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Reuters Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim talked to his supporters earlier this month. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and arch-rival opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim are taking their battle to for the center-ground of Malaysian politics in an unexpected direction: the Chinese-language pages of Facebook. Mr. Najib launched the first ...

Author: Doan Hong Quang, World BankConsensus-based policy making is a salient feature of Vietnam, where important decisions are collectively made. Consensus is needed not only for the formulation of a reform vision but also for the elaboration and implementation of this vision. Doi Moi, the most successful economic reform to date, ...

Tha Neih Ciang is learning vocabulary words with other immigrant students. She's among four dozen Burmese youngsters at Bollman Bridge Elementary School, which is less than an hour's drive from Washington.  Their teacher, Laurel Conran, specializes in teaching English to speakers of other languages. “Today we were doing text structures," she ...

By Samuel Rubenfeld Indonesia is basking in the glory of being raised to investment grade , a likely enticement to investors, yet the country still struggles with corruption issues, both perceived and real. Indeed, in its ratings note announcing the upgrade, Moody’s Investors Service said “relatively weak governance” is ...

Reuters Workers construct a new toll road in Jakarta, Indonesia. JAKARTA – While much of the world struggles with painful austerity measures to stem spreading debt problems, Indonesia needs to splurge a little more, even if that means inflating its debt load.That was one of the contrarian messages from ...

France's top diplomatic envoy met with Burma's leading opposition figure Sunday, as he became the latest Western official to visit the Asian nation following a series of fast-paced reforms. The trip comes shortly after the United States restored full diplomatic ties with Burma.  The visit by French Foreign Minister Alain ...

For many, the foot of one of the most active volcanoes in the world is not considered as a desirable place to live. Yet, residents living near Mount Merapi in Indonesia have chosen to face the risks rather than to move further away from the mountain. Tens of thousands of Indonesians ...

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s accuser, Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, waves from a car on Feb. 4 2010. KUALA LUMPUR — Now that Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted of sodomy , what’s next for the aide who accused him, 26-year-old Saiful Bukhari Azlan? ...