• Syria wars regional implications

  The assembly vote, not surprisingly saw 107 in favor of the resolution which saw support from most of the Arab world, the United States and Europe and much of Asia. Twelve countries opposed the resolution including Russia and Mainland China, the Assad regime's staunchest backers as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela. There were 59 abstentions including nearby Lebanon, ...

• Philippines Benigno Aquino A mummys boy or the real deal

  By John McBeth -- During the four years I spent in the Philippines in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I developed a healthy distaste for the ruling elite, exemplified by the inept leadership of President Corazon Aquino, who dragged her feet on key reforms and left us without power for 10 hours a ...

• Settling the question of who is responsible for settling spats

  Certainly, it makes good sense to encourage contending parties to resolve neighborhood spats by themselves, failing which they could be asked to approach a Community Mediation Centre. But since this step is voluntary, people can choose not to do so, weakening the dispute resolution framework. The numbers cause discomfiture: 30 percent of cases handled by the center have not been resolved ...

• Deficit cut boosts US asset optimism

  NEW YORK -- U.S. companies are hiring more workers and home prices, stock markets and energy production are climbing. But a sudden narrowing in the U.S. budget deficit could trump all that -- and provide another leg up for U.S. asset ...

• Chinese need to unite against provocation

  Taiwan has issued a new round of sanctions against the Philippines over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman. The Chinese society as a whole should lend Taiwan a hand, so as to ensure its ultimate victory in the latest crisis.Such a victory is of great significance. It will rebuff Manila's arrogance and lift Chinese status in maritime conflicts. There has long been a stereotype over the ...

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