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Southeast Asia Globe
• Sep 28, 2012
Former hell’s angel turned preacher Todd Bentley discusses his unique healing methods. The tattooed leader of Fresh Fire Ministries in Florida said that the “holy spirit” told him to kick an elderly woman in the face. He also claims to have cured a man of cancer by punching him in…
Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 24, 2012 • 1 min read
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Sep 24, 2012
As the economic momentum increasingly moves to Southeast Asia, a region with diverse economies and a large workforce, the region is tipped to power growth in Asia for the next two decades, according to IHS Global Insights, a global information company that offers industry and economic analysis. Thanks in part…
Southeast Asia • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 18, 2012 • 4 min read
Hungry for fuel: Two days after the launch of Thailand’s first station to charge electric vehicles, the Ministry of Energy announced that Thailand will be a fuel hungry nation in ten years’ time. The Kingdom can currently produce 44% of the country’s demand for natural gas and oil, a figure that…
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Sep 18, 2012
A new micro-finance law is set to throw a lifeline to small earners, who have been crippled by a backward finance system for decades
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Steve Finch
• Sep 17, 2012
When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the streets of Malaysia and Singapore, looking for mundane entertainment
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Marco Ferrarese
• Sep 16, 2012
A proud moment: Following the country's first Gay Pride parade, could Vietnam lead the way on LGBT rights in Asia?
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Sep 15, 2012
Whoopi Goldberg offers her thoughts on the relative merits of kinky sex in reaction to this year’s publishing behemoth Fifty Shades of Grey. The erotic book traces the relationship between a college graduate and business magnate Christian Grey.
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Southeast Asia Globe
• Sep 15, 2012
Malaysia maintains “public morality” in the ASEAN human rights declaration; SEA women to appeal again to foreign ministers Malaysia continues to resist the calls of women to remove “public morality”” from the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), as it is being drafted by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights…
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SEA Globe
• Sep 14, 2012
The welfare of children has dramatically improved in the past ten years. It is an encouraging trend – but massive disparities remain between nations It is a success story that many countries can only dream of. Since 2000, infant mortality in Southeast Asia has fallen by one third, with countries such…
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Frédéric Janssens
• Sep 13, 2012
