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World In Photos: June 9, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: World in Photos, Slideshow, Photos, India, Air France, United Kingdom, France, England, Brazil, Animals, Images, Singapore, Myanmar, Somalia, Japan, Pictures, World News

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Green Roof Disguises Nanyang University School Of Art

treehugger.com | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Nanyang University, Green Design, Green Technology, Green Roof, Singapore, Green News

CPG Consultants has done a lovely job here, all while being sensitive to environmental issues: the building's greenest feature, in more ways th...

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News
Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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Oil Prices Drop as Inventories Swell

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Singapore, Home News

Benchmark crude for June delivery rose 29 cents to $48.84 a barrel by noon in European electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. "We're ...

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Tibet: Polar Perspectives. Can Both Sides Be Heard?

Jim Luce | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Serfs, Hanificiation, East Asian Studies Major, India, Taiwan, Mandarin, Family Planning, Dalai Lama, Colonialization, Puritans, Poverty, Native American, Han Chinese, Togo, Hong Kong, Ghana, Theocracy, Iran, Tibet, Priest Class, Anti-Chinese, Appalachia, Slaves, Singapore, U.S. Healthcare System, Ewe, Buddhist Clergy, Birth Control, Middle Kingdom, Buddhism, Separation of Church and State, Sharia, Thomas Friedman, World News
Jim Luce

The truth about Tibet is perhaps more nuanced than it has been presented by either side of the highly polarized debate.

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Singapore Economy in Free Fall Disaster

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Financial Crisis, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore Economy, Singapore, Economic Crisis, Global Economic Crisis, World News
Sheldon Filger

With the data that has recently emerged on the Q1 performance of Singapore's economy, it may be time to change the national anthem to "Backwards, Singapore." The numbers are that bad.

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Oil Tracks Sliding Markets, Falls Below $50

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Singapore, Home News

Oil prices settled below $50 (U.S.) a barrel Tuesday as the energy markets tumbled with the stock markets amid growing doubts about corporate earnings...

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Singapore: Man Jailed For Throwing Wife Out Window

Times Of India | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Kuala Lumpur, Jail, Manslaughter, Singapore, Asia, Singapore Court, World News

An Australian executive who threw his Thai wife out of their fourth-floor window after an altercation, was jailed for 25 months today by a Singapore c...

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Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ Editor, Faces Contempt Charges In Singapore

The Straits Times | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Wall Street Journal Singapore, Singapore, Melanie Kirkpatrick, Melanie Kirkpatrick Singapore, Asia, Free Press, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Contempt, World News

THE Government is taking a senior editor of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to court, accusing her of being in contempt of court in three articles publi...

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Outcry Over Asian Censorship Of Word "Gay" During Oscars

AP | SEAN YOONG | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

Read More: The Oscars, Sean Penn, Dustin Lance Black, Oscar Censorship, Academy Awards, Singapore, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Media News

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Gay Asians voiced indignation Wednesday after television broadcasts of the Academy Awards in their region censored the ...

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Science is Back in the House

Bill Allen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, TIMMS Report, President Obama, Inaugural Address, Competitiveness, Secretary of Education, Teacher Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Science, Anti-Science, Mathematics, Barack Obama Inaugural Address, Science Education, Barack Obama, Taiwan, Yemen, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Borat, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Education Reform, Schools, Japan, Teaching, Learning, Politics News
Bill Allen

A worldwide study of education in science and math contains a mixed report card for the U.S. The good news: We did manage to beat Yemen soundly.

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Pirates of Somalia

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Ethiopia, Obama Indonesia, Terrorism, Horn of Africa, Somali Pirates, Russia Georgia War, Ukraine, Singapore, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Chinese Government, North America, Somalia, Darfur Sudan, Soviet Union, Politics News
Eric Margolis

They are 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and cute little Johnny Depps they are not. This year alone, brazen Somali pirates have attacked 95 vessels. The corsairs still hold 16 ships and up to 300 sailors.

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Municipal Wireless, The World and Obama

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wireless, Obama, Technology, Free Wifi, Singapore, Sean Paull Kelley, Politics News
Sean-Paul Kelley

The future doesn't happen in America now. I can confirm it. I'm sitting on a sidewalk browsing the internet via a free municipal wireless network.

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Merrill Sells $6.2 Billion Stake To Temasek

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Davis Selected Advisors, Investment Banks, Merrill Lynch, Singapore, Investment Funds, Temasek Holdings, Common Stock, Business News

Investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. said Monday it sold a stake in itself to Temasek Holdings and Davis Selected Advisors for $6.2 billion as it looks...

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Subprime Crisis Forces UBS To Write Down $10 Billion

AP | ERNST E. ABEGG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Singapore, Middle East, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Loans, Subprime Loan Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, UBS AG, Ubs, Business News

Swiss banking giant UBS AG said Monday it will write off a further $10 billion on losses in the U.S. subprime lending market and will raise capital by...

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