Asia
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APEC leaders call for new growth strategies...leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. Singapore was Obama's second stop on a tour of Asia that began in Japan and will take him to China and South Korea. Restaurants in multicultural Singapore had special dishes on... In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Barack Obama, Singapore, Soy sauce, Asean, Small business, Climate change, Copenhagen, and Lee Hsien Loong |
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Times Online | November 03, 2009
Visit of high-ranking US officials to Burma signals relations thaw
...the most senior Americans to visit the country for more than ten years. Kurt Campbell, the Assistant Secretary of State responsible for Asia, will meet Burma's Prime Minister, Thein Sein, and the detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,...
In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, US, Democracy, Rangoon, Union Solidarity and Development Association, National League for Democracy, USDA, and Nyan Win
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AP Online | November 14, 2009
In Asia, Obama talking climate, arms control
...house arrest for most of the last two decades. Obama aides as well as outside Asia experts have defended the administration's new gamble on Burma, even while admitting it may not succeed. "One definition of insanity is to do the same...
In this article: Barack Obama, Copenhagen, Dmitry Medvedev, Singapore, U.S., Europe, Burma, and Washington
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en.wikipedia.org
Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aung San Suu Kyi AC, born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is Prime Minister-elect, a ... "Myanmar Aung San Suu Kuy to be put under detention - Asia News". Asianews.it. ...
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news.bbc.co.uk
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi
BBC News Online profiles Aung San Suu Kyi, who has become an international symbol of peaceful resistance in the face of oppression.
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www.dassk.org
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's pages
Continuing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's other political prisoners is a crime and... Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Requests Meeting With ... Private ...
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www.dassk.com
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Leader of the non-violent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma (Myanmar) and Nobel laureate. Includes biography, news, speeches, interviews, and more.
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english.aljazeera.net
Al Jazeera English - Asia-Pacific - Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi
Held under house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an icon of peaceful resistance. ... News Asia-Pacific. Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi ...
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nobelprize.org
Aung San Suu Kyi - Biography
Aung San" for father, "Kyi" for mother, "Suu" for grandmother, also day of ... Publishes Aung San in Leaders of Asia series of University of Queensland Press. ...
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www.time.com
TIMEasia.com: Aung San Suu Kyi Interview
Features a 1999 interview with Aung San Suu Kyi. ... The Asiaweek Power 50 1999: Aung San Suu Kyi. Who are the most powerful people in Asia? ...
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Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area (or 29.9% of its land area) and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.
Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia — with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe — located to the east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma-Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. Given its size and diversity, Asia — a toponym dating back to classical antiquity — is more a cultural concept incorporating a number of regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity (see Subregions of Asia, Asian people).
The wealth of Asia differs very widely among and within its regions, due to its vast size and huge range of different cultures, environments, historical ties and government systems. In terms of nominal GDP, Japan has the largest economy on the continent and the second largest in the world. In purchasing power parity terms, however, the People's Republic of China has the largest economy in Asia and the second largest in the world.
- Area:
- 44,579,000 km (17,212,000 sq mi)
- Demonym:
- Asian
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