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| | Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Economic growth in Asia since World War II to the 1990's had been concentrated in few countries of the Pacific Rim, and has spread more recently to other regions. | | | The Levant or Near East, which includes Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and the Asian portion of Egypt. | | | This may be contrasted to a similar etymology proposed for Europe, as being from Semitic erēbu "to enter" or "set" (of the sun). |
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| | Network Pacific Asia |
| | This scholarly journal is produced by the Committee for Research on Pacific Asia and publishes articles on politics, economics, international relations, society, culture and modern history in the Pacific Asia region (North America, North East Asia, South East Asia and Oceania). | | | Newsgroup Pacific Asia Today is a moderated newsgroup based at Rikkyo University. | | | The discussion will be on selected topics in politics, economics, international relations, society, culture and modern history in the Pacific Asia region. |
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http://law.rikkyo.ac.jp/npa/indx.htm
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| | Asia Society: East Asia Speeches |
| | On Monday, October 31, 2005 the Asia Society Washington Center hosted a roundtable discussion on U.S.-Mongolian relations. | | | Center for Asia Pacific Policy Chair in Asia Policy Research, RAND | | | China’s Rise: Economic Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy and the Asia Pacific Region |
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http://www.asiasociety.org/speeches/eastasia.html
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| | USC School of International Relations |
| | 358 The Asia Pacific in World Affairs (4) The cultural, political, economic, and social aspects of the Asia Pacific’s rise to prominence in world affairs. | | | 464 U.S. Policy towards the Middle East: 1950 to the Present (4) The role of the United States in Middle Eastern affairs after the creation of the state of Israel. | | | 361 South and Southeast Asia in International Affairs (4) The historical, cultural, and political reasons for Asia's dramatic transformation into a powerful engine of world economic growth. |
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http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ir/programs/syllabus.htm
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| | map of asia countries landforms rivers middle east north asia and information pages |
| | As the planet's largest continent, Asia covers about 30 percent of the world's landmass and includes (44) countries and assorted islands and/or dependencies. | | | Turkey is officially, politically and geographically considered part of both Asia and Europe. | | | Historically, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been long associated with the Middle East, but in recent years, some sources now consider them to be more closely aligned with Europe based on their modern economic and political trends. |
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http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm
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| | Graduate Course Listing |
| | Given recent pronouncements on the "end of the transitions paradigm" and the rise of "electoral authoritarian" regimes, have Middle East political scientists been vindicated in their focus on obstacles to democracy? | | | Is it Islam, oil, coercive states, war, colonial history, or a combination of these that explains the region's dearth of democracy? | | | A survey of selected issues and debates in political theory. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/polisci/grad/main/courses/index.html
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| | South East Asia News.Net |
| | East Timor's Interior Ministry on Friday summoned Indonesia's ambassador in Dili to express concern over the alleged rape of an East Timorese woman... | | | The network has been developed over a number of years, utilising local, national and international resources. | | | South East Asia News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world. |
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http://www.southeastasianews.net
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| | FASID: Publication: Reports of Research Activities:Trends and Issues in East Asia |
| | Social Trends and Issues in East Asia: A Scholarly and Policy Interest Viewpoint | | | FASID: Publication: Reports of Research Activities:Trends and Issues in East Asia | | | Impacts and Implications of the Internet on East Asia's Politics and International Relations |
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http://www.fasid.or.jp/english/publication/research/issues.html
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| | USAID - Asia and the Near East |
| | South Asia Earthquake: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, on October 8, 2005, at 8:50 a.m. | | | The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) carries out foreign assistance programs that support key U.S. foreign policy interests, including sustained economic and social progress for all the peoples of the Asia and Near East regions. | | | 09/07/05: Testimony of James Kunder, Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East before the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Committee on Appropriations - USAID's support for democracy and reconstruction in Iraq. |
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http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east
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| | Amazon.com: East Asia at the Center: Books: Warren I. Cohen |
| | The International Politics of the Asia Pacific; Since 1945 (Politics in Asia) by PROF. | | | Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. | | | Buy this book with International Relations Theory and the Asia... |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0231101090?v=glance
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| | SEAPEX |
| | As President of the Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society, I would like to welcome you, on behalf of the Council, to the official website of SEAPEX, one of the petroleum industry's most dynamic professional organizations. | | | We at SEAPEX welcome all professionals in the Oil and Gas Industry who have a keen interest in upstream activities in Southeast Asia. | | | Likewise I would like to extend an invitation to join our society, and enjoy its many privileges. |
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http://www.seapex.org
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| | Political Science - Comparative Government - Developing Countries Course Descriptions |
| | POL2418H 1 S Topics in Middle East Politics (Authoritarism and Protest Politics in the Middle East) | | | TEXTS: There is a reader for the course in addition to a recently published book for review. Useful additional background reading would include: Ayubi, Overstating the Arab State; Richards and Waterbury, A Political Economy of the Middle East; and Eickelman and Piscatori, Muslim Politics. | | | This will help emphasize the varied urbanization trajectories that municipal government has taken in various parts of South Asia, and what this means for political claim making today. |
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http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/polsci/information/graduate/course_descriptions/developing_countries_description.htm
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| | UVA East Asia Center - Resources |
| | East Asia: Cyber Journal A recently launched multilingual forum for discussion of issues and people of East Asia. | | | Find information on ASEAN meetings, summits, as well as ASEAN documents. | | | Southeast Asia Information from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia. |
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http://www.virginia.edu/eastasia/resources.html
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| | East Asia Links |
| | Asia Society - cultural, historical, and political information, including transcripts, special reports, and publications list | | | Research Institute for North Korean Affairs - information on North Korea, from a South Korean perspective | | | East Asia Today - current and past news from the BBC World Service (audio and video available) |
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http://www.bu.edu/eas/links.html
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| | EAP Half-Yearly Update |
| | November 3, 2005 -- Emerging East Asia grew at just over 6 percent in 2005 as the region's economies countered a series of threats, including rising oil prices and interest rates, the high-tech slowdown, and the end of preferential export quotas for garments, according to the World Bank's latest East Asia Update. | | | "Economies in the region have adjusted well to some fairly serious shocks since the end of 2003, not least of which was the doubling of global oil prices," said Jemal-ud-din Kassum, Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region. | | | On a more sobering note, the report notes that avian flu is now endemic in the poultry flocks of many countries in the region and indeed has spread to Europe and central Asia. |
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http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/EXTEAPHALFYEARLYUPDATE/0,,menuPK:550232~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:550226,00.html
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| | Global Voices Online » East Asia |
| | The Cambodian Government’s actions to silence critics of the ruling party rang in the New Year with the arrests Human Rights activists Kem Sokha, Yeng Virak and Pa Nguon Teang. | | | General, East Asia, Cambodia, Weblog, Freedom of Speech | | | Head over to his blog and follow this one in a lifetime adventure. |
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http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/-/world/east-asia
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| | World Economic Forum - World Economic Forum on East Asia |
| | It is in this strategic context that a select group of global leaders will gather at the World Economic Forum on East Asia to shape the region’s industry, political and economic agendas. | | | This exclusive "CEO roundtable" is limited to a select group of 250 global leaders from business, government and academia, who gather annually to shape Asia's political, industry and economic agendas. | | | The political agenda will highlight the urgency to deepen regional cooperation in new areas linked to Asia’s growing demand for energy and raw materials. |
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http://www.weforum.org/eastasia
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| | Center for Strategic and International Studies |
| | All in all, 2005 was a good (but not great) year, politically and economically, for East Asia and for U.S. relations with Asia. | | | Meetings on sensitive East China Sea issues were cancelled and prospects for a Japan-China leadership summit before the end of the year went from slim to none. | | | Instead, the leaders of the two nations focused on shoring up relations with nations across East Asia. |
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http://www.csis.org/pacfor/ccejournal.html
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| | ITRN 736: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CRISES IN EAST ASIA |
| | Regional and global linkages in East Asia. | | | This section examines a number of important influences (political and economic) on East Asian economies. | | | The respective roles of the state and market will also be examined in the context of East Asia’s development. |
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http://www.gmu.edu/departments/t-icp/course/syllabi/02fa/736-01.htm
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| | The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog |
| | Last year, on the 26th December, an earthquake, and then a tsunami, killed, wounded, or impoverished hundreds of thousands of people in South Asia. | | | In Pakistan, thousands are still homeless, and may not survive the harsh Himalayan winter. | | | The idea is that any time there's a disaster, any member of the group can alert the a ready-made team, all of them with experience in the field, enthusiasm and goodwill, and request help to get something going. |
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http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com
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| | Program for Teaching East Asia: Homepage |
| | The Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) conducts national, regional, and state projects designed to enhance and expand teaching and learning about East Asia at the elementary and secondary school levels. | | | is a statewide project designed to further collaboration among the state's East Asian studies resource people and organizations and to encourage school-district level commitment for the study of East Asia. | | | Teaching East Asia's Japan Project (formerly The Rocky Mountain Japan Project) is a national outreach program offering curriculum consultation, summer institutes, and school-year workshops for teachers. |
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http://www.colorado.edu/CAS/TEA
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| | Department of Political Science - Curriculum |
| | This course examines the causes and consequences of two perennial themes in international relations: power and plenty, by bridging the gap between International Political Economy and comparative area studies of East Asia and Latin America two dynamic regions whose divergent development trajectories have resulted in considerable scholarly interest and policy debates. | | | It will study the major theories of International Political Economy that apply specifically to East Asia and Latin America. | | | An explicit geographical focus may facilitate, rather than obstruct, the teaching of International Political Economy concepts, which may seem rather abstract in the absence of application to concrete situations. |
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http://polisci.richmond.edu/curriculum/currsemester.htm
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| | THE GLOBAL BEAT-ASIA |
| | Searching for Al-Qaeda, the Spotlight Turns on Southeast Asia | | | Adrian Foster-Carter argues in an Asia Times Op-Ed that the president's "Axis of Evil" image has made many Asians nervous. | | | Some experts think that next hideout for Al-Qaeda could be anyone of a number of countries in Southeast Asia, including the world's fourth most popular nation, Indonesia. |
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http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/asia.html
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| | East Asia Watch |
| | The reader comments: “Lots of other problems to solve but with a solid belief in capitalism, the sky is the limit.” | | | Welcome to East Asia Watch, a collection point and discussion forum for news relating to East Asia. | | | East Asia Watch created in 0.429 seconds and powered by WordPress |
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http://www.eastasiawatch.com
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| | Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs |
| | External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein. | | | The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, currently headed by Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, deals with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with the countries in the Asia-Pacific region. | | | Statement by James R. Keith, Senior Advisor, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission |
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| | Bank of East Asia Reports Earnings Jump - Forbes.com |
| | Bank of East Asia Reports Earnings Jump - Forbes.com | | | Li said Bank of East Asia plans to set up two new branches later this year in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou and the central city of Chongqing. | | | Bank of East Asia said net interest income from its core lending operations declined to HK$1.72 billion (US$221 million; euro180 million) in the first half from HK$1.80 billion a year. |
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http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/feeds/ap/2005/08/03/ap2170620.html
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| | Links |
| | South and Southeast Asia and Oceana Videos (Media Resource Center, University of Californa, Berkeley) | | | The Asia Research Centre on Social, Political and Economic Change (Murdoch University) | | | Australian Studies Network: a point of entry to the internet for all academics involved in the study of Australia. |
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http://www.h-net.org/~asia/links
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| | Education About Asia |
| | Chair, Asia Society's National Commission on Teaching Asia | | | Fairfield, CT Education About Asia "is an extraordinarily wise investment for those who care about how Americans and others understand Asia." | | | I wish that I had been able to use such a valuable resource for the past three decades." |
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http://www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm
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| | Teaching East Asia: Japan Project |
| | See the Upcoming Events page for this year's offerings. | | | While study tours are not a part of TEA's Japan Project, Teaching East Asia does offer study tours through the Colorado Consortium for Teaching East Asia (CCTEA) as well as the National Consortium for Teaching Asia (NCTA). | | | Teaching East Asia: Japan (formerly the Rocky Mountain Japan Project) has been providing services to K-12 teachers and schools since 1985 through its summer institutes, study tours, one-day workshops, and special projects. |
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http://www.colorado.edu/CAS/TEA/japanproject.html
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| | AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society |
| | AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society | | | Information on the Asia Society, its programs, publications, exhibitions, regional centers, membership, and more. | | | Please click here for legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site and Asia Society's Privacy Policy. |
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| | East Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | More than 1.5 billion people, about 40% of the population of Asia or a quarter of all the people in the world, live in geographic East Asia. | | | This combination of language, political philosophy, and religion overlaps with the geographical designation of East Asia. | | | The parts of China that are not historically Han Chinese: Xinjiang, Qinghai, Tibet (either East Asia or Central Asia) |
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| | E. East Asia, to 1527. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History |
| | The Tang was a truly brilliant age in Chinese history, and Tang institutions became models for the other countries of East Asia. | | | The Tang's principal capital was placed at Chang'an, which became the largest city in the world and attracted visitors from many different lands, and an eastern capital was set up at Luoyang. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/67/367.html
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| | SCIS World in Transition Series - East Asia in Transition |
| | The role of the United States in East Asia is explored from a framework of economic and military interests. | | | Other web sites with information about the Middle East and other regions of the world. | | | The East Asia in Transition educational package is divided into 5 topics which correspond to the accompanying videotape. |
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http://www.southerncenter.org/transition_east_asia.html
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| | East-West Center: Education |
| | ASDP and affiliated institutions are organizing a series of workshops on Islam in Asia. | | | These workshops are primarily for faculty who want to include content on Islam in Asia in their humanities and social science courses. | | | Topics will include Islam and human rights, traditions of Islamic art, and Islam and modern social change. |
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http://www.eastwestcenter.org/edu-ct.asp
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| | middle east countries maps landforms rivers and information pages |
| | Historically, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been long associated with the Middle East, but in recent years, some sources now consider them to be more closely aligned with Europe based on their modern economic and political trends. | | | We attempt here to show the modern definition, but in world of geography, there are often many answers or (personal or political opinions) to what appears to be a simple question. | | | The African country of Egypt is still thought (by some) to be in the Middle East, as well as the northern African countries that border the Mediterranean Sea. |
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| | Encyclopedia Mythica: Asia |
| | Asia and Asia Minor/Middle East (eastern part of Russia, India, Tibet, Indonesia, China, Korea, Israel, Iran (Persia), Mesopotamia, etc.) It includes major religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam. | | | Go to the introduction page or to the articles. |
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http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia
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| | K-State Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2006: History |
| | This course examines the origins, actions and consequences of the Indochina wars fought by the French, Japanese, and Americans during the last century. | | | The rise of civilization in the ancient Near East, the migrations of the Greeks and the Heroic Age, the Greek city-states, commerce and colonization, the Persian invasion, Athens' leadership of Greece, the war between Athens and Sparta, Alexander the Great, and the total Hellenic achievement. | | | Themes treated will include race and ethnicity, cultural survival, revolution and authoritarianism, women and family, and the role of economic development in Latin American history. |
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http://courses.ksu.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/hist.html
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| | Department of East Asian Studies |
| | As the political, economic, and cultural ties between Asia and the rest of the world are strengthened, there is a steadily increasing demand for individuals with expertise in East Asian languages and cultures. | | | Students frequently find that the experience of learning a second language forces them to re-examine assumptions they may have held not oly about the culture they are studying but also about their own language and culture. | | | Courses offered within the department and by other instructors working in East-Asia-related fields at the University of Alberta allow students to incorporate classes in subjects such as East Asian history, anthropology, political science, religion, popular culture, and film into their East Asian degree programme. |
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http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia
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| | South-East Asia Information |
| | Asia Now Online presents video journeys to the Asia-Pacific region in a weekly television program. | | | This archive contains materials relating to the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees in the United States (and to a lesser extent, worldwide). | | | The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) homepage is designed to present the most updated information on what's happening in the travel industry in the Asia Pacific, linking travel research and marketing information with product information. |
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http://sunsite.nus.sg/asiasvc.html
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| | World Health Organization : Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) |
| | This month's WHO Bulletin published an interview with the Regional Director of the South-East Asia Regional office, Dr Samlee Plianbangchang. | | | This brings the total number of polio cases to 347 (including 45 type 1 VDPV, under investigation, from Madura Island in East Java province). | | | Dr Samlee Plianbangchang, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, lights a candle in memory of all those who died in the tsunami last year |
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| | Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Santos to expand in South-East Asia |
| | In its annual report, Santos says the Middle East and North Africa were focus areas in an effort to build a long-term growth portfolio over the next 5 to 10 years. | | | Santos has been under pressure since reporting a flat $ 327 mm annual profit in late February. | | | Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Santos to expand in South-East Asia |
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http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cns41669.htm
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| | East Asia WWW VL |
| | East Asia WWW VL There is also a text-based list of the resources linked through this map, with additional links to the WWW Virtual Library pages for Hong Kong and Macau. | | | Copyright September 1998 - November 1999 Laurel Mittenthal. |
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| | Far Eastern Economic Review |
| | Hugo Restall, editor of the REVIEW, says Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian’s popularity is as low as his politics are outdated. | | | Hadi Soesastro, executive director of Jakarta’s CSIS, says East Asia has no lack of regional integration initiatives but no consensus on which of them to follow. | | | Tae Hoon Oum and Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, professors at Canadian and Japanese universities, show how Asia’s aviation regulations are stifling economic exchange. |
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http://www.feer.com
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| | East Asia in the 8th Century |
| | The Chinese system of city planning was also shared by the East Asian states of the time. | | | Therefore, in the East Asia region, writing systems based on Chinese characters continue to be used to express different languages today. | | | Under the power and advanced civilization of China, the East Asia region was reorganized to form the East Asian World. |
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http://www.nara-wu.ac.jp/bungaku/soramitsu/eastasia8c.html
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