RP is 4th most corrupt country in Southeast Asia—poll Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is ranked as the fourth most corrupt country in Southeast Asia out of 16 surveyed by over 2,000 expatriate businessmen, according to an annual poll. | In a report released Tuesday, the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) said the Philippines scored ...
Video satire: President Obama rejects the narrow, dogmatic views of the Jedi The Examiner | Derrick C. Crowe’s latest 3-minute video below compares President Obama’s rejection speech of peace (and here) to the widely popular Star Wars artistic presentation of a republic descending into fascism.The strategy to rip constitutional restraint in the story was a false flag attack, ...
RP is 4th most corrupt country in Southeast Asia—poll Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is ranked as the fourth most corrupt country in Southeast Asia out of 16 surveyed by over 2,000 expatriate businessmen, according to an annual poll. | In a report released Tuesday, the Political and Economic Ri...
Many overseas Vietnamese want to buy apartments, property The Saigon Times Viet Kieu view modern housing of the Sunrise City project in HCMC - Photo: Quoc HungHCMC - Some 400 Vietnamese living abroad, or Viet Kieu, gathered at the Sunrise City complex project in HCMC’s District 7 last week for a meeting, with many o...
Vietnam releases human rights lawyer from prison Newsvine | — A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for advocating for a multiparty government in Internet posts. | Le Thi Cong Nhan was released Saturday from Prison Number 5 in northern Thanh...
Vietnam releases human rights lawyer from prison Wtop | HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for advocating for a multiparty government in Internet posts. | Le Thi Cong Nhan was released Saturday from Prison Number 5 in ...
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The first sit-in at a Woolworth store began 50 years ago today Penn Live | Feb. 1, 2010 | Today: is the 32nd day of 2010. There are 333 days left in the year. | On this date | In 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a whites-only ...
Mayor Alfredo Lim's 100 Days Malaya | He may be tough as nails when its comes to criminals thus earning him the moniker "Dirty Harry" but Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim undeniably had a also has a soft spot for his fellow ...
Home Sweet Hippo Tulsa World 5 Plavnica, Montenegro | Montenegro: Escaped hippo returns to its zoo | The zoo keeper was right. The 2-ton hippo that escaped from a zoo in Montenegro has returned home without hu...
Vietnam Releases Human Rights Lawyer From Prison The New York Times | Filed at 8:25 a.m. ET | HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for advocating for a multiparty government in Internet posts. | Le Thi Cong Nhan was released Saturday...
Vietnam releases human rights lawyer from prison The Miami Herald | HANOI, Vietnam -- A Vietnamese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for advocating for a multiparty government in Internet posts. | Le Thi Cong Nhan was released Saturday from Prison Number 5 in nort...
Monkeys, butterflies, turtles… how the pet trade's greed is emptying south-east Asia's forests The Guardian | Whole species disappear from the wild as millions of animals are illegally exported round the world in a business with profit margins that rival the drugs trade | Illegal trade has made the pangolin rare in south-east Asia so now Africa is being targeted. Photograph: HOW HWEE YOUNG/EPA | Countries across south-east Asia are being systematically d...
