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Boom Times in U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations -- Asia Foundation
Boom Times in U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations -- Asia Foundation

(2010-10-27) These are boom times in U.S.-Southeast Asia relations. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton represents the United States at the 17th ASEAN Summit this week in Hanoi – the highlight of which is to be U.S. participation, for the first time ever,

·asiafoundation.org·
Boom Times in U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations -- Asia Foundation
US announces Fiji aid office for Pacific -- Australia Network News
US announces Fiji aid office for Pacific -- Australia Network News

(2010-10-29) -- Also appears in: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd, Fijilive, National Business Review, New Zealand Press Association, PacNews (Pacific Island News Service), Radio Australia News, Voxy, Yahoo!Xtra News

·australianetworknews.com·
US announces Fiji aid office for Pacific -- Australia Network News
Clinton backs UN probe on Myanmar rights -- AFP
Clinton backs UN probe on Myanmar rights -- AFP

(2010-10-28) -- Also appears in: Al Jazeera, AlterNet, Bangkok Post, MorungExpress, MSN Malaysia News, MSN Philippines News, MWC News, NDTV.com, Press Trust of India , Radio Netherlands, Sunday Times.lk, thewest.com.au, Yahoo! News, Zee News

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Clinton backs UN probe on Myanmar rights -- AFP
Three Questions: Asian Coastal Cities at Risk -- Voice of America News
Three Questions: Asian Coastal Cities at Risk -- Voice of America News

(2010-10-27) What does your research show about the problems facing the world’s coastal cities?

Of the 10 cities at greatest risk of coastal flooding, typhoon and storm damage, 9 of the 10 were in Asia. There are many reasons for that, but the biggest re

·voanews.com·
Three Questions: Asian Coastal Cities at Risk -- Voice of America News
Of shredded dreams -- Saipan Tribune (Op/Ed)
Of shredded dreams -- Saipan Tribune (Op/Ed)

(2010-11-03) Gerard Finin, deputy director of the East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Development Program, said the debate doesn’t necessarily translate to the mainland U.S. debate because a huge proportion of workers in the Northern Mariana Islands and Am

·saipantribune.com·
Of shredded dreams -- Saipan Tribune (Op/Ed)
A New Indonesian University Will Train Students to Solve National Problems -- Chronicle of Higher Education
A New Indonesian University Will Train Students to Solve National Problems -- Chronicle of Higher Education

(2010-10-31) But with 4.4 million Indonesian students dropping out of school annually, the government's concentration has been, by necessity, on primary and secondary education. And some experts, like Terance W. Bigalke, director of education programs at

·chronicle.com·
A New Indonesian University Will Train Students to Solve National Problems -- Chronicle of Higher Education
Former U.S. Envoy in North Korea -- Global Security Newswire
Former U.S. Envoy in North Korea -- Global Security Newswire

(2010-11-03) Obama's North Korea posture "is already rather hawkish: sanctions until Pyongyang agrees to work toward denuclearization," East-West Center analyst Denny Roy said.

Additionally, the North is "a background issue," he said. "The Republicans ar

·globalsecuritynewswire.org·
Former U.S. Envoy in North Korea -- Global Security Newswire
China's Sure Bet -- Barron's
China's Sure Bet -- Barron's

(2010-11-06) In coming years, China will face more competition for resources from other rapidly developing nations, all of them industrializing and huge owners of dollars. Of the total $8.1 trillion in foreign exchange reserves held by countries in 2009,

·online.barrons.com·
China's Sure Bet -- Barron's
Republicans will not affect Obama's N. Korea policy, but may help Korea FTA's passage: experts -- Yonhap
Republicans will not affect Obama's N. Korea policy, but may help Korea FTA's passage: experts -- Yonhap

(2010-11-03) Denny Roy, senior fellow at the East-West Center, said that the Obama administration's North Korea policy "is already rather hawkish: sanctions until Pyongyang agrees to work toward denuclearization." Also, North Korea is "a background issue,

·english.yonhapnews.co.kr·
Republicans will not affect Obama's N. Korea policy, but may help Korea FTA's passage: experts -- Yonhap