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May 10, 2013
5/10/2013 Kakucha. IPS. Female Garment Workers Bear Brunt of Tragedy
5/10/2013. Al Jazeera. Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 1,000
May 8, 2013
5/08/2013. Devraj. IPS. Rape Cases Highlight "Colonial" Police Practices
5/08/2013 Symonds. Global Researcch. Global Corporations and the Bangladesh Building Collapse
February 15, 2013
2/15/2013 Bukhari, CSM, India-controlled Kashmir seethes as curfew extends to seventh day
2/15/2013 Fraser, IPS. BRICS Summit Means Business
February 9, 2013
2/11/2013 Lee, Asia Times, Rocky road ahead for Mongolia
January 31, 2013
1/31/2013 Allen, ITT. Clothing to Die For
January 18, 2013
1/18/2013 Kestler-d'Amours, Asia Times. Turkey's hubris rolls back Kurds
January 17, 2013
1/17/2013 Heydarian, Asia Times. US pivot sparks Asian arms race
January 16, 2013
1/16/2013 Akya, Asia Times. XX-treme societies offer little hope
January 8, 2013
1/8/13 Harikrishnan, Asia Times. Nuclear power fears rise in India
January 7, 2013
1/7/13 Bodeen, CSM, Will China really end 'forced labor'?
March 27, 2011
3/27/11 Kageyama & Yamaguchi, AP, More Obstacles Sunday Impede Crews in Japan Nuke Crisis
3/27/11 Takenaka & Kubota, Reuters, Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis
3/27/11 CNN, Status report: Reactor-by-reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant
March 23, 2011
3/23/11 Bird, CSM, Tokyo tap water too radioactive for infants, officials say
March 16, 2011
3/16/11 Al Jazeera, Radiation prompts Japan plant evacuation
March 15, 2011
3/15/11 Ananda, Global Research, Radioactive Winds chase evacuees in Japan; Hawaii threatened by Fukushima fallout
3/15/11 Wang, ProPublica, Our Reading List for Following Nuclear News From Japan
3/15/11 AP, Tsunami killed thousands of seabirds at Midway
3/15/11 MSNBC, Workers evacuate stricken nuclear plant
March 14, 2011
3/14/11 Palast, DeepJournal, The no-BS info on Japan's disastrous nuclear operators
March 9, 2011
3/09/11 Hallinan, FPIF, By Enabling India's Nuke Program U.S. Shares Blame for Pakistan's
March 8, 2011
3/08/11 Santolan, WSWS, US plays key role in Philippine corruption scandal
September 9, 2010
9/09/10 Anda, Asia Times, Mining threatens 'protected landscape' on Palawan
July 26, 2010
7/26/10 Lee, LAT, U.S. may face deflation, a problem Japan understands too well
July 23, 2010
7/23/10 Chopra, CSM, $35 computer taps India's huge low-income market
7/23/10 Arnoldy, CSM, India's strategy of suppression in Kashmir could backfire
July 22, 2010
7/22/10 Al Jazeera, China battles Yellow Sea oil spill
July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Chandrashekhar, CSM, As wealth rises in India, so do private towns
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 Sui, BBC, Taiwan seeks to save indigenous languages
July 13, 2010
7/13/10 Arnoldy, CSM, Kashmir intifada? New view of India, Pakistan territory dispute.
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 BBC, Kashmir newspapers suspend production to protest curbs
7/09/10 BBC, Delhi survey suggests women 'unsafe' in city
July 7, 2010
7/07/10 Chick, CSM, Indian Army deployed to quell deadly Kashmir protests
7/07/10 Samanth, Asia Times, US piles pressure on Sri Lanka
July 6, 2010
7/06/10 Sitthirath, IPS, Water Flows from Villagers' Own Toil
July 5, 2010
7/05/10 CNN, Strikes over high gas prices spread across India
July 2, 2010
7/02/10 Ferrie, CSM, Laos turns to hydropower to be 'Asia's battery'
June 29, 2010
6/29/10 Al Jazeera, Entire Maldives cabinet resigns
June 27, 2010
6/27/10 Hayes, BBC, Crumbling community trust in Kyrgyzstan
June 26, 2010
6/26/10 Black, BBC, Japan 'regrets' lack of agreement at IWC meeting
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Weir, CSM, Kyrgyzstan failure could boost Afghan drug trade, Islamist radicals
6/25/10 Burke, Guardian, Triple murder in India highlights increase in 'honour killings'
6/25/10 BBC, Campaigners dismiss Bhopal compensation as insufficient
June 21, 2010
6/21/01 BBC, Belarus 'to pay for Russian gas debt' within two weeks
6/21/10 Weir, CSM, Why Russia is cutting off gas supplies to Belarus
June 20, 2010
6/20/10 Walker, CNN, Study: Millions in Bangladesh exposed to arsenic in drinking water
6/20/10 Chance & Robertson, CNN, Kyrgyzstan investigating whether troops involved in ethnic violence
June 16, 2010
6/16/10 CNN, More aid arrives for those fleeing Kyrgyzstan
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 Harding, Guardian, Kyrgyzstan death toll rises as ethnic slaughter continues
6/14/10 BBC, India inflation rate rises to two year high
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 Stocking, AP, Vietnam, US Still in Conflict over Agent Orange Burden
6/13/10 AP, Mobs Slaughter Uzbeks and Burn Towns in Kyrgyzstan
6/13/10 BBC, Deadly ethnic unrest escalates in southern Kyrgyzstan
June 12, 2010
6/12/10 Sekhsaria, IPS, Experts Rue Untold Damage to Marine, Coastal Ecosystems
6/12/10 CNN, Kyrgyzstan declares state of emergency
June 10, 2010
6/10/10 Jimenez, Asia Times, Aquino faces exodus challenge
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 Galpin, BBC, Struggle for Central Asian energy riches
May 28, 2010
5/28/10 Cutler, Asia Times, Tectonic shift under way in Turkmen gas
May 27, 2010
5/27/10 Al Jazeera, Indonesia declares logging halt
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 BBC, Oil leaks from tanker collision off Singapore
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 Head, BBC, Young, Kurdish, and jailed in Turkey
May 21, 2010
5/21/10 Netto, IPS, Encroaching Forest, Oil Palm Plantations Alarm Villagers
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 NDTV, Unique ID for every Indian above 5 years of age
5/18/10 Spencer, BBC, Daily View: Thailand protests
May 15, 2010
5/15/10 BBC, Diet of mud and despair in Indian village
May 10, 2010
5/10/10 Kurczewski, NYT, Another Low-Cost Car Coming to Indian Auto Market
May 9, 2010
5/09/10 Wilson, Guardian, Billions pour in for India's insulated superclass
May 8, 2010
5/08/10 Fontanella-Khan, CSM, Busting India's myths about skin color
5/08/10 Cutler, Asia Times, ,a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/LE08Dk01.html">Asia stumbles and falls
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Diara, IPS, Farmers Restore Forests
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Snyder, IntelDaily, Te Coming Economic Collapse Of Japan - And Why You Should Be Extremely Concerned About It
5/05/10 Kumar, WSWS, Indian coal workers to strike against privatisation
May 4, 2010
5/04/10 Montlake, CSM, The fuel behind Thailand red-shirt protesters' fire
May 1, 2010
5/01/10 BBC, US embassy warns of terror attack threat in Delhi
April 30, 2010
4/30/10 Abbot, AP, Water dispute fuels India-Pakistan tensions
April 29, 2010
4/29/10 Macan-Markar, IPS, Pressure Mounts on Energy Giant Chevron to Disclose Revenue
April 25, 2010
4/25/10 BBC, Mass rally in Japan against US base on Okinawa
April 21, 2010
4/21/10 Roston, Nation, Fueling the Afghan War
April 15, 2010
4/15/10 Carney, MoJo, Inside India's Rent-A-Womb Business
4/15/10 Arnoldy, CSM, In India, religious violence leaves long trail of refugee camps
April 14, 2010
4/14/10 Miller, FPIF, Review: 'Bridging Partition'
April 11, 2010
4/11/10 Chick, CSM, Thailand protests: 'Red shirt' protesters rule out talks with government
April 7, 2010
4/07/10 Pressly, BBC, Mongolia on verge of mineral boom
April 6, 2010
4/06/10 EDIE, UN wades into water row
4/06/10 BBC, Scores of Indian soldiers killed in Maoist ambushes
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 EDIE, India and Pakistan clash over water
March 27, 2010
3/27/10 Roy, Guardian, Video: Arundhati Roy reads from her essay on Maoists in India
3/27/10 BBC, Thailand's red shirts confront army in Bangkok
March 25, 2010
3/25/10 Barnes, CSM, US healthcare reform is boon for India outsourcing companies
March 23, 2010
3/23/10 Bhadrakumar, AsiaTimes, A spy unsettles US-India ties
March 22, 2010
3/22/10 Nairn, NAtion, Washington's Indonesian Bully Boys
3/22/10 BBC, Indian state asks Coca-Cola to pay $47m compensation
March 21, 2010
3/21/10 Buncombe, Independent, How the West Poisoned Bangladesh
March 15, 2010
3/15/10 World Focus, Mongolia faces climate-driven humanitarian crisis
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 BBC, Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers
March 4, 2010
3/04/10 Brown, Asia Times, China all at sea over Japan island row
March 1, 2010
3/02/10 Basu, CNN, Indian women peacekeepers hailed in Liberia
3/01/10 Santos, IPS, PHILIPPINES: Green Measures Expose Bias Against Urban Poor
3/01/10 Barnes, CSM, Saudi Arabia and India address terrorism in a rare meeting
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Jena, IPS, INDIA: Indigenous Groups Step Up Protests Over Mining Project
February 21, 2010
2/21/10 Blumenthal, McClatchy, Asia-Produced Ozone Making its Way to U.S., Study Finds
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Guardian, After the Tsunami came a flood of developers
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Demytrie, BBC, Tajikistan threatened by climate change, says Oxfam
2/17/10 BBC, Philippine rebels reject power-sharing proposal
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 BBC, India suspends first GM food crop on safety grounds
February 8, 2010
2/08/10 Burke, Guardian, India to rule on future of aubergine as country's first genetically modified food
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 CNN, Gunmen attack convoy near U.S. mining company in Indonesia
January 21, 2010
1/20/10 Press TV, Military Industrial Complex Deploys Pentagon Chief To India
January 18, 2010
1/18/10 Roy, ITT, India's Trail of Tears
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 BBC, Most Indian plastic toys are 'toxic'
January 14, 2010
1/14/10 Devraj, IPS, India Holds Public Meetings on GM Food Crop
1/14/10 Park, LAT, A shelter for South Korea's foreign brides
January 10, 2010
1/10/10 Tucker, FT, Insurers rush to strike Asian deals
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 McCurry, Guardian, Anti-whaling boat Ady Gil sinks off Antarctica
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 BBC, US approves Taiwan missile sales
1/07/10 McClean, BBC, Philippines massacre: Commission to take on 100 private armies
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 Lerner, CNN, Vandana Shiva: Farmer Suicides in India Linked to Debt, Globalization
1/06/10 BBC, Turkmenistan opens new Iran gas pipeline
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 BBC, Singapore economy sees contraction
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 CNN, Quake leaves 20,000 homeless in Tajikistan
December 31, 2009
12/31/09 Branan, Fresno Bee, Hmong leaders write to Obama
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 Gorst, FT, Kazakh talks to secure stake in giant field
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Harvey, BBC, Hmong arrive in Laos after forced repatriation
December 28, 2009
12/28/09 Al Jazeera, Russia opens far east oil terminal
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 McCurry, Guardian, Japan's 'grass eaters' turn their backs on macho ways
December 25, 2009
12/25/09 BBC, Fears for Hmong soon to be deported by Thailand to Laos
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, India visa move brings complaints
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Baumick, BBC, India's wettest place 'lacks water'
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Ghista, IntelDaily, How Long Casteism?
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 BBC, Microsoft admits code theft for Chinese blog Juku
12/16/09 BBC, Genocide charges for two former Khmer Rouge leaders
12/16/09 Yusuf, CSM, India: Was Mumbai suspect a double agent for US?
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Prakash, WSWS, India: Soaring food prices place tens of millions at risk
December 13, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, Islamists flee Philippines prison after militants' raid
12/13/09 BBC, Tribesmen free Philippines hostages in Mindanao
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 BBC, US and Japan agree on open skies deal
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 BBC, Every third Indian 'under poverty line'
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 Al Jazeera, India-Pakistan in Afghan spat
12/06/09 BBC, In pictures: Philippines martial law
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 BBC, BBC obtains Pakistan's charges against Mumbai accused
12/04/09 Singh, CNN, New Delhi launches no peeing in public campaign
December 2, 2009
12/02/09 Al Jazeera, India targets carbon dioxide cuts
December 1, 2009
12/01/09 Ramesh, Guardian, Bhopal water still toxic 25 years after deadly gas leak, study finds
12/01/09 Jena, IPS, INDIA: Climate Change Fuels Rural Out-Migration, Rising Farm Debt
12/01/09 Demopopulos, FT, Majority stake in Indonesia's Berau Coal sold for $1.5bn
12/01/09 WorldFocus, Calling the world's attention to the caste issue in India
12/01/09 Rameesh, Guardian, Sri Lanka announces limited freedom for detained Tamil refugees
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 Carmichael, IPS, POLITICS-CAMBODIA: Duch Defence Pushes Self-Destruct Button
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Reuters, Philippine clan members investigated after killings
November 24, 2009
11/24/09 Kirk, CSM, Philippines massacre: State of emergency declared, but will Arroyo pursue justice?
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 Al Jazeera, Unborn children for sale in S Korea
November 21, 2009
11/21/09 Ramachadran, Asia Times, The elephant in India and Iran's room
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 McCurry, Guardian, Deflation returns to Japan's economy
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Lal, IPS, RIGHTS: State of India's Children: An Unsettling Reality
11/13/09 BBC, Indian eunuchs given separate IDs
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 BBC, 'Toxic' US ship banned in India
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Leithead, BBC, Thailand's shadowy southern insurgency
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Watts, Guardian, Philippines flooding hits refugee camps in the Rizal province
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 Al Jazeera, Bangladesh workers riot over pay
10/31/09 Reuters, Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines
10/31/09 BBC, Indira Gandhi: The authoritarian patriot
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Ramesh, Guardian, India to investigate rising elephant death toll
10/30/09 Roy, Guardian, The heart of India is under attack or here
10/30/09 Estremera, IPS, PHILIPPINES: Children Worst Hit by Economic Crisis
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Makino, IPS, JAPAN: Death from Overwork Persists Amid Economic Crunch
10/29/09 Romanian Times, CRG says USA to use Romanian bases to control Caspian Sea oil
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Forestier-Walker, CSM, As US seeks closer ties with Turkmenistan, government cracks down on students
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 Marks, Independent, Illegal Logging Responsible for Loss of 10 Million Hectares in Indonesia
10/26/09 Macan-Markar, IPS, TRADE-SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Rice Tariffs Snarl ASEAN Single Market
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 VNS, Deputy PM says human trafficking is on the rise
10/23/09 Sidner, CNN, Farmers sell wives to pay debts in rural India
10/23/09 Schliefer, CSM, Turkey's talks with Armenia test ties with gas-supplier Azerbaijan
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Lamont, FT, Asian tensions on water supply risk spilling over
10/20/09 Ford, CSM, Rivals China, India in escalating war of words
10/20/09 Ravi, BBC, Village 'witches' beaten in India
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Tukhbatullin, CSM, Turkmenistan: Still Waiting for the Second Step
October 18, 2009
10/18/09 Al Jazeera, Philippines braces for new typhoon
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 BBC, UN Philippines fund 'falls short'
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 BBC, 'Living wage' identified for Asia
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 Ridge, CSM, India prepares new assault on its 'biggest threat'
10/06/09 Haviland, BBC, Sri Lanka refugees plead for freedom
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Srivastava, BBC, Dynastic politics takes hold of India
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Al Jazeera, Flood death toll rises in India
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 PressTV, Japan questions covert military treaties with US
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Devraj, IPS, DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Farmers Vs Coca-Cola in Water Wars
10/01/09 CNN, Storm-ravaged Philippines braced for 'super typhoon' Parma
10/01/09 Doyle, BBC, Violence traps indigenous Colombians
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 Morris, BBC, India drought 'worst since 1972'
9/30/09 IRIN, Recovery: ASIA: Global recession boosts child prostitution and trafficking in Asia
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 BBC, Japan prices continue record fall
9/29/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Growing number of China incursions into India lead to a strategy change
9/29/09 BBC, India expands nuclear ambitions
September 27, 2009
9/28/09 BBC, Philippines flood crisis deepens
September 26, 2009
9/26/09 BBC, Floods bring chaos to Philippines
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Singh, BBC, India's 'green and clean' village
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Spencer, Telegraph, US restrictions on petrol imports to Iran foiled by India and China
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Black, BBC, 'Millions at risk' as deltas sink
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Parvais, IPS, SOUTH ASIA: Disunity Hovers over a Region Battling Climate Change
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Tewary, BBC, Meeting India's tree planting guru
9/19/09 Allen, Asia Times, China in Laos: Counting the cost of progress
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Ramachandaran, Asia Times, Dalai Lama caught in Sino-Indian dispute
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Page, TimesOnline, India's damned generation: young go hungry despite economic boom
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 McCurry, Guardian, Dolphin slaughter turns sea red as Japan hunting season returns
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Ramesh, Guardian, ,a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/13/tamils-camps-sri-lanka">Harrassed Tamils languish in prison-like camps in Sri Lanka
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Stocking, AP, Survey: Dioxin levels high in Vietnam near US base
September 10, 2009
9/10/09 AFP, Oil Majors Propping up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 Lah, CNN, Plan would pay Japanese families to have kids
September 3, 2009
9/03/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Farmers take to streets as Doha trade talks start in India
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 Westhead, Toronto Star, Farmer Suicides Blight India
9/01/09 Feffer, FPIF, The Other Democratic Party (Japan)
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 Chanberlain, Guardian, India's Generation of Children Crippled by Uranium Waste
8/30/09 Ford, CSM, Japan's opposition crushes LDP in landmark victory
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 Feffer, FPIF, Revolution in Japan
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Ridge, CSM, India's farmers struggle without crucial monsoon rains
August 21, 2009
8/21/09 BBC, India to import food amid drought
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Shanker, NYT, Counterinsurgency Unit to Stay in Philippines
8/20/09 Xinhua, India, hub of human trafficking in South Asia: report
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 BBC, Water reform is 'needed in Asia'
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 BBC, India 'regrets' US body's censure
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 EDIE, Satellites track Indian water loss
8/13/09 Black, BBC, India's water use 'unsustainable'
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Wassener, NYT, Stocks Retreat in Asia
8/12/09 BBC, FBI man testifies in Mumbai trial
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 BBC, 'Hundreds lost' in Taiwan typhoon
8/11/09 Sehgal, FPIF, Postcard From...Dharamsala
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 WorldFocus, Indonesian sulfur miners toil in smouldering volcanoes
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 BBC, Putin seeks new Turkey gas deal
August 4, 2009
8/04/09 Bajaj, NYT, India Gets Caught Short as Sugar Prices Soar
August 2, 2009
8/02/09 Hauser, NYT, Malaysia Cracks Down on Protests
August 1, 2009
8/01/09 Pandey, BBC, Jharkhand farmers despair at drought
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Socialist Worker, The FBI war on Indian radicals
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 Mian, FPIF, Pushing South Asia Toward the Brink
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Benanav, CSM, Is there room for India's nomads?
July 19, 2009
7/19/09 BBC, Climate tops Clinton India talks
July 18, 2009
7/18/09 BBC, Chechnya's dissenting voice silenced
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Cobban, IPS, MIDEAST: Turkey Gets Boost from Pipeline Politics
7/17/09 CNN, Police say Jakarta hotel bombers were guests
July 15, 2009
7/15/09 Hallinan, FPIF, Blood and Oil in Central Asia
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 WorldFocus, Burmese refugees rounded up and sold in Malaysia
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 Chamberlain, Guardian, India prays for rain as water wars break out
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 BBC, Further deflation woes for Japan
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 BBC, In pictures: Mumbai's water woes
7/08/09 Asia Times, Laotian farmers feel rubber squeeze
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Rivers, CNN, Thailand cracks down on elephant begging
7/06/09 Fackler, NYT, With Wounded Pride, Unemployed Koreans Quietly Turn to Manual Labor
July 5, 2009
7/05/09 Kapila & Prentice, CSM, Kyrgyzstan weighs opium as industry
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Timmons & Kumar, NYT, Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 BBC, New Bangladesh textile protests
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Tandon, BBC, India heat wave sparks protests
6/28/09 Nelson, Telegraph, India joins 'neocolonial' rush for Africa's land and labour
June 27, 2009
6/27/09 Natarajan, BBC, Dark tales of Tamil ex-child soldiers
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 BBC, Thousands march for Tamil rights
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 BBC, Laos tackles transgender taboos
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 BBC, Indian and Pakistani leaders meet
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Cohn, Truthout, Agent Orange Continues to Poison Vietnam
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Lam, IPS, VIETNAM: Saltwater Intrusion Adds to Water Woes
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 BBC, Burma's Karen unable to return home
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Hardikar, IPS, INDIA: Farm Suicides Turn Children Into Farmers
6/10/09 Head, BBC, Thai army reinforces Burma border
June 6, 2009
6/06/09 Baute, Toronto Star, How Did 100,000,000 Women Disappear?
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Gill, BBC, Rainforest is worth more standing
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Al Jazeera, Thousands protest in Indian Kashmir
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Chamberlain, Guardian, UN chief flies into Sri Lanka as Tamils' tales of terror emerge
5/24/09 BBC, Agony in Sri Lanka's refugee camp
5/24/09 CNN, U.N. seeks full access to Sri Lankan refugee camps
5/24/09 Rivers, CNN, Refugees survive on food 'cows won't eat'
May 22, 2009
5/22/09 Head, BBC, Thailand 'gets tough' with Hmong
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Al Jazeera, Many dead in Philippines landslide
5/19/09 Surendiran, Guardian, Sri Lanka's untold story
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 BBC, Japanese trade indicator halves
May 10, 2009
5/10/09 Anqvi, AP, Yet another Gandhi rises in Indian politics
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Montlake, CSM, Sri Lankan 'detention' camps swell with Tamils
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 BBC, Asia 'must cut export dependency'
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Head, BBC, UN warning over Burma cyclone aid
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Casey, AP, Study: SE Asia will be hit hard by climate change
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Independent, 1,500 farmers commit mass suicide in India
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 BBC, Activists thwart Japan whale hunt
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 Bagchi, BBC, Punjab suicides cast shadow on polls
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Head, BBC, Asean fiasco deepens Thai stalemate
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Westhead, Toronto Star, Poor Pay Price of Progress in India
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Litvinsky, CNN, PHILIPPINES: Government Must Stop Davao Death Squad
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Nelson, TimesOnline, India to cut off 30 million mobile phones
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Miller, PSL, Thousands take to streets of Sydney to support Tamil struggle
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 BBC, Voices: Inside Japan's recession
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 WorldFocus, One woman fights for members of India's lowest caste
3/31/09 Yusuf, CSM, Former Khmer Rouge leader asks for forgiveness
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 WorldFocus, India's "untouchables" trudge through sewers
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 BBC, Bloody clash in south Philippines
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 BBC, Deadly dam burst outside Jakarta
March 24, 2009
3/24/09 Chopra, CSM, Debt weighs on Indian middle class
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 BBC, Tibetan monks 'held after riot'
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 Asia One, 60,000 children in S-E Asian sex trade
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Wolff, Reuters, U.S. OKs record $2.1 billion arms sale to India
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Samath, IPS, ECONOMY-SRI LANKA: Return of the IMF
3/10/09 Adams, CSM, More Filipinos question birth-control taboo
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 BBC, In pictures: Mindanao conflict
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 BBC, Police break up Malaysia protest
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Ghouri, BBC, Medical waste scandal scars Gujarat
3/06/09 BBC, Asian shares slide as fears grow
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Eddelmont, BBC, Azerbaijan's pipe dream for Europe
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 BBC, Malaysian plan to oust foreign workers
2/28/09 Alieva, Asia Times, Tajik cotton farms picked clean
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Montlake, CSM, Sri Lankan refugees face open-ended detention in camps
2/25/09 AP, Border guards launch mutiny in Bangladesh capital
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Deen & Young-Gon, IPS, Sanitation Crisis Runs Deep in Africa, Asia
2/24/09 CNN, Indian woman accused of selling baby for $130
February 23, 2009
2/23/09, Nessman, AP, Sri Lankans who escaped war zone now fenced in
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 Morris, BBC, India's home-grown terror dilemma
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 BBC, Civilian 'slaughter' in Sri Lanka
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 AP, Asian stock markets slump amid financial fears
February 15, 2009
2/15/09 Xinhua, Over 200,000 Nepali girls being trafficked to Indian red light areas
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Macan-Markar, IPS, CAMBODIA: Justice In Sight for Khmer Rouge Victims
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 BBC, Pakistan admits India attack link
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 BBC, Japan corporate bankruptcies soar
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 BBC, 'My life cleaning Delhi's sewers'
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Macan-Markar, IPS, CAMBODIA: Chevron Silent on Bribery Allegations
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 AP, Panasonic to cut 15,000 jobs, shut plants
2/04/09 BBC, Indonesian divorce rate surges
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 BBC, India to unveil low cost laptop
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Yamaguchi, AP, In Japan, you are what your blood type is
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 de Tarczynski, IPS, AUSTRALIA: Complicit in East Timor Occupation - Records
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Schliefer, CSM, Gas dispute with Russia boosts European interest in alternative pipeline
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Lah, CNN, Workers urged: Go home and multiply
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 Mason, AP, World's highest drug levels entering India stream
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Harden, WP, Japan Works Hard to Help Immigrants Find Jobs
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Al Jazeera, Global slump hits Asian economies
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Head, BBC, Thais hold more migrants amid row
January 15, 2009
1/15/09 Sidner, CNN, India razes slums, leaves poor homeless
1/15/09 Bhaumik, BBC, Thais 'leave boat people to die'
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Mirani, Asia Times, Race to the death over Kashmir waters
January 11, 2009
1/11/09 AP, Indonesian Ferry Sinks in Storm
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Tewary, BBC, India flood victims still suffering
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Al Jazeera, 'Indian Enron' rocks business world
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Mukherjee, Reuters, India PM says Pakistan "agencies" linked to attack
January 5, 2009
1/06/09 BBC, Singh accuses Pakistan on Mumbai
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Al Jazeera, Data points to further Asian woes