Editorial: South Asia&#39;s global crisis
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The biggest story of 2005 may well turn out to be the last story of the year. The largest earthquake to hit the planet in decades and the tsunamis it created have wreaked destruction across southern Asia on
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The Asian tsunami disaster has been a uniquely continental catastrophe, striking hard from Thailand to the Maldives, and has stirred debate about how Asia should react as a region.
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Cape Verde Is. The disaster in Southeast Asia touches us all. Areas, which were already very poor has been affected by incomprehensible destruction.
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THE global economy is slowly recovering, and with it hopes for a sustained period of economic growth in all regions. South Africa&#39;s economic future is tied to that of the rest of the world and for this reason
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PATNA, India  - Millions across South Asia are struggling to rebuild their homes, and their lives, as receding flood waters reveal the massive devastation caused by the worst-ever monsoon flooding in the region.
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NEW DELHI: While many in India may not be very impressed with General Pervez Musharraf&#39;s new suggestions for Kashmir&#39;s future, his suggestion is the most serious solution that is under consideration in the region, definitely prompted by the Americans and
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A puzzle is crucial to securing IndiaÂs future: how to harness and hold on to its rich but capricious rains.
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A South Asian summit due to start in  Bangladesh at the weekend was postponed on Wednesday after  India's prime minister pulled out because of a political crisis  in Nepal and security concerns in Bangladesh.
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The unprecedented crisis in Asia has left governments struggling to catch up with public opinion, says Paul Reynolds
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TORONTO - The disappearance of hundreds of Western tourists in Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster has demonstrated - in a tragic fashion â-ow interconnected the world has become.
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The broad extent of the decline underlined Asiaâs deepening connection to global financial markets.
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The shock wave that hit yesterday Southeast Asia yesterday claiming over 30,000 lives may have a lasting effect on the region. Government-led aid efforts offer a possibility for political reconciliation in
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So Iâve finally finished the tough slog through The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedmanâs much-cited opus on globalization. One could take issue with the 577-page bookâs uneconomical approach to language, but itâs hard to dismiss its basic economic premise: The playing field is leveling out, as India, China, and other emerging markets plug in to a global economy. Outsourcing is a fact of life.
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In India, the European Union has an image problem. Seen as an impregnable economic fortress and yet a shaky political sandcastle, the 25-nation bloc faces an uphill battle to be taken seriously in the world's biggest democracy.
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More than 19,000 people were killed in countries across South and Southeast Asia, with thousands more missing or unreachable.
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A once-ailing heavy industry is now in heavy demand. The next step? Global consolidation. For the last decade, much of the West&#39;s steel industry has been in the doldrums.
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Editor&#39;s note: Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs was on vacation in Sri Lanka when the tsunami hit. The tsunami that surged across Asia Sunday split into two mighty