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Laos to begin building hotly debated Xayaburi dam this week
World NowLaos plans to start building a dam on the Mekong River this week over the objections of Cambodia and Vietnam downstream, a step that neighboring countries fear could imperil fish and cripple rice fields. The Xayaburi dam is expected to reap profits for... -
China, U.S., Europe battling over a shrinking global-trade pie
World NowGlobal Focus: In polite, diplomatic language, China this week accused Eurozone leaders of piling up debts that threaten global economic stability and the Europeans countered with complaints that Beijing manipulates its currency to unfairly skew trade in... -
Clinton comments on human rights blocked in China, group says
World NowThe Chinese equivalent of Twitter has blocked remarks from Hillary Clinton that implicitly swiped at human rights abuses in China, according to a Hong Kong group that monitors Chinese media.... -
As Clinton visits, old U.S. bombs continue to kill, maim in Laos
World NowAs Hillary Clinton made the first trip to Laos by a U.S. Secretary of State in nearly six decades, activists urged the U.S. to step up its spending to clear the vast stretches of Lao land still littered with unexploded American bombs left over from its... -
An American pretzel in Tokyo: Wetzel's goes Asian
In the land of sushi, ramen and tempura, pretzel sales apparently do gangbusters. After launching its first Asian outpost in Japan, Pasadena-based Wetzel’s Pretzels said the store has become its top-selling location worldwide. Photos show snaking...
Tags: Food Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, IHOP Corporation, Japan
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Panetta explains Pentagon's 'pivot' toward Asia
World NowAs the U.S. seeks to reassert its role as a Pacific power after a decade of distant ground wars, the Obama administration has run into a problem: It’s hard to convince allies and rivals that the enhanced military commitment to Asia is sufficiently... -
The startling spirit of Malacca, Malaysia
What traveler hasn't landed in a dreamed-of destination and found it crawling with tourists, fast-food franchises, name-brand stores and dollar-a-beer bars? The good bones of Charleston, S.C., which made the World Monuments Fund's list of imperiled...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Customs and Tradition, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, England
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In Indonesia, watching the sun rise with 504 Buddhas
Four a.m. is a terrible time of day, too late for night owls, too early for early risers. The exception is 4 a.m. at Borobudur, waiting for the sun to rise over the Kedu Plain in central Java with 504 figures of Buddha.
The temple is one of three great...Tags: Arts, Civil Unrest, Sculpture, Religious Conflicts, UNESCO
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Southeast Asian sweets add variety to life
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFresh mango glistening the brilliant orange of a late-summer sun, glutinous rice balls glowing a radiant pandan green, tender taro cakes blooming the same piercing purple as a field of lilacs. Bhan Kanom Thai is a rainbow rush of colors. The Hollywood...Tags: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Restaurants
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McManus: A smaller, smarter military
President Obama has called a halt to the decade-long rise in defense spending that began after Sept. 11, and has proposed shrinking the Army and Marine Corps by about 14%. Congressional Republicans (not to mention Mitt Romney) say that would be...
Tags: Sociology, Budgets and Budgeting, Mitt Romney, The Pentagon, West Point
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PST, A to Z: ’46 N. Los Robles’ at Pacific Asia, ‘Proof’ at Norton Simon
Culture MonsterPacific Standard Time will explore the origins of the Los Angeles art world through museum exhibitions throughout Southern California over the next six months. Times art reviewer Sharon Mizota has set the goal of seeing all of them. This is...... -
Man Asian Literary Prize expands shortlist to 7
Jacket CopyThe short list of authors who remain in the running for the Man Asian Literary Prize is longer than expected....
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