Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Commercialism & Christmas in Non-Christian Societies

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Thailand features Christmas elephants, f'rinstance Your Asian correspondent--obviously Catholic with a name like "Emmanuel"--h...
Friday, 20 December 2013

Aid (Not Death) from Above: Drones for Disaster Relief

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Some of these things don't come with missiles but with goodwill The American habit of using drones on supposed "terrorist" tar...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Russia's Price for Buying Off Ukraine: $15B

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Put 'er there, Vlad, my country's yours for $15 billion Let us update this strange tale of Ukraine. Having told his opponents to in ...
Monday, 16 December 2013

Boxers-Turned-Politicians: Pacquiao vs Klitschko

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Fighting Russkies, Striking a Blow for the EU If this were an actual fight, it would be a grossly unfair one since Manny Pacquiao stands 1.6...
Sunday, 15 December 2013

World's Smallest Currency Union: Caribbean Challenges

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Yes, Virginia, these dollars bear Queen Elizabeth II's image The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is the world's smallest cur...
Thursday, 12 December 2013

World's #2: Yuan Overtakes Euro in Trade Finance

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Trade finance is a somewhat arcane area despite its obvious importance to keeping world trade afloat. To make a long story short, a loan tak...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013

I Wanna Riot...In Singapore [?!]

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@#$% the Police, Singapore Edition Singapore has acquired a reputation for being squeaky-clean to the point of being antiseptic. It is parti...