EXPERT VIEW FROM NEWEDGE'S JOHN BROWNING: Renminbi is re-writing commodity prospects - Metalbulletin
28 May 2012, 7:18 am
China is undergoing a process of liberalising its economy, and as the market opens up, new contracts will be launched to meet the demand, says Newedge’s John Browning in an article written for and published by Metal Bulletin's sister publication Futures ...

Rwanda: Liberalizing Import of Malaria Drugs Without Strict Rules Is Suicidal - AllAfrica.com
28 May 2012, 2:53 am
A new study by researchers from Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health in the United States of America has revealed that a third of antimalarial drugs in South East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are counterfeit. As a result, more ...

India, Pakistan defer signing of visa pact, discuss 26/11 - Sify
25 May 2012, 3:00 pm
New Delhi/Islamabad: India and Pakistan Friday agreed to step up cooperation between their investigative agencies on 26/11 and terror-related issues, but failed to sign the much-awaited pact on liberalising visa regime as Islamabad said it ...

India, Pakistan defer signing of visa pact, discuss 26/11 (Second Lead) - Thaindian.com
25 May 2012, 12:01 pm
New Delhi/Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) India and Pakistan Friday agreed to step up cooperation between their investigative agencies on 26/11 and terror-related issues, but failed to sign the much-awaited pact on liberalising visa regime as Islamabad said it ...

Q&A with Naomi Wolf and Amanda Marcotte: the war on women - The Guardian
25 May 2012, 11:11 am
What's behind this surge of "abortion-obsessed" congressmen? In a time of ever more liberalizing societies, why is the United States going down this path? Do you think the anti-abortion movement should necessarily be seen as a threat to feminism?

Think carefully before liberalizing power business - 読売新聞
22 May 2012, 1:30 pm
The intended effects and the possible side effects that would be brought about through full liberalization of the electricity retail business must be carefully considered. An expert panel of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry has reached a broad ...

Free trade agreements: More transparency required - Malaysiakini
22 May 2012, 3:36 am
While the nation is forging ahead to sign free trade agreements (FTA) and liberalising trade with a number of countries, greater transparency has to be exercised to protect the interests of the people. We have recently learnt that Miti will be signing the ...

Panel seen urging liberalizing power - 読売新聞
19 May 2012, 1:27 pm
A government advisory panel has agreed to recommend that retail sales of electricity to households be totally liberalized, sources said. The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry panel of experts on reforms of electrical power systems, chaired by Prof.

The Swedish Reform Model, Believe It or Not - Wall Street Journal
18 May 2012, 8:16 pm
The so-called Swedish model has long held a special place in the leftist imagination. In 1969 the Christian Science Monitor reported that Sweden's 41%-of-GDP tax take—then the highest in the world—had "solved" poverty. Swedes "didn't invent social ...

Myanmar holds first gay pride celebrations - Straits Times
17 May 2012, 8:43 am
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar held its first gay pride celebrations on Thursday, organisers said, in a sign of liberalising social attitudes paralleling political reforms in the formerly army-ruled nation. Around 400 people packed into the ballroom of ...