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Where BP’s Money Is Landing

Edward — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:04:13 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/business/04metricstext.html

China’s Food Inspection Chief Steps Down as Milk Scandal Widens

Edward — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:42:38 +0000

The chief of China’s food and product safety agency was forced to resign in a scandal over a tainted milk supply.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/world/asia/23milk.html?ex=1379822400&en=75a1127bbb8686e8&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

A Rich and Royal Ruin in the Heart of Hanoi

Edward — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:43:01 +0000

Nine hundred years before Ho Chi Minh declared Hanoi the capital of a newly independent Vietnam in 1945, the first king of the Ly Dynasty issued a similar decree.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/science/16dig.html?ex=1350360000&en=edf00f582cbd2de4&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

A New Lifestyle in South Korea: First Weekends, and Now Brunch

Edward — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:43:21 +0000

The discovery of the weekend in South Korea has meant an explosion in new activities, including leisurely late-morning repasts

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/world/asia/02brunch.html?ex=1351742400&en=6fa80a8dcfad881e&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Myanmar Junta Orders Top U.N. Official in the Country to Leave

Edward — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:23:46 +0000

The move comes on the eve of a visit by the U.N. special envoy to Myanmar, whose trip is intended to support reconciliation between the junta and its opponents.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/world/asia/03myanmar.

Musharraf Declares Emergency Rule

Edward — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:15:43 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 3 — The Pakistani leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declared a state of emergency on Saturday night, suspending the country’s Constitution, firing the chief justice of the Supreme Court and filling the streets of the capital with police officers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/world/asia/04pakistan.html?ex=1351828800&en=90da0f8566f9073d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

MOODGET

Edward — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:42:27 +0000

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774 Arrests in China Over Safety

Edward — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:34:19 +0000

The Chinese government revealed today that it had arrested 774 people over the last two months as part of a nationwide crackdown on the production and sale of tainted food, drugs and agricultural products.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/business/worldbusiness/30yuan.html?ex=1351396800&en=89fb9cae0e5e4fbb&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

China Says Economy Grew at 11.5% Pace

Edward — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:00:28 +0000

The pace of China’s economic development is still strong enough to keep pushing up prices around the world.

In Pakistan Quandary, U.S. Reviews Stance

Edward — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:51:37 +0000

A political meltdown in Pakistan, where Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and nuclear weapons are all in play, could be a disaster for the Bush administration.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/world/asia/21musharraf.html?ex=1350619200&en=82d914d2610ede79&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink