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Could climate change worsen Southeast Asias forest fires?
2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Southeast Asia could have to brace for more forest fires and clouds of smoke if climate change takes hold, a World Bank expert suggests. As temperatures climb, some parts of Southeast Asia will likely flood with rising sea levels while others face drought and heat waves. Drier jungles and peatlands in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and elsewhere could trigger more fires and spread more choking smoke across the region in the years to come. "Tropical forests, including peat forests, are quite...
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Asia's Rich Are Spending More For Their Botox, Cigars And Wine As...
2013-06-04 15:50:33| Jewelry - Topix.net
Prices on luxury items such golf club memberships, ladies shoes, jewelry and top-shelf wine are rising there faster than the cost of goods and services consumed by lowly plebeians.
Burma: Asia's last frontier opens up
2013-06-03 00:02:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
How the opening up of Burma is bringing in investors
Asia's new frontier
2013-05-28 23:12:33| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
But will ordinary Burmese benefit from their country's investment boom?
VIDEO: Asia's thirst for luxury labels
2013-05-16 03:53:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Chanel's president of fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky, explains to the BBC why Asia is such an important market for luxury labels.
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