Some small mercy for Fine Gael in Mayo – Irish Examiner
CASTLEBAR -- At first it was supposed to be around 5pm, then 6pm, then “maybe another half hour.” But it was only at 8.45pm on Saturday, as Taoiseach Enda Kenny…
In Burma, “some things have changed, some things not yet” – Irish Examiner
Burma’s political glasnost sheds light on vast economic challenges facing one of the world’s poorest countries SIMON ROUGHNEEN IN BURMA – Over the past 18 months, Burma’s government has gone…
After election, history-burdened East Timor looks ahead – Irish Examiner
http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/east-timor-can-finally-look-forward-to-a-bright-new-dawn-after-its-historic-election-200144.html Outgoing PM and independence icon most likely candidate to lead next government DILI, EAST TIMOR – Saturnina da Silva doesn’t have a name for her baby boy yet, born…
East Timor faces pivotal election – Irish Examiner
http://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/voting-to-escape-the-past-199814.html A decade after independence and with the UN mission in-country coming to an end, East Timor goes to the polls on Saturday AILEU, EAST TIMOR – IN a decade-old…
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A hard life on Kolkata’s rubbish mountains – Irish Examiner
KOLKATA/CALCUTTA -- Multinational businesses such as IBM and Vodafone have offices nearby, a five-star Marriott hotel is going up on the main airport road -- all within walking distance of…
If Samuel Beckett met Pol Pot – Asia Sentinel/Irish Examiner
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3101&Itemid=207 http://www.examiner.ie/world/stark-drama-recalls-pol-pot-horrors-as-doubts-form-over-trials-150081.html TIK PANHAO – In some of Cambodia’s thousands of killing fields, the bones of the dead sometimes appear, after heavy rain loosens and washes away the topsoil. It’s…
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Independence – and challenges – loom for southern Sudan – Irish Examiner/The Irrawaddy
JUBA -- The dateline here and now says 'Sudan', but later this year it will likely read 'South Sudan' or 'Nile Republic'. Biblical references such as 'Cushitia' or 'Azania' are…
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Pakistan Floods: Awaiting succour in Sukkur – Irish Examiner/Eureka Street/Crikey/SouthAsiaMasala
SUKKUR -- On the road in from the airport, the water shimmered under the moonlight as men, women and children sat in the dark, near the would-be lakeshore. During the…
Irish business leaders meet in Bangkok to try boost commerce with Asia – Irish Examiner
BANGKOK -- Home to over half the world's population, Asia's array of growing, dynamic economies will become an increasingly important place for Irish business going forward. That was the key…
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Despite food shortages, Ethiopia to grow biofuel crops – Irish Examiner
DIRE DAWA, EASTERN ETHIOPIA -- When drought and food shortages hit, it is the very young who suffer first, and most. Weighing only 4.5 kg, Ayaan is among the almost…