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PHILIPPINES: Family planning "urgently needed"
Tue 1 Feb 2011
Photo: Ana Santos/IRINA 16-year-old sits beside her newborn baby. This is her second child. MANILA, 2 December 2010 (IRIN) - Population and sustainable development experts warn that the Philippine... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
In this Oct. 25, 2008 file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, greets the crowd, as the 17th Karmapa and Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader Ugyen Thinley Dorje looks on at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India. An official of Gyuto Tantric  Monastery, home of the karmapa, said Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, Indian revenue officials are questioning office staff of the Karmapa after recovering more than a million dollars from his headquarters in northern India.
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Tue 1 Feb 2011
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 Pattaya,Thailand - Beaches - Island - Water Sports - Tourism - Tourists - Local Economy. (ps1)  Hartford Courant  Tue 1 Feb 2011
Thailand's famed Pattaya beach in danger of vanishing
By Noppawan Bunluesilp PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters Life!) - The days of R&R; on Thailand's famous Pattaya beach could be numbered. The eastern city, a magnet for foreign tourists seeking sun, sea,... (photo: WN / patricia)
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Money traders work as U.S. dollar is traded at 89.30 yen and Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average is at 8252.52 points Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2008. The dollar's fall to a 13-year-low against the yen also accelerated selling on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, hitting hard exporters such as autos and electronics. The greenback fell as far as 88.16 yen in the afternoon, its lowest level since Aug. 2, 1995 when the U.S. currency fell to 88.02 yen while the Nikkei average lost 484.68 points, or 5.56 percent, to close at 8,2  Herald Tribune  Tue 1 Feb 2011
Asian stocks advance on earnings, higher oil price
BANGKOK - Asian shares moved higher Tuesday after overnight gains on Wall Street offset worries about political unrest in Egypt and the prospects of an imminent interest rate hike by China's central... (photo: AP / Shuji Kajiyama)
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Fishes  -  Yellow-Finned Tuna and Tilapia CBC Mon 31 Jan 2011
Global fish consumption at record high: UN
A vendor displays locally caught milk fish at a retail food market in Las Pinas, Manila on January 11, 2011. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Wednesday... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Consumers   Fisheries   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Aquaculture
Tourist Sheryl Horowitz, right, hugs tour director Nancy Davis, both from the U.S., after their arrival from Egypt at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos in Spata, near Athens, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. BBC News Mon 31 Jan 2011
Egypt protests: Canada and US to evacuate citizens
Continue reading the main story Egypt Unrest Egypt unrest Live Bowen: What if Mubarak goes? Q&A;: Egypt protests In pictures: Protesters defiant... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)
Canada   Egypt   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian protests
Rice - Grains - Food - Commodity - Grocery Store Hong Kong Standard Sun 30 Jan 2011
Big rice buys raise specter of scramble for more
Fresh demand for rice in two big Asian countries is sending a worrying signal the region's main staple may join a surge in prices for other grains, worsening Asia's... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Asia   Commodities   Photos   Prices   Rice   Wikipedia: Rice
Democrat Party leader and leader of Thailand's opposition Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks to a group of students at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. The Democrat Party called for an emergency parliamentary session Monday to prove its majority, a key step to forming the next government and ending months of political paralysis. Forty-four year-old Oxford-educated Abhisit Vejjajiva would likely become the next prime minister if the Democrat comes to power. Wtop Fri 28 Jan 2011
Thai PM: I'll do what's best regarding Cambodia
By MATT MOORE Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Thailand's prime minister told The Associated Press on Friday that protesters demanding it revoke its pact with... (photo: AP)
Cambodia   Photos   Politics   Thailand   Wikipedia:Abhisit Vejjajiva
Rice - Grains - Agriculture - Commodity Khaleej Times Fri 28 Jan 2011
Big Asian rice buys raise spectre of scramble for supply
BANGKOK - Fresh demand for rice in two big Asian countries is sending a worrying signal the region's main staple may join a surge in prices for other grains, worsening... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Asian   Photos   Rice   Supply   Wikipedia: Rice
Oil - Gasoline Philadelphia Daily News Fri 28 Jan 2011
Oil below $86 amid weak indicators, earnings
The Associated Press BANGKOK - Oil prices hovered below $86 a barrel Friday in Asia, dragged lower by weak economic and earnings news.... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Asia   Earnings   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia :Oil


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