HILLARY Clinton will visit Asia on her first overseas trip as US Secretary of State, but will skip Australia. Mrs Clinton's office has announced she wuill visit Japan, China, South Korea and Indonesia. There had been talk in diplomatic circles that she could include Australia, but it is off the agenda this time around. Indonesia was on the intinreary because Mrs Clinton...
Kobe Bryant translates well in Asia, being honored as a global ambassador
The News & Observer
The News & Observer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Knocked in the spine with a television camera, poked in the ribs by a photo-ready cellphone, clubbed in the face with a boom microphone and shoved clumsily into the velvet ropes bordering the...
Don't scoff at superstitions when traveling in Asia
The Examiner
The Examiner
By Jane Lasky Walking under a ladder or breaking a mirror might make some Americans nervous, but most people I know won't be too bothered if either incident happens. Likewise, when it comes to certain dates (such...
IPTV Rollouts in Asia/Pacific are not for Faint of Heart but Needed to Gain Market Share, says Pyramid
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Despite the massive investments necessary in Asia/Pacific's IPTV market, both in technology and content procurement, telecom operators must invest to gain subscriber...
For black America, Jackson was icon
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
LOS ANGELES Sitting alone in a corner coffee shop in the heart of black L.A., Elisa Gomez Taylor explains why the black community is so endeared to Michael Jackson and why that endearment will probably never stop. His...
U.S. Shares Fall With Asia and Europe
The New York Times
The New York Times
Wall Street investors joined traders in Europe worrying that a three-month surge in stocks might be overdone. Shares fell in Europe and Asia on Monday, and Wall Street followed the same course, after an index of...
Shades of bliss
Hong Kong Standard
Hong Kong Standard
With the promise of more sunny days this summer, people will be heading toward the open air. If you're lucky enough to have a terrace or balcony, you can look forward to lazing on your deckchair or hosting barbecues. But...
Cambodia's last frontier falls
Asia Times
Asia Times
By Stephen Kurczy RATANAKIRI The remoteness of Cambodia's northeast once made it an ideal hideout for Vietcong, Khmer Rouge, wildlife poachers and illegal loggers. The same isolation had in recent years drawn adventure...
Hospital sees more GIs from Afghan frontline
MSNBC
MSNBC
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - The urgent call came in: Roadside bombs had ripped through two Humvees and wounded eight or nine U.S. soldiers. Medevac helicopters immediately hit the air to ferry the soldiers to the main...


