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...Pacific President," Obama's planned visit to Indonesia is being heralded as a homecoming. Millions of Indonesians consider Barry Soetoro, as he was once known by his Indonesian stepfather's surname, an honorary citizen. But even as Obama takes a trip down memory lane (followed by a visit to Australia), the fate of his boyhood likeness underscores his, and America's, growing image problem across Asia. Soon after Jakarta city workers used the cover of darkness to relocate the young Barry's statue, top U.S. diplomatic envoys were in Beijing to repair foundering relations with the world's third largest...
...caused by Cyclone Tomas--which struck Fiji late on March 12 and lasted more than four days--"overwhelming." While only one death had been confirmed as of March 16, the full extent of the destruction caused by winds of up to 130 m.p.h. (209 km/h) was still being assessed. Australia and New Zealand quickly began to send aid to Fiji, which lies about 2,000 miles (3,220 km) northeast of Sydney...
...impressive range of clients. Her work has made its way to the White House and the Vatican. Together she and her husband direct ShackletonThomas, a Vermont-based company specializing in handmade furniture and ceramic goods. Born in New York to British parents, and raised in Italy and Australia, Thomas brings a global approach to a locally minded, artisanal trade. On Tuesday, March 23, she will conduct a workshop run by the Office for the Arts’ Ceramic Program...
...coached Christine right through her junior year of high school,” Joy fondly recalls. “We traveled so much together—to Australia, Belgium, and Canada [for the world championships]. We became very close. She’s every coach’s dream...
...prioritized stabilizing Afghanistan over everything else in Asia, it has lost a lot of credit in both Delhi and Beijing. It is increasingly reliant on China, but has also undertaken security exercises [under the Bush Administration] that tried to work together with democratic countries like Japan, India and Australia at the exclusion of China. This fed into the traditional political claustrophobia many in China have - a sense that, in the end, Asia will be a very hostile environment for their development and geopolitical rise...