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Archive May 2000 Front ASIAN MARKETS: Nikkei shines ASIAN MARKETS: Nasdaq leads tech stocks higher ASIAN MARKETS: Nasdaq's woes a drag ASIAN MARKETS: The same old story ASIAN MARKETS: Domestic issues weigh FINER THINGS: The road to hell and back ASIAN MARKETS: US rate fears hang heavy ASIAN MARKETS: Mixed signals from US ASIAN MARKETS: Stocks slump for third day ASIAN MARKETS: Panic grips region's bourses ASIAN MARKETS: Technical rebound lifts region FINER THINGS: Livers online ASIAN MARKETS: All eyes on the Fed ASIAN MARKETS: Bourses recover lost ground ASIAN MARKETS: Anxiety topples shares ASIAN MARKETS: Bargain hunters prowl FINER THINGS: Making the stomach shrink to the size of the purse ASIAN MARKETS: Big falls on rate fears ASIAN MARKETS: Bombs thicken the plot ASIAN MARKETS: Bears bite ASIAN MARKETS: Stocks struggle for direction ASIAN MARKETS: Undone by uncertainties ASIAN MARKETS: Bourses bounce back ASIAN MARKETS: A struggle for momentum China Dam politics: How Three Gorges plays in Beijing Water scarcity in China threatens world food prices Wilderness to reclaim farmland Death of a reformer and China's economic policy US debates morality, free trade and national interest Trading human, labor rights for markets China vote could weigh heavily against Gore Southeast Asia Twenty-five years on, war stories pall Desperate for a baby boom Anniversary fails to spark popular excitement Thwarted in print, Malaysian opposition tries Web news Confusion in Manila, advantage on the battlefield Beating poverty is no pipe dream, says ADB chief ADB takes water away from poor, say critics Learning from the Vietnam War ADB knee-deep in water pollution, villagers say Amid unemployment, Jakarta turns to labor exports Worried governments target small arms trade Minimum wage row splits workers, govt Business pulls aid strings in Indonesia, say NGOs Testimony stirs questions on immigrants' treatment Goon squads move in as Indonesian army loses clout SingTel, Virgin announce US$1bn venture Wahid on a knife-edge over Aceh EU toughens sanctions against Burma over human rights Islamic ante raised in Malaysia Thais pay the price for lax radioactive safeguards Burmese Rohingya still need protection Vietnam debates capital punishment, again Japan Summit success could be too much for US, Japan Ainu discrimination defies the law Koreas COMMENTARY: US can help advance Korean reconciliation Pressure on to protect foreign workers' rights Seoul's unusual choice of envoys India/Pakistan Tax dodgers defy military directive Indian, Thai farmers fight US 'biopiracy' The Moor's sigh of relief Drought cheers Narmada dam supporters Sri Lankan citizens bid for end to poll violence Oslo peace bid hit by Tamil rebel advance Drought bridges nuclear rivalry Foreign aid no answer to Nepalese poverty Bhutanese refugees still far from home Many takers for Indian peace bid India has one billion reasons not to cheer India, Norway begin peace bid in Sri Lanka Pakistan's disabled unimpressed by new welfare scheme Pakistan's Supreme Court backs military rule Safety fears radiate from over new nuclear plant Information technology fires Indian political passions Gulf jobs have steep social price Faith dispute over Christian communities Islamic groups turn back Musharraf's reforms Foreign aid advised for drought relief Indian Navy on high alert for Jaffna evacuation Blase about assembly-line beauties Donors want arsenic pollution curbed faster Biopiracy-friendly laws worry neem battle winner Flak for AIDS program as workers jailed Good monsoons to come, but millions still hungry Central Asia/Russia COMMENTARY: Why Russians increasingly distrust the West COMMENTARY: A step in the wrong direction Kyrgyz crackdown mars 'democratic' reputation Russia pins hopes on Putin for an upswing Russian forces face a stalemate in Chechnya Armenia's growing pains of democracy New prime minister faces immense challenges A shift in Asia as Mongolia stirs World Bank approves loans to Iran, despite US A contest for Arabian influence Jaw-jaw or war-war? Kremlin maintains links to oligarchs Russian free press under attack Orthodox Church gets a boost from celebrations Shifting the balance in Central Asia UAE gets the best military money can buy Iranian reformists prepare for challenge Environment protection agency to be axed Oceania Australia dances with Burmese Enewetak islanders seek compensation for US nuclear testing Australian govt delivers budget surplus, scraps Timor levy Australian budget hangs on very optimistic economic forecast US toxic waste in trans-Pacific 'ping-pong game' US-FSM fiscal assistance talks going well Havana denies military talks with Solomon Islands New Zealand bars rainforest logging From coup maker to coup breaker March shows pressure for Aboriginal treaty The question remains: who will lead Fiji? 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Microsoft break-up: Now there's a bad idea for you! US China policy contortions What's happening in the Philippines?! Silly scheming in Chiang Mai Thailand: IMF kiss of death? Malaysia: That's the way he does it Waiting for Greenspan Japan: ''Not bad'' - but bad enough Thai stocks: Down and out Japan: God's country? You must be kidding, Mori-san! A crucial week for China Fretful Koreans and adorable Linda BOJ must not lift zero interest rate policy Thailand: Economic policy jungle China PNTR: And now for the real issue . . . Japan's economic data: Cooked to order? China: From freer trade to greater freedom? Japan: Unsolved problems and bad IMF advice

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