Economy
New scientific findings concerning pollution in Asia indicate the world's destiny does not lay in the polar ice caps melting, but in the transforming of fertile lands into desert regions.
| 03/03/2004
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ASIA
| 19/02/2004
| ISRAEL - PALESTINE VATICAN
Even pigs are infected. Fears of man-to-man transmission increase.
| 06/02/2004
| vietnam
In recent days our news staff have received numerous phone calls by persons traveling to Asia and wanted to know more about the status of the bird flu in various countries, the risks of infections and how to protect themselves. Below we have gathered some of the most frequently asked questions. The answers were taken from World Health Organization members and medical experts residing in Asia.
| 05/02/2004
| Asia
by Bernardo Cervellera
We offer a review of Hu Jintao's visit to France through an interview with Cai Chongguo, an exiled Chinese union representative.
| 29/01/2004
| china - france
After years of war Iraqis are rediscovering themselves as merchants, as recounted in the tales of "A Thousand and One Nights". In 5 years Iraq's economy will be the strongest in the region.
| 28/01/2004
| iraq
