N. Korea Plans Free Trade Zone on Island

China may get slim opportunity to influence the isolated nation
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Poppy Barons on the 'Speed' Boat

As the opium story comes to an end, Myanmar's synthetic drugs are ready to flood the region
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In China, Anger Rises as Economy Falls

Superb economic growth once kept political demands at bay
Barbara Demick
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WHO, FAO Call for Global Fight to Halt Bird Flu

Bird flu continues to worry authorities
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OPEC and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Setting production limits helps all oil exporters, but individual members find that cheating pays
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