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Asia's largest ever infastructure project

The Trans-Asian Railway has been faltering since it was first proposed in the 1960s by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (ESCAP). Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s the project was hindered by political instability, the wars in Indochina, the reticence of China and a subsequent lack of finance in Asia for mega-projects of this kind.

Now, however, with China emerging as the number two most dominant economy in the world, the project to link two major continents (Asia and Europe) is finding its feet once more and the Chinese are looking into investment opportunities, with some aspects of the project, such as the several thousand kilometers that pass through Thailand, being slated for possible construction in 2013. Read more

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Strength in our difference

The Star - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

THE general election is over. For some, the battle has been won but for others, it is a lost cause and they cannot wait for the next election to come. There have been many unpleasant comments made by politicians in the newspapers, radio, television and social media that you begin to see how fragmented our society has become. There are those who engage in race baiting to unite their own citizens ...
A tale of two schools

The Star - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

In Bangladesh, a unique school that teaches English to children living in slum areas provides interesting lessons that we can emulate. SINCE we cannot expect much change in our education system in the next few years, let me present some observations of two different schools ...
Danger on the road

The Star - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

THIS picture tells the whole story. I was on the road around 3.30pm on May 21 when I noticed this lorry overloaded with recycled items. I followed it from Tesco/IOI Puchong until the junction of Kinrara, near the army camp, before the driver turned off from main Puchong road. All the way, the driver was driving on the right lane meant for fast vehicles. I kept a safe distance from the lorry and ...
We must look at language as an asset

The Star - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

I WAS brought up in a non-English-speaking family. As my parents could not afford tuition for their children, I had to struggle with my English during the first few years of my school days. Fortunately, I was blessed to have very good educators in school, whom, together with my own perseverance, helped me get a distinction in the MCE. So much is being said of the English language but I must also ...

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Search for survivors nearly over in Oklahoma as damage estimate is $2bn

The Asia News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...
Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects shot dead by FBI

The Asia News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...
Senate panel approves plan to ease hiring of foreign techies

The Asia News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

WASHINGTON - A US Senate panel has cleared a proposed legislation that relaxes restrictions on IT companies to hire foreign techies, thus clearing one of the major hurdles to ushering changes in American immigration law in a generation. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill after its authors won a bipartisan support with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats in the 18-member ...

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Bernanke says more positive signs needed before scaling back stimulus

The Asia News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

WASHINGTON - Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Wednesday said it was too soon to scale back the monetary stimulus and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking a decision. A decision to scale back the $85 billion in bonds the Fed is buying each month could come at one of the central bank's "next few meetings" if the economy looked set to maintain ...
Higher exports fail to plug widening Japan trade deficit

The Asia News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit rose substantially more than expected in the month April to 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion), which is a 70% jump over the trade deficit during the corresponding month a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.. The deficit, for the tenth consecutive month, was wider than what many economists had forecast. A survey from the Nikkei business daily ...
Vitamin C offers hope of tackling drug resistant TB

The Asia News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

WASHINGTON - Adding vitamin C to existing tuberculosis drugs regime could shorten the therapy for drug resistant TB, claims new research findings published in the online scientific journal Nature Communications. The striking discovery, by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria in laboratory ...
IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme

The Asia News.Net - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...