The Myanmar junta apparently hopes the military precision with which it rolled out the numbers of dead buffaloes and chickens will move the international community to gush money to help rebuild the shattered Irrawaddy Delta. The junta has asked donors

The power of God for Christians and Jews by Kevin J Madigan and Jon D Levenson Theology should reclaim its lost throne as queen of the sciences because it is a guide to the issues that decide the life and

The US government will eventually have to respond to the recent fast increase in the oil price, which with similar gains in other commodities is both inflationary and recession-producing. A steep interest rate increase, the correct answer, won't happen. Invading

The White House plans to attack Iran within the next two months and is briefing senators on the plan, a foreign affairs establishment source in Washington says. Apparently, two wars are not enough for President George W Bush as he

The openness that Chinese leaders have displayed in handling the deadly Sichuan earthquake has emboldened Chinese citizens and an increasingly daring media to take a hard look at neighboring Myanmar's cyclone crisis. Many are saying China's "hands-off" approach to Myanmar

New Delhi is drafting a stringent new Information Technology Act that will bolster cyber-security norms and protect India's multi-billion dollar software and outsourcing sectors. But as a rash of recent arrests illustrates, there is a fine line between fighting Internet

For 25 years, the US Federal Reserve has kept inflation at an average of 3.2% a year and some people out there think the Fed deserves applause for that? You will go a long, long time before you hear something

Americans, increasingly miserable and faced with rising inflation and unemployment, have, contrary to the adage, little company in their unhappiness. Other economies are barely slowing or are rattling along at high speed. The US, having sold the ability to control

A family feud splitting the board of Hong Kong's biggest developer, Sun Hung Kai Properties, involving battling brothers, a long-time lover and claims of a false medical diagnosis, has caused much local amusement. It is also the latest incident this

The United States has stepped up its hunt for Osama bin Laden, concentrating on the swathe of rugged territory that straddles Pakistan and Afghanistan. Syed Saleem Shahzad hiked through this region, accompanied by a young jihadi who shared his views

Microsoft's on-off courtship of Yahoo has lost a little of its chill for at least long enough for the two to agree on a bit of collaboration between their online advertising divisions. Meanwhile, the aging but still energetic Carl Icahn

Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau This film is not only the box office hit of the year - taking in a staggering US$428.5 million worldwide in its first three weeks - but has been labeled the "best-reviewed movie of

Blame for the surging price of oil - almost double from a year ago - has been pinned on demand from China and India, supply constraints, terrorism scares, among other factors. The real culprits are closer to home, in the

A strong preference for male babies has led to social problems in Asia, specifically in China and India, where traditions and state mandates have led to serious gender discrimination in reproduction. Now, mothers are being blamed, baby girls are abandoned

The latest avatar of the archetypal American capitalist takes viewers on a thrilling ride while raising existential questions on the side. Individual liberties and innovation that spawned decades of prosperity are now under assault globally as much from a sprawling

It was fun while it lasted. Asia's markets this week eased back from positions achieved after one of the year's most positive trading periods. Declines were slight, but with oil prices high and concerns that the US may be seeing

The traditional approach of the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - non-interference in the internal affairs of member states - helps shield Myanmar from the international scrutiny. This has also aided Thailand, while sending emergency supplies

Like all South Korean presidents before him, Lee Myung-bak has enjoyed a very brief honeymoon. The knives are already out, with opponents using the issue of imported US beef to scuttle a United States-South Korean free trade accord in the

Two days of talks between Pakistan and India, the first Delhi has held with Islamabad's new government, concluded with a slew of agreements, from access to prisoners to trade facilitation. At the same time, Indian border posts in Jammu and

The United States military continues to imply that Iranian weapons are flowing into Iraq to arm Shi'ite groups opposed to the US occupation. Yet US officials have not even come close to providing evidence to support the claims - most