests, Burma’s poor suffer most from sanctions
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0602/p07s02-woap.html June 2, 2008 Rangoon, Burma — Flying home, Burmese sailors are awestruck when they see the Irrawaddy Delta below them. … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Foreign relief workers begin trickling into flooded Irrawaddy Delta
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0523/p01s04-woap.html United Nations chief Ban Ki Moon arrived Thursday and hopes to meet Burma’s leader Gen. Than Shwe today. By Christopher … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: UN chief flies to Burma to seek meeting with Than Shwe
In Japan, mounting anger over bread-and-butter issues Rising prices, shortages of food items, and political gridlock spur calls for a … Continue reading ECONOMY: Japanese angry over Fukuda’s gas tax
http://www.thestar.com/article/413738 Message from Lhasa’s streets DEAN ROHRER/NEWSART Young Tibetans want to be part of the modern world but they insist … Continue reading TRAVEL: What Lhasa youth really want
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Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police Reuters Chinese security forces in Lhasa, Tibet, took cover during a … Continue reading Tibet Uprising page one photo New York Times
Japan: A laughing stock trade, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GL10Dh01.html TOKYO – The trader was supposed to sell one share for 610,000 yen ($5,065). Instead, … Continue reading Japan stock market mistake — Asia Times
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Japan on 1000 yen a day? Yes, by cycling and camping on Zamami Island Thinking Japan is too expensive, most … Continue reading Zamami Island — Japan on 1000 yen a day
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/…/13iht-BASE.3887482.htm Baseball: Daisuke Matsuzaka bidding tough test for Boston Red Sox and Japan Christopher Johnson, Wednesday, December 13, 2006 TOKYO — … Continue reading Baseball: Boston bids for Matsuzaka — NY Times, IHT
SAITAMA, JAPAN—Now we know why the Raptors signed Jorge Garbajosa this summer. With centre Pau Gasol out with a broken … Continue reading Spain wins world basketball final — the Toronto Star
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Fear Of The Sea Printed on January 21, 2005, http://www.alternet.org/story/21045/ A fisherman his whole life, Somkiat Baanperm never wants to see … Continue reading ECONOMY: Tsunami wipes out Thai fisheries
CHRIS JOHNSON finds the Andaman coast to be cleaner, friendlier and cheaper than it was prior to December’s devastating tsunami … Continue reading TRAVEL: After tsunami, tourism recovers in Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, southern Thailand
Accused of one of the greatest capitalist capers in history, publishing magnate David Radler sat in a golf shirt in … Continue reading ECONOMY: Empire crumbling around tycoon David Radler
Vancouver Sun 2004 Fisheries officials and environmentalists are worried that hundreds of thousands of sockeye salmon did not reach their … Continue reading ECONOMY: Sockeye salmon disaster amid low water levels, hot weather
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Endowment fund fiasco — Vancouver Sun 2004 A senior city planner is calling it the most advanced urban project in … Continue reading ECONOMY: City councillors cry foul over funding of Olympic Village
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Freedoms on the outer limit Ishigaki island is a remote and pristine lure for lovers of sun, sea, nature, fine … Continue reading Ishigaki travel feature in JT
Painting Tokyo red and gold In times past, some Native Americans believed the autumn colors were made when the Great … Continue reading Tokyo Koyo cycling guide — Japan Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/14/…/14iht-rinvisible_ed2_.html TOKYO When Japanese men such as Ryuji Shinozaki go shopping, they aren’t likely to see their peers among the … Continue reading ECONOMY: Japanese men lack homegrown heroes
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/…/07iht-fgirls_ed3_.htmlRevolution drives new look in Japan TOKYO Japan’s “fashionistas” look innocent enough in school uniforms and loose white socks rolled … Continue reading ECONOMY: Fashion revolution drives new look in Japan
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/07/news/07iht-rtokyo_ed3_.html?scp=8&sq=Ch… Youth mix and match styles across borders and eras Japan’s anything-goes mentality By Christopher Johnson Published: Monday, October 7, … Continue reading For Japan youth, anything goes — NY Times, IHT
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PHILIPPINES: JOURNALISTS WARNED OF KIDNAP THREAT New York, February 12, 2002–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about reported … Continue reading CJ, Hamid escape Philippine kidnapping — CPJ in NY
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0207/p01s04-woap.html Between hostage and captor, an unlikely bond In the Philippines, a US couple endures captivity – but also gets … Continue reading US hostages in Basilan, Philippines — CS Monitor
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