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...think the best overflow housing is in Budapest and Thailand. There’s a lot of university housing all over the world that we should be making use of that is currently underutilized by Harvard College,” he said...
...region's economies were already in dire shape, largely because the U.S. market for the things Asia makes?computers, cars, high-tech gadgets?had all but dried up. Exports account for more than 60% of Malaysia and Singapore's GDP, while the number is around 50% for Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines. About half of those shipments go to the U.S., and analysts say that the attacks could cause American demand to nosedive a further 20% by the end of the year. That would be catastrophic for countries like Singapore, which has been in a full-blown recession...
...thumbs. "We don't see any new bookings coming in for October at all," says Melvin Iskander, manager of the Tanjung Rhu resort on the Malaysian island of Langkawi. "Everyone is waiting to see what happens when the fighting starts." This is horrible news for the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand, all of which are heavily dependent on tourists' foreign currency...
...Pentagon and the State Department have arranged for basing bombers and refueling planes in Bahrain and Oman. B-52 and B-2 bombers, flying from the U.S. and the tiny speck of Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean, will also be serviced by tankers flying out of Thailand. Air Force Special Operations MH-53J Pave Low helicopters may be based in both Uzbekistan and Pakistan, close to Afghanistan's borders. (After initially seeming enthusiastic about basing rights, the Uzbeks appear to have had second thoughts.) The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is sailing to the theater, with...
...compared with the rest of the world, the U.S. takes the middle road when it comes to airport security. Israel's El Al still sets the highest standards (see box). Put up against Swiss-cheese operations such as those in the countries once part of the Soviet Union or Thailand, where corruption at the airport is endemic, the U.S. is a model of tightness. But compared with the top airports in Europe and Asia, the U.S. continues to lag. In India, only ticketed passengers can enter the terminal. Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur put international bags through a rigorous screening...