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Cigarettes - Tobacco
Asia   Health   Indonesia   Photos   Smoking
 The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Smoking Indonesian toddler Ardi Rizal quits 40-a-day habit
Fri 3 Sep 2010
INDONESIAN toddler Ardi Rizal has quit his 40-cigarettes-a-day habit after a month-long spell in rehab. He caused a storm around the world when filmed chain smoking cigarettes - aged just two years... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Parents and students at a public elementary school in Cavite, Philippines
Nutrition   Philippines   Photos   Schools   Wikipedia: Malnutrition
 Inquirer 
What Went Before: Food-for-School Program
Thu 2 Sep 2010
MANILA, Philippines—The administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched a Food-for-School Program (FSP) in early November 2004 as part of its response to a Social Weather Stations... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Lotto Outlet - PCSO - Gaming  Inquirer  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Believe it or not: PCSO incurs P1-B loss
MANILA, Philippines—While it gives away millions of pesos in lottery prizes, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has been losing heavily for the past several years, the agency's head said... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Loss   PCSO   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Prize
 Tata Power India Delhi Mumbai (rks2)  The Times of India  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Tata Power-led consortium to set up 240-mw project in Indonesia
MUMBAI: A consortium led by Tata Power, India’s largest private power utility, will develop a 240 mw-geothermal power project in Indonesia. Since the programme would involve building units of various... (photo: WN / Rajkumar Senapati)
Energy   India   Indonesia   Industry   Photos
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Rice - Commodity Deccan Herald Thu 2 Sep 2010
Rising temperature may bring down rice production
Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, Sep 2, DHNS: Thursday, September 02, 2010 --> Rice production in vast tracts of India may decline in the coming years because of a steady rise in... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Delhi   Photos   Production   Temperature   Wikipedia: Rice
Filipino poor family  -  Poverty Inquirer Thu 2 Sep 2010
1M poor families to get gov't cash aid
MANILA, Philippines—With the Asian Development Bank (ADB) providing a loan of $400 million, up to 1 million Filipino families among the country's poorest households will... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Incentives   Philippines   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Asian Development Bank
An investor walks past the electronic billboard display the Shanghai and Shenzhen top counters at a stock market in Beijing, China, Monday, Sept. 3, 2007. China shares were up midday, lifted by gains in air carriers after China Eastern Airlines landmark tie-up with Singapore Airline Fast Company Thu 2 Sep 2010
Singapore Stock Exchange Uses Peer Pressure to Encourage Sustainability Reporting
There is no mandate, and the government says it's simply making suggestions to companies listed on the SGX. So how can Singapore convince companies to adopt... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Market   Photos   Singapore   Stock   Wikipedia: Singapore Exchange
Badgao - Beggar - Poverty Inquirer Thu 2 Sep 2010
RP may miss goal of reducing poverty by half
THE COUNTRY is no longer in a position to attain the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty by 2015, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said.... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Economy   Philippines   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Poverty
Members of a Hong Kong police forensic team examine the tourist bus used in the hostage-hijacking on Aug. 23 by an ex-policeman at the auditorium at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, suburban Manila, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Breitbart Thu 2 Sep 2010
H.K. legislature calls for justice in Philippines hostage crisis+
HONG KONG, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Legislators in Hong Kong on Thursday mourned the eight tourists from Hong Kong who died in the Philippines bus hostage crisis last... (photo: AP / Noel Celis, Pool)
Hong Kong   Hostage   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Manila hostage crisis
Asian Development Bank - ADB  Headquarters, Manila m&c Thu 2 Sep 2010
Asian Development Bank to help keep Philippine kids in school
   Manila - The Asian Development Bank on Thursday approved a 400-million-dollar loan to expand a Philippine government programme to help keep children of... (photo: Public Domain / Exec8)
Bank   Economy   Philippines   Photos   Poverty


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