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Last Updated: Sep 25th, 2006 - 11:36:04 |
Country in Focus
Jordan: The Gateway to Global Trade in West Asia
Strategically situated at the crossroads of several trade routes, the ancient city of Petra, in the modern-day country of Jordan, came into prominence in the late first century through the success of the spice trade.
Sep 8, 2006, 16:54
Country in Focus
Future plans mulled as oil gusher slows
Brunei Darussalam conjures up different images and impressions whenever its name is mentioned. To Malaysians, it’s a partner of the larger federation that they wish they had in the 1960s.
Jul 27, 2006, 13:22
Country in Focus
Turkey: A Brave New World That Could Be
In December 2004, on the day after the European Union (EU) agreed to set a date for Turkey’s entry negotiations, a Turkish daily quoted Nazim Hikmet, an iconoclastic 20th-century poet: “Beautiful days beckon us, lads, sunny days beckon.”
Jul 18, 2006, 16:22
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