American multinational companies are setting up research and development (R & D) centers in India, participating in a new trend in the contemporary era of global capitalism - the outsourcing of production activities.. No longer content to only look overseas for low-wage service sector jobs...
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On the eve of an election day in India, the government announced plans to provide free antiretroviral therapy to H.I.V.-positive new parents and H.I.V.-positive children in the six states most affected by the disease. This is part of a larger initiative spearheaded domestically by Sushma Swaraj,...
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The Cold War created a strong alliance between the United States and Western European nations – the former provided the funds to rebuild the latter after the devastation of World War II, and thereby created a ‘buffer’ of democratic states between the USSR and the Atlantic. Now, that buffer is no...
In the new world order the US will play the warrior god Mars, the Europeans voluptuous Venus, suggests an American political analyst.
Chris Patten (pictured), the European Union's external affairs...
Australia and Poland put troops on the ground in the war in Iraq and now await compensation for their efforts. Although Australia must play down its participation for fear of offending Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, benefits are already being recognized: a free-trade deal with...
If a recent anonymous email to one of Canberra's most prominent anti-war politicians is right, John Howard, the Australian prime minister, was readying troops to fight in Iraq as long ago as last July.
The...
Thailand's government is being criticized for even considering allowing Singapore Airlines to turn the Thai city of Chiang Mai into a regional aviation hub. Several Thai airline operators believe that the idea of a regional hub is sound, but that its development should not be handled by...
Private airline operators have expressed sharp disapproval of the Thaksin government's plan to let Singapore Airlines develop Chiang Mai into a regional aviation hub.
This follows a remark by Transport Minister...
Working and living abroad as an au pair should be an exciting and rewarding experience for young men and women. It gives them the opportunity to stay with a family while they experience an unfamiliar culture. But this very unfamiliarity – so exciting when the au pairs are warmly received – can...
Coming as an au pair to Germany is supposed to be a good experience for young foreigners, but it can sometimes turn into a nightmare, as the case of Ramona Radulovici showed.
Radulovici, 21, came to a family...
Despite his penchant for remarks that incensed many foreign observers, Malaysia's retiring Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, will be missed by Western governments, says this opinion article in Singapore's Straits Times. Governing for 22 years, Mahathir oversaw the development of Malaysia...
ASIA will miss its stormy petrel, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, when he steps down as Prime Minister of Malaysia. So, if truth were to be told, will the West, which is nothing if not pragmatic.
Despite understandable...
The question 'was it a war of occupation or liberation' dominated much of the international debate on the US-led war in Iraq. Now, the debate has reached the local level. The decision by the US administrator for Iraq, Paul Bremer, to appoint a council of Iraqis in an advisory capacity has...
It was the first time Iraq's most prominent religious authority, Ayatollah Mohamed Ali Sistani, went public with his views about the US presence in Iraq. "The American campaign to put an end to Saddam's tyranny now...