Archive for October, 2007

November 10-17, UAB Events Set For International Education Week 2007 (UAB Headline News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Posted on October 31, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will participate in International Education Week, Nov. 10-17.

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Malaysian Cuisine To The Fore (Bernama)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 (Bernama) — Malaysia will soon be placed on the world gourmet map alongside other favourite Asian food destinations such as China, India, and Thailand.

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Obituaries | Khun Sa (The State)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Khun Sa , a drug lord once described by the U.S. government as the world’s largest producer of heroin, has died, an associate and a Myanmar official said Tuesday. He was 74. Khuensai Jaiyen, a former secretary of Khun Sa, said his former boss died Friday in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, according to relatives. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Khun Sa had long suffered from …

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Plans for major expansion (FVW.com)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Spanish hotel group Iberostar aims to double in size, including through the acquisition of a medium-size chain, owner Miguel Fluxá told FVW in an exclusive interview.

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Death of a drug lord (Asia Times)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Khun Sa, 73, once known as the “Lord of the Golden Triangle″, is dead. Throughout his career as one the world’s most prominent drug traffickers, he simultaneously had some very solid contacts - and protectors - in his native Myanmar and beyond.

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Dusit plans expansion in Middle East (MENAFN)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Dusit plans expansion in Middle East

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Asean long way from liberalising aviation industry: IATA (Straits Times)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

SINGAPORE - SOUTH-EAST Asia still significantly lags behind Europe in deregulating the aviation sector despite moves to liberalise air travel, the International Air Transport Association said on Wednesday.

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ASEAN long way from liberalising aviation industry: IATA (TODAYonline)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) logo. Southeast Asia still significantly lags Europe in deregulating the aviation sector despite moves to liberalise air travel, ISTA said Wednesday.

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ASEAN long way from liberalising aviation industry: IATA (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Southeast Asia still significantly lags Europe in deregulating the aviation sector despite moves to liberalise air travel, the International Air Transport Association said Wednesday.

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ASEAN long way from liberalising aviation industry: IATA (AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Southeast Asia still significantly lags Europe in deregulating the aviation sector despite moves to liberalise air travel, the International Air Transport Association said Wednesday.

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