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Islamabad should dump “transit trade deal” with Afghanistan
Pakistan Punch blogspot | December 21st 2009 by Moin Ansari
The US is forcing and chaperoning the transit trade deal with Afghanistan. According to the deal Tata trucks will rumble from Delhi through Kabul and then on to Central Asia. At its best, Indian goods will compete with Pakistani goods in Kabul, Dusha read more
Pocahaunted
Wine Women and Song | December 21st 2009 by mr.A
Voice has a long history with drone music that goes beyond John Cale and the drone pioneers. Throat singing in central Asia has been around for centuries, as has religious chanting in Northern Europe. Native American chants are a notable American ver read more
Top 25 Things to Do in Central & South America
Viator Travel Blog | December 21st 2009
Welcome to the 2009 Viator Traveler Awards! This is an annual awards competition where we let our millions of travelers select the Top 25 Things to Do in each of the major regions we serve. Each year the awards culminate in the Viator Top 50 Travel D read more
p and o cruises – Where do P & O cruises dock in St Lucia?…
P and O Cruises | December 21st 2009 by Rolf Joho
Where do P & O cruises dock in St Lucia? Normally Pointe Seraphine Berth 1 at Port Castries. Have a happy holiday! P & O cruises give you the opportunity to wake up to a new view each morning. They sail from Southampton to Africa, Asia a read more
The week ahead
Investment Postcards from Cape Town | December 21st 2009 by Prieur du Plessis
The video clips below provide a handy summary of the reports expected on the economic, financial and corporate front around the globe during the week ahead. US: Short but significant It’s a holiday-shortened week on Wall Street, yet investors w read more
Singapore Geography
tour singapore | December 19th 2009
Singapore, its strategic location at the most southern tip of the Malaysia peninsula has secured its vital role amoungst the South East Asia. Singapore has some 63 islands within its territorial waters. Just recent, 7 of the islands were reclaimed an read more
Gas activity a attribute of China's power: analysts
Science and Technology News | December 19th 2009 by Wisnu Alamsyah
China has agilely rewritten the geopolitical mural in Central Asia in contempo years, breaking Russia's cartel over the consign of the region's e nergy assets additionally coveted by the West, experts say. read more
World stocks mixed ahead of Fed meeting
Cotton Rates Update | December 19th 2009 by Farazuddin
HONG KONG: World stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors took profits before year's end and awaited the Federal Reserve's latest assessment of the U.S. economy. A mostly down day in Asia and a mixed performance early in Europe foll read more
FELIZ NAVIDAD
My Open Kimono | December 19th 2009 by Paul Benjou
As we close out 2009 and enter 2010, we begin to reflect on the past and look to the future for growth, prosperity, health and happiness.The United states has been a cultural melting pot spawning generations of culturally rooted families from around read more
El paraíso de la canción
La canción de la sirena | December 19th 2009 by Ea Pozoblock
Sabzi Ahangar era un extraordinario forjador de espadas que vivía en uno de los remotos valles orientales de Afganistán. En tiempos de paz construía arados de acero, herraba caballos y, sobre todo, cantaba. La gente de los valles escuchaban con i read more
Trials And Tribulations With Pakistan “Ally”
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 19th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
A central issue in the so-called “war against terrorism” in southeast Asia is a wide difference of opinion between Pakistan military leaders and the American government. To Americans, the need is to focus on destroying Taliban and al-Qaed read more
Why You Should NOT Go to Thailand… Yet
AdventureRob | December 18th 2009 by Robert
A lot of people speak fondly of Thailand, I’m one of them. It’s a great place to go, central in South East Asia and easy to get too. Living costs are as low as you can reasonably expect. Entertainment is readily available in all forms you read more
19th December 09
Kaixin | December 18th 2009 by Kaxin
The New York Times At Climate Talks, Trade Pressures Mount COPENHAGEN - Could a legacy of the Copenhagen climate conference turn out to be higher tariffs? Modernizing by Leapfrogs and Bounds CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — Imagine that read more
Strategic Implications of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline
The Yankee Sailor | December 18th 2009 by The Yankee Sailor
The breakthrough on the Central Asia-China gas pipeline (EDM, December 15), as part of Turkmenistan’s policy of gas export diversification, undermines Russia’s position not only in the European gas trade (EDM, December 16), but also on two Asian read more
Event tomorrow: IMAX Film "Journey to Mecca: In the Footstep…
Chicago Muslim Parent | December 18th 2009
To give your kids a beautiful taste of Hajj and history, please consider attending tomorrow's screening of the IMAX Film "Journey to Mecca: In the footsteps of Ibn Battuta" at the Museum of Science and Industry, courtesy of the Webb Foundation. Ibn B read more
The Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme
Think Macro | December 18th 2009 by Dmitry Epstein
No, I am not turning this blog into a fellowship/scholarship/conference announcement board. But many of my friends, especially in the developing countries, are approaching me with questions about opportunities of studying abroad and particularly ab read more
Links: Tidying Up Before The Holidays
Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes | December 18th 2009
Edward P. Jones‘ The Known World is now available in Arabic. (Can’t “Winner of the Pulitzer Prize” be translated too?) J.D. Salinger figured that The Catcher in the Rye was unfilmable. He also noticed when somebody needed a ne read more
Pakistan and US relations are complex, Pentagon
Pakistan News | December 18th 2009 by Asif Khalil
Pentagon says that Pakistan US relations are quite complex and keep passing through various ups and downs. US vice under-secretary for Defense for Central Asia David Sydney told reporters in Washington that Pakistan and America still many aspects whe read more
Sri Lanka Keeps Benchmark Rate at Five-Year Low to Support Island…
Invest In Sri Lanka | December 17th 2009 by Verajay
14th December 2009, www.bloomberg.com, By Anusha OndaatjieSri Lanka’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a five-year low to support the island’s economic recovery.The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left the reverse repurchase r read more
Forex: Asia Wrap-up, Christmas Wind-down
Forex Prediction | December 17th 2009 by andy hidayat
FXstreet.com (London) - Dollar lost some pace this Asian session as market players wound-down before the weekend and Christmas week. We earlier reported that all the majors moved against the Dollar, as Asian stock markets also look likely to close do read more
David Sedney said: tensions with Pakistan
Online breaking news-Latest breaking news | December 17th 2009
The Pentagon said, the relationship between the US and Pakistan is complex. David Sedney, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghnaistan, Pakistan and Central Asia told to reporters, "Our relationship with Pakistan is complex," T read more
1 billion people will be effected by Climate Change
MachinesLikeUs | December 17th 2009
Climate change and environmental degradation will force as many as one billion people to migrate over the next four decades to southeast Asia, central America and parts of west Africa, world's leading migration agency has said. read more read more
Win "tickets to watch Chestnuts Does Christmas"
Singapore Draws | December 17th 2009
Requirement: Answer a question (Click HERE To Join)Prizes: 1 winner 'tickets to watch Chestnuts Does Christmas'Till: 23 Dec 2010This year, Chestnuts turns Christmas into a not-so-holy night with their spoofs and parodies. We hear apart from a campy read more
Only Pencils and Prayers - Greg Mortenson
Labrish: Musings on Earth and Life from a Jamaican Abroad | December 17th 2009
Literary Arts presented Greg Mortenson in Portland last night to a sold-out crowd that packed the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The author of Three Cups of Tea and the recently released Stones into Schools has built 131 schools in Pakistan and Afgh read more
Veliky Novgorod, Russia
A Postcard a Day | December 17th 2009
The most historic city of north west Russia, and beautiful too. This was sent to me through PostCrossing on 23 November 2009. It does have a clear postmark but not one that I can read. The UNESCO description reads: Situated on the anci read more
Asia stocks fall as dollar rises
Latest forex update wires | December 17th 2009 by Farazuddin
HONG KONG: Most Asian stock markets fell Thursday as the dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve signaled it would start undoing some of its emergency supports next year as the economic recovery gathers pace. Major indexes were down by abou read more
7 Positions Urgently
Oil and Gas Hot Job Vacancy | December 17th 2009 by Kaysheehan
Job Title: Lead Designer - Electrical/ Instrument (Intools & PDMS)Job Description: -Strong experience in Offshore Well Head Platform, Central Process platforms...-Strong experience in FEED, Detailed Design Engineering for Offshore Oil & Gas projects read more
Liber Chronicarum
BibliOdyssey | December 17th 2009
The Nuremberg ChronicleThe famous world map from Hartmann Schedel's 'Nuremberg Chronicle', in the style of Ptolemy, leaves out Scandinavia, East Asia and the southern reaches of the African continent, yet includes a large island off the west African read more
Forex: EUR/USD bounces and consolidates early Asia
Forex Currency Trading News | December 17th 2009 by naveed
Thu, Dec 17 2009, 00:19 GMThttp://www.fxstreet.comFxstreet.com (London) - Rates were held firm earlier today in the US, as the FED reiterated their intention to keep rates close to zero for the foreseeable future. Notably, the central bank also press read more
US central bank left benchmark overnight rates on hold in a zero…
Bursa Malaysia (KLSE) Daily Info Edge Zone | December 16th 2009
In a unanimous decision, the US central bank left benchmark overnight rates on hold in a zero to 0.25% range, as widely expected. However the US share market is positive at the beginning but turn negative when come to closing so the news look like di read more
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