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 The Manila Times
Trashing privatization
| SPOKESMEN of the GSIS and the government have denied that either wants to take over the Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Considering that the Arroyo administration has displayed a penchant for say... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Consumers Electricity Manila Photos Privatization Slideshow |
 The Manila Times
Dirty-tricks operation against JDV?
| Apparently, the Comelec has made Sen. Dick Gordon very happy. He praised the poll body for—at last!—finally signing a P525-million poll-automation contract with Smartmatic. This company won the bidd... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
Comelec Election Mindanao Philippines Photos |
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 Asia Times
US misses Iran opportunity
| By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | With mounting tensions in the Middle East greeting President George W Bush's trip this week to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Washington could seize the... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian,file)
Iran Mideast Nuclear Photos US |
 Asia Times
Food bill comes in for liberalization
| By Aileen Kwa GENEVA - The high food prices that have sparked riots in parts of the developing world from Indonesia, India and Bangladesh to Cameroon, Ivory Coast and H... (photo: Creative Commons / Victor Szalvay)
Agriculture Food Photos Society UN |
 San Diego
India suffers epidemic of stunted kids-researchers
NEW DELHI - Malnutrition rates among Indian children are among the world's highest and cause stunted growth in about half of children under five years, researchers quotin... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Delhi Epidemic India Kids Photos |
 BBC News
How serious is Pakistan government split?
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is pulling his party out of the new government. The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad looks at why and what happens next. ... (photo: (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary))
Pakistan Parliament Photos Politics Resignation |
 Turkish Press
Pakistan facing crisis as Sharif party quits cabinet
| Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif addresses a press conference in Islamabad on May 12. Pakistan is facing a new political crisis after Sharif's party vowed t... (photo: AP Photo / Pakistan Muslim League,HO)
Government Islamabad Pakistan Photos Politics |
 Orlando Sentinel
Bhutto's husband cleared of smuggling artifacts
KARACHI, Pakistan - A lawyer says a Pakistani court has cleared the widower of slain ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of charges of smuggling artifacts. | Asif Ali Zardar... (photo: AP Photo / Shakil Adil)
Bhutto Karachi Pakistan Photos woman |
