The great betrayal
Article Abstract:
The 1997 economic crisis of East Asia is now measured by increasing joblessness, desperation, and poverty. Unemployment statistics reveal the truth about conditions in Indonesia, South China, and Thailand, where sweatshops are workers' most common hopes of escaping poverty. The older generation in East Asia faced with retirement is destitute.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
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If you really want to worry, think loose nukes
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The nuclear arms race did not end with the cold war. There are many former nuclear research sites in the former Soviet Union which still house highly enriched urnanium, the basic material for building nuclear weapons. It is become increasingly difficult to monitor sales to dangerous buyers.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
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A Russian media mystery
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This article focuses on the disputed ownership of the politically influential and respected Russian newspaper, the Kommersant. The possible sale of the newspaper to oligarch and media owner Boris Berezovsky is explored.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1999
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