CHINA: Unemployment poses long-term challenges

Employment maximisation is one of Beijing's strategic development goals, in line with the new...

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JAPAN: Pension system faces problems despite reforms

The Upper House of parliament is due today to vote on the government's pension reform...

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Georgia will deploy more troops to the border with breakaway South Ossetia in coming weeks to...

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Parliament today passed a set of bills providing for the privatisation of four public highway...

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President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual 'state of the nation' address to both houses of the...

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The ADB has set out goals to remedy infrastructure deficiencies and reduce poverty reduction that...

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Rusal plans to build an aluminium smelter in Kazakhstan with a local partner, it was reported on...

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The North is exceptionally important: 65% of Russia's territory is officially classified as in...

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A CURS opinion poll published this week ahead of the June local elections put the Social...

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its World Health Report 2004 on May 11. The WHO...

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