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What’s behind the new Singapore-Australia defense deal?

  Prashanth Parameswaran SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS On May 6, Singapore and Australia announced a series of moves that they had undertaken to boost their defense relationship. While much of the initial media coverage has focused narrowly on a new, multi-billion dollar agreement to jointly develop military training areas and facilities in Australia and what it says about China’s regional ...

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Environment protests test Vietnam’s new leadership

  Gary Sands SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS On May 1, residents of Ho Chi Minh City, still commonly referred to as Saigon, were waking up after marking the 41st anniversary of the reunification of Vietnam. Fireworks the previous night gloriously celebrated the victory of a steadfast army of communist North Vietnamese over the crumbling government of South Vietnam and the ...

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For US, renascent private sector in Cuba is crucial

  Havana / DPA Tourists from the United States love it in the restaurant with Soviet-style decor in Havana. They even enjoy it when the lights go off, as is frequent in Cuba because of power cuts. The manager of Nazdarovie said that visitors are amused when they have to dine by candlelight in the Russian restaurant with Soviet motifs ...

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