Asia
how does it feel to live in Turkey ? - the Guardian:
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- "Turkey - is a secular democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - had tried to limit it !"
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- "there were plans for constitutional changes - of the presidental powers !"
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- "journalists - must not sit in prisons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there must be free speech - with freedom of expression !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "tell us - how does it feel to live - in Turkey now ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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GEORGIA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ GEORGIA
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AZERBAIJAN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ AZERBAIJAN______________________________________________________________________________
ARMENIA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ ARMENIA_________________________________________
Pope Francis supports the Armenian People - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Pope Francis stands - for the Armenian people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "as he arrives in Yerevan - Armenia - a visit of remembrance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "he denounced the planned - actions to Armenians - by Turks a century ago !"
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- "sadly that had been made possible - by twisted racial - ideological - and religious aims !"
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- "planned actions to an - entire peoples ! - ( Turkey rejected it ! )"
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- "Pope Francis - with the Apostolic patriarch Karekin II - by his side !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "urges all people - to unite !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to prevent religion - from being manipulated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
KAZAKHSTAN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ KAZAKHSTAN_________________________________________
US Investment - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09ASTANA22
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- "the US embassy lobbied - Kazakhstan !"
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- "for hydrocarbon transport infrastructure - for export of its energy resources !"
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US Trade - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07STATE30227_________________________________________
- "in a letter the US embassy wrote - about "Phillip Morris" !"
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- "the US embassy recommended sending - a generic letter - or statement indicating !"
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- "supported inclusion in the - foreign investors council !"
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- "without naming - "Phillip Morris" - specifically !"
inner Circle - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09ASTANA1761
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- "the inner circle of - Nursultan Nazarbayev !"
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- "was split into two camps - the "hawks" - and the "doves" !"
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- "the hawks - or the "old guard" - believed that the international community - could do little !"
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- "but accept Kazakhstan - as it was ! - ( natural resources - geopolitical position ! )"
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- "the doves - wanted to create the image - of progress !"
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- "the political decisions of Nazarbayev - depended on which group - had his ear !"
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- "in the inner circle - there were family connections !"
TURKMENISTAN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ TURKMENISTAN
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UZBEKISTAN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ UZBEKISTAN______________________________________________________________________________
TAJIKISTAN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ TAJIKISTAN______________________________________________________________________________
Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ AUNG SAN SUU KYI
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- "one of the most famous speeches - of Aung San Suu Kyi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is the - "Freedom from Fear" - speech - which begins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we should be free - from fear !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "fear - corrupted !"
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- "the fear of losing power - corrupted !"
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- "and fear - of the scourge of power - corrupted !"
wir müssen dafür einstehen was richtig ist - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD
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- "Aung San Suu Kyi - kündigt in der Politik an !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "mit "allen demokratischen Kräften" - zusammenzuarbeiten !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Grundlage der demokratischen Freiheit - ist die Meinungsfreiheit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Demokratie ist - wenn das Volk die Regierung - kontrolliert !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
THAILAND - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ THAILAND_________________________________________
Television - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BANGKOK1747
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- "the government of Thailand - owned all of the country's - six television licenses !"
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- "although three - were licenses to commercial operators !"
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- "producers at all three commercial stations - confirmed !"
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- "that there was an - invisible line !"
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- "TV hosts and producers - who dared to cross - over the invisible line !"
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- "had lost their airtime - or were in a corner of the newsroom !"
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VIETNAM - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ VIETNAM______________________________________________________________________________
LAOS - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ LAOS______________________________________________________________________________
INDONESIA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ INDONESIA_________________________________________
Forests in Indonesia - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "in the past - there had been too much palm oil - in Indonesia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there should be less - palm oil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the forests - should be protected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the agriculture - should be more sustainable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Indonesia has much - primary rainforest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "much primary forests - for example in wetlands - and in government-protected areas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there is a big tropical forest - like the Amazon - and Congo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "primary forests - are the largest above-ground carbon stores - in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
PHILIPPINES - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ PHILIPPINES______________________________________________________________________________
SINGAPORE - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SINGAPORE______________________________________________________________________________
MALAYSIA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ MALAYSIA
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ASIA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ ASIA
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- "Asia - is a continent !!!!!!!!!!!!"
Asia - Map: LINK ¤ WIKIMEDIA
