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...Chinese regime, Burma’s largest trading partner, and no stranger to killing unarmed students itself, was quick to shield the junta from a Security Council resolution. While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries expressed “revulsion” in a private meeting with the Burmese foreign minister, the refrain for “constructive engagement” followed soon thereafter. Such engagement, since Burma was admitted into ASEAN a decade ago, has overseen one of the worst cases of starvation and disease outside sub-Saharan Africa...
...means you don't have sex right away." More than 40% of employees at U.S. companies log more than 50 hours a week, the authors say, so the people you work with are likely to know you better than your own family. Where better, then, to find a compatible partner? Co-workers have also been vetted by HR to weed out untruths on their rsums. (Who can claim that about online suitors...
...Australia's second largest trading partner after China. Australian bases are key nodes in the U.S. satellite security system, and the two nations' defense forces are closely intertwined. "Australia will remain a close and reliable ally of the U.S.," says the Lowy Institute's Fullilove. "But Labor will explain the alliance in a different way" from the Howard government. "They won't so much emphasize loyalty. They'll emphasize Australian ideas, the advocacy of Australian interests. They'll sell that story to Australians, that the value of the alliance is, 'We have the ear of the world's most powerful...
...With annual bilateral trade estimated at $85 billion - nearly a fifth of India's total - the E.U. is India's largest investment partner, and its largest source of foreign direct investment. It's also the largest recipient of Indian investment, thanks largely to conglomerate Tata's $12 billion acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus earlier this year. The E.U. and India are currently negotiating a free trade agreement as well as a comprehensive trade and investment agreement. These and other deals have European executives coming in droves, drawn by the country's 9% annual economic growth, along with its fast...
...Pepper Company, buying surplus chilies left over from what was needed for elephant deterrents and turning them into sauce. Initially he worked from his kitchen in Harare, Zimbabwe, making around 500 bottles of hot sauce a year, which he sold in local supermarkets. Today, with the help of new partner Michael Gravina, he has expanded, selling some chilies direct to Tabasco and experimenting with his own recipes to produce four flavors, Baobab Gold, Zambezi Red, Mozambique Masala and Zanzibar Spice, in sauces and spice grinders. Ten percent of the price of all his products goes back to the Trust...