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Day One in Padang, Indonesia: Aid Worker Arrives in Earthquake Zone

Louis Belanger | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Indonesia Earthquake, Padang Earthquake, Oxfam, Humanitarian Aid, East Asia, News, World News
Louis Belanger

In all my years of working in the aid world, starting in 1978 in Indonesia, I have never witnessed such a rapid and relentless series of crises as I've seen this week.

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Indonesian Quake Triggers Landslide, Kills 32

AP | IRWIN FEDRIANSYAH | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Earth Quake, Natural Disasters, Natural Disaster, Jakarta, Quake, Tsunami, Indonesia, East Asia, Indonesia Earthquake, West Java, Indonesia Quake, World News

CIKANGKARENG, Indonesia — Rescuers dug through rocks and debris with their bare hands Thursday in search of dozens of villagers believed buried ...

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Palin Punked?

Shannyn Moore | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Hong Kong Speech, Borat, Punked, China, East Asia, Sarah Palin, Asian Word Salad, William Shatner, World News
Shannyn Moore

If CLSA's purpose is comic relief in hiring Sarah Palin to speak, they may get their moneys worth... that's if she shows up.

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Japan Resorts To Isolationism As Global Economy Weakens

GlobalPost | Gavin Blair | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Nationalism, Global Financial Crisis, Japan Nationalism, World Economic Crisis, East Asia, Isolationism, Japan Isolationism, Japan, Asia, World Financial Crisis, Globalpost, World News

TOKYO - In the days of VHS cassettes, a visit to a video rental shop here for a Hollywood blockbuster would often end in disappointment -- all the c...

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Secretary Clinton's Victim Diplomacy in East Asia

John Delury | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Japanese Abductee Victims, Hillary Clinton Japan, Hillary Clinton, Japan, Japanese Politics, East Asia, North Korea, World News
John Delury

By meeting with families of abductees in Japan, Secretary Clinton risks validating the political campaign orchestrated and funded by the Japanese right.

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