Word: regionalize
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...years old, he was born Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao on December 17, 1978 in Kibawe, a municipality in the Northern Mindanao region of the Philippines. Currently resides in General Santos City with his wife, Jinkee, in a regal mansion protected 24/7 by armed security guards. They have four children, including a daughter, Queenie, who has dual nationality after being born in the United States. Under Philippines law, the army will come to Pacquiao's aid if his family is in danger...
...after WWII and these expanded as the Soviet Union dissolved. Through the current financial crisis there has been very little coordinated economic policy among these same counties even though some of the economically weaker ones would certainly benefit from a program to shore up the financial health of the region by providing a pool of capital for temporary...
...Asia is doing what the West cannot do despite political and military divisions among many of them that go back decades. Nations in the region are building a coercive plan to protect the region's financial stability. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...that analysis would miss the move toward a financial alliance that will help serve to bring Asia together as a single, loosely formed economic entity lead by China and Japan, two of the four largest countries in the world as measured by GDP. The program makes the region financially stable, probably more stable than Europe is now with its rising unemployment, stagnant economies, and sovereign debt which faces downgrades in many cases. (See pictures of Obama's recent trip to Europe...
...tourists, naturally, is good news for anyone still vacationing. To shore up the Southeast Asian market, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have cut visa fees and worked with airlines, hotels and tourist sites to slash prices. Caribbean operators say deep price cuts have been essential to keep the region in people's minds during the turmoil. Some Caribbean resorts have cut prices in half, while Elite Island Resorts - the second-largest independent hospitality group in the region - will even accept guests' depressed stocks as payment; the firm values stocks at their closing price at the end of last October...