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Issue: March 02, 2006 (Archive)

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Japan teens find fashion fits at home
Japan's teenage girls have returned to planet earth after a decade lost in a bizarre fashion universe all their own.

Just another Monday for shock shift
The Kaesong industrial park is only an hour from Seoul but it's like traveling to the moon, writes Barbara Demick

Simple measures go long way against infection
Worried that a courier might deliver avian flu along with that book you ordered to pass the time while you wait out the pandemic?

Time is the real killer in flu battle
A quicker way of detecting viruses is needed to prevent a pandemic, writes Roger Highfield

Net `Pirates' win over office staff
Time Inc, the largest magazine publisher in the world, is looking for desk- bound young men more interested in idly surfing the Internet than doing the work they are paid for.

High and dry in China
Rural water crisis is a make-or-break issue in the country's development, writes Lim Le-Min

Another bug on the loose
A drug-resistant bacteria that can be fatal is spreading right under our noses, writes Chong Jia-Rui

Biologist banks on microbes as alternative to oil
Craig Venter, maverick biologist, wants to cure the US addiction to oil. To do so, he proposes creating a designer microbe - the heart of a biological engine - from scratch, then adding genes culled from the sea to turn crops such as switch grass and cornstalks into ethanol.

The power of choice
There is plenty of debate about how to strike a fair deal between Hong Kong's electric power utilities and the rest of us under the revised scheme of control that will govern the sector. The government proposes to continue to use average net fixed assets and many formulae have been put forward, including approaches based on weighted average cost of capital.

Hobnobbers devour city of biscuits
There was a momentary pause when Song Dong, the Chinese contemporary artist, ordered the crowd to start eating his biscuit city. It seemed such a shame to demolish his pristine chocolate digestive tower blocks, blue jelly-bean lakes and Ryvita flyovers.

Whetting a nation's appetite
Food shows are what's cooking on TV in Japan, a country obsessed with eating, writes Anthony Faiola

Dead dogs walking in Manhattan
Leaking power wires are breaking the hearts of pet lovers, writes Ellen Barry

Bush stews in US ports pot he brought to boil
President George WBush may not like the arguments that critics are raising against the Dubai company attempting to take over cargo and cruise operations at ports in six US cities. But he should recognize them.

Poor to have final say on Thaksin
The political struggle in Thailand gained momentum last week as the embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family sale of Shin Corp further enraged and galvanized his opposition. Thaksin announced Friday that he would dissolve parliament, choosing April 2 for an election in which he seeks a renewed mandate.

Thirsting for creative solutions
Tired of the revolving door of Chinese managers and the rising salary with each new hire, Paul Stepanek decided it was time to find cheaper talent elsewhere. So he went to India.

Shanghaied into a port race
Yangshan is looming large over its regional rivals and the entire container cargo industry, writes Don Lee

Surprise at US ports as storm hits
The rapid growth of DP World mirrors the swift expansion of Dubai into a commercial power, writes Ben White

From Rottweiler to Great Lover
As Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, he was unpopularly known as God's Rottweiler or il Grande Inquisatore (the Great Inquisitor). Today, barely a year later, the same man has been transformed by the new title and name of Pope Benedict XVI, and he is winning a fresh nickname of il Grande Innamorato, meaning the Great Lover.

Italy's drag queen seeks power, man
Vladimir Luxuria says she shares something with Silvio Berlusconi: They both dab on lots of makeup and wear heels to make them look taller.

Shanxi digs deep on poverty
A county's policy of forcing mines to donate part of their profits smacks of an illegal tax, writes Wu Zhong

Crony capitalism keeps Philippines stagnant
Twenty years after the fall of Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos, many Filipinos are asking themselves: was it really worth the effort?

Jury still out on AIG chief
Briton praised over Greenberg scandal has to show investors results, writes Jesse Westbrook

Doctors in ties may be killers
Until now, it was fairly safe to assume that a grubby tie was the sign of a slob, not an assassin. How wrong we were. A liberally stained tie is not only the epitome of sloth, it is a lethal weapon, too, a germ warfare laboratory of terrifying capabilities.

Job hoppers chase pots of gold
A skills shortage and high expectations have China's workforce on the move, writes Don Lee

Secret speech shook the world
Fifty years ago this week, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev changed history, writes Robert Conquest

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