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Asia Experiences Huge Birth-Rate Decline -- VOA News
Asia Experiences Huge Birth-Rate Decline -- VOA News
(2011-01-16)Sidney Westley, a Communications Specialist in the Research Program at the East-West Center, said, "In each of these societies, fertility has dropped very steeply, (which) I think (is) surprising demographers. It has fallen faster and fallen to a lower rate than people would probably have anticipated 15 or 20 years ago." ... Minja Choe is Senior Fellow in the Research Program in the area of Population and Health. "Most women like to get married and have about two children in their lives. But a lot of times they do not feel quite ready to do it and by waiting too long, they lose the chance to have two children or they lose the chance to get married," she said. ... Bob Retherford, Coordinator of Population and Health Studies and a Senior Fellow, says those reasons are reflected in two main areas. "One is later marriage and less marriage. And the second major category is lower fertility within marriage," he said. -- Also appears in: CNIELS.com, Thai Press Reports, Yindii
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Asia Experiences Huge Birth-Rate Decline -- VOA News
Obama's Ambitious Trade Agenda -- Journal of Commerce via ProQuest
Obama's Ambitious Trade Agenda -- Journal of Commerce via ProQuest

(2011-01-19)"If you intend this to be a building block, you have to avoid what often happens, where parties carve out exemptions for themselves," said Charles Morrison, president of the Honolulu-based East-West Center.

He said another challenge is that Obama lacks trade-promotion authority, also known as fast-track authority, which permits a president to negotiate trade agreements and submit them to Congress for direct approval.

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Obama's Ambitious Trade Agenda -- Journal of Commerce via ProQuest
Okinawa jets to train on Guam -- Pacific Daily News
Okinawa jets to train on Guam -- Pacific Daily News
(2011-01-22) Although Kitazawa made no announcement on a controversial plan to relocate Futenma Air Base during his visit to Okinawa, the F-15 training shift is likely intended to appease the Okinawa public, said Denny Roy, an expert on Asia-Pacific military affairs.
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Okinawa jets to train on Guam -- Pacific Daily News