South Korea

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

Seoul’s new international airport opened for business March 29, but not surprisingly for a project of this magnitude, bugs need to be worked out. The computerized baggage handling system has... [Read this entry]

India

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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Fears of terrorist attacks on India’s Republic Day were upstaged by the catastrophic earthquake that hit Gujarat state near Bhuj the same day. The death toll continues to mount, supplies... [Read this entry]

China

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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Security has been intensified in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square following the attempted self-immolation of five people on the eve of Chinese New Year. The protest, in which one person died and... [Read this entry]

India

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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Ethnic tensions could flare up again over the site in Ayodhya that caused Hindu-Muslim hostilities in 1992. At that time, Hindu nationalists incited followers to destroy a mosque and begin... [Read this entry]

India

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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Hopes for peace in Kashmir are increasing. The first village elections in more than 20 years proceeded peacefully, with high voter turnout, in some places as much as 80 percent.... [Read this entry]

Bangladesh

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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Elections here are usually accompanied by violence, and trouble has already come even though the next election won’t be held until mid-2001. A bomb at a political rally in Dhaka... [Read this entry]

Bangladesh

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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Three European engineers working on a Danish road project in the southeastern part of the country were kidnapped Feb. 16 in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Their abductors, believed to be... [Read this entry]

Kyrgyzstan

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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The areas south and west of the provincial capital of Osh, especially along the borders with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, continue to be dangerous. In the past two years the region... [Read this entry]

India

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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As if to prove that intolerance begets intolerance, Hindu nationalists desecrated a mosque in Amritsar and burned copies of the Koran, the Muslim sacred text, saying their actions were a... [Read this entry]

China

By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |

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The Cold War-like intrigue over the U.S. spy plane that collided with a Chinese fighter before landing at a Chinese air base could lead to a backlash against Americans in... [Read this entry]

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