Tag: Asia

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2009-02-15 / 2009-02-22 Hillary Clinton visited Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and China.
2009-02-07 Advanced economies are already in a "depression" and the financial crisis may deepen unless the banking system is fixed.
-- According to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director IMF, in Kuala Lumpur, attending a gathering of central bankers from Southeast Asia
2008-07-29 ... in significantly undermining the group's capabilities.
Al-Qaeda has been involved in more terrorist attacks since Sept. 11, 2001, than it was during its prior history and the group's attacks since then have spanned an increasingly broader range of targets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, according to researchers.
-- According a RAND Corporation study
2008-02-02 As I travel in moderate Muslim states in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, I ask heads of state and government how many extremists, or would-be jihadis, they estimate live in their midst, also how many fundamentalists who support openly or secretly the jihadi cause. The answer is usually 1 percent and 10 percent. In a country like Pakistan, that translates to 1.6 million extremists and 16 million supporters. On a global scale, that comes out to roughly 14 million extremists and 140 million sympathizers.
-- Arnaud de Borchgrave, UPI Editor at Large, while interviewing Lee Kuan Yew
2007-09-22 “I do not believe that Turkey belongs in Europe, and for a simple reason, which is that it is in Asia Minor. What I wish to offer Turkey is a true partnership with the Europe; it is not integration with Europe.”
-- Nicloas Sarkozy, President of France
2007-09-03 Overall, Asia was the most successful region in the world. "I think that's true by every measure - the spread of democracy, the relative peace and stability over the last 20 years, the economies booming. By the way, I give the US and our alliance system some credit for that."
-- Richard Armitage, Bush's former deputy secretary of state, interview with The Australian newspaper
2007-09-03 "In every measure, China is making real hay right throughout Asia [ ... ] Right now, we're just so preoccupied with Iraq that we're ignoring Asia totally. [ ... ] In almost every measure -- military budgets, population growths, the need for raw materials -- our interests will force us back to Asia.""
-- Richard Armitage, Bush's former deputy secretary of state, interview with The Australian newspaper
2007-08-15 "It is never just water for water's sake, but water for poverty's sake. Clean water and improved sanitation can save the poor time, improve their health and provide them income opportunities."
-- Arjun Thapan, author of the report titled "Asia Water Watch 2015"
2007-08-07 Light, sweet crude oil for September delivery fell 23 cents to US$71.83 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midmorning. It was almost US$7 a barrel lower than the intraday record of US$78.77 hit last week.
2007-06 China was becoming more forthcoming about its strategic aims, but that bilateral military relations still lacked the kind of regularity that would make both sides more confident in the event of a crisis.
-- United States Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a trip to Asia

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