According to the 2011 Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) survey, Thailand has the highest percentage of women holding senior
Kazakh women vie for presidency
Soon, the era of exclusively male leadership will come to an end in Kazakhstan and the country will be ruled by a woman, predicts Guldana Takbaeva
Witness: Galliano made racist remarks in Paris bar
PARIS (AP) — Famed fashion designer John Galliano raged against a couple at a Paris cafe with threats, expletives, and a remark referring to the man’s
Japan court rejects couple’s request for different surnames
TOKYO (AP) —A Japanese court has dismissed a couple’s appeal of the government’s refusal to register their marriage unless they observe a law that effectively
China drops death penalty for some economic crimes
BEIJING (AP) — China dropped the death penalty for more than a dozen nonviolent crimes Friday and banned capital punishment for offenders over the age of 75
China tries to stamp out ‘Jasmine Revolution’
BEIJING (AP) — Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a show of force Sunday, Feb. 20, to squelch a mysterious online call for a “Jasmine Revolution,”
India brings hope to the stalled fight against polio
It’s 20 miles from the nearest paved road, untouched by electricity, running water, sanitation, and even the barest of health care.
Japanese women fight to keep surnames
TOKYO (AP) — A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday, Feb. 14 challenging a civil law that effectively stops women from keeping their surnames when they marry.
Thai airline trains first-ever transsexual flight attendants
BANGKOK (AP) — Four Thai “ladyboys” have been recruited as flight attendants for a start-up charter airline that says it will be Thailand’s first to include transsexuals among its cabin crew.
Japan confirms China surpassed its economy in 2010
TOKYO (AP) — Japan confirmed that China’s economy surpassed its own as the world’s second largest in 2010 and said a late-year downturn was its first quarterly contraction in more than a year.
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