The show launched in November 2006, at the same time as Al Jazeera English itself, and remains the channel's flagship Asia-Pacific current affairs show.
It also owns the Cocoa Trees under subsidiary Focus Network Agencies Pte Ltd in Asia, which sells chocolates.
She was likewise nominated by DFA to represent the Philippines in the First Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Next Generations Program held in Korea in 1994.
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, an international non-treaty agreement among ASEAN countries launched on January 12, 2006
Speakers included: Sen. Daniel Inouye; Adm. Dennis C. Blair, then Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; Dr. William James Perry, former Secretary of Defense; and retired Lt. Gen. H.C. Stackpole (USMC) APCSS president.
Study programs were expanded in 1955 with the addition of a course in Midwifery followed later by programs in Medical Technology, X-ray Technology and Anesthesia.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier expressed his intention to join the Partnership in August 2007, despite some domestic opposition.
Pacific Rim, countries and cities located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean
Asian witchcraft refers to any or all types of witchcraft practiced in Asia.
The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse consists of members based in Europe, North America and Asia.
Its variants are also names for various localities in Asia and Europe.
Channii is a Dutch singer/songwriter born May 27, 1991 in the capital of Holland, Amsterdam, she's a mix of different cultures: Dutch, Portuguese and Asian.
"Quite an adventure lies ahead." Since joining ABC News, Kerley has traveled to Baghdad, covered Hurricane Katrina, and covered the 2005 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
The bank had 18,698 employees, in 37 countries, in Africa, Asia and Europe, at the end of May 2013.
Freeland's training programs are designed to increase capacity to protect ecosystems and prevent poaching and trade of protected wildlife in Southeast Asia.
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Freeland works to reduce human and wildlife trafficking across Asia by providing training and technical assistance to police, customs and environmental agencies across the ASEAN region to combat poaching, illegal logging and human trafficking.
She also won 4 challenges in the show, most than any contestants in the history of Asia's Next Top Model.
This bloke on the prosecution asks me, "What would you do if you saw an Asiatic attacking your mother?" – remember this is 1953.
Running at 37 minutes, it was close to being feature-length, but it was not the first animated feature film in Asia; that honor goes to China's 1941 Princess Iron Fan, which was 73 minutes long (see: List of animated feature films).
APG, Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering, also known as APGML
The effects that World War I had on the Missionary Benedictines' missions in Asia and Africa contributed to the founding of houses outside of Germany.
In 1993, the company officially launched the OSIM brand name and its distribution network expanded to 60 point-of-sale outlets in Asia.
Pseudaspius leptocephalus, the Redfin, is a species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia where it occurs in the countries of Russia, Mongolia and China.
Chinese Puerto Ricans and other Asians that have established themselves in Puerto Rico also adopt the accent, but also keep a tinge of an east Asian accent.
The remote location of these wells required Royal Dutch Petroleum to emerge as an integrated oil company from well-head to consumer, exporting its products around Asia.
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Shell Pakistan Limited (SPL) is a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc and has been in South Asia for over 100 years.
The School exists to develop a community of scholars and policy analysts at the forefront of Asia-Pacific security studies and international affairs.
It is one of only a few institutions in Asia that offers a degree program in Human Ecology and is the first and only one to offer the degree in the Philippines.
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It is the first in Asia to offer a degree program on Food and Nutrition Planning which has trained hundreds from all over the continent since its inception in 1978.
She won the title of Asian Super Model India 2011.
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Ahaetulla prasina, the Oriental whipsnake, a tree snake species found in South and Southeast Asia
According to Avestan sources, Afrasiab was killed by Haoma near the Čīčhast (possibly either referring to Lake Hamun in Sistan or some unknown lake in today's Central Asia), and according to Shahnameh he met his death in a cave known as the Hang-e Afrasiab, or the dying place of Afrasiab, on a mountaintop in Azerbaijan.
For the next eight years Tohei, in addition to his teaching at the headquarters, was also an instructor at Asia University, Akita Economics University (now North Asia University), Keio University, Nihon Women's University, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Legend Quest has aired in the USA, Canada, Australia, Asia and Europe and premiered in the UK on SyFy Channel on 23 April 2012.
Since its launch, the Network has attracted 40 member research institutions from the developing countries of the region and has gained some additional partners, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
South Korea has one of the freest media environments in Asia; however, since the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak in 2008, South Korea has experienced a noticeable decline in freedom of expression for both journalists and the general public.
Center for American Education (CAE) was the old name referring to the American style educational institutions in Asia.
Construction was rushed, due to strained relations between China and Russian Empire over the Ili River in Central Asia.
Cinema Asia Releasing is a film distribution company founded by Ko Mori of Eleven Arts and Tim Kwok of Convergence Entertainment in 2011 to spread Asian films throughout the United States.
They met with the Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda, who expressed support for the promotion of the Confucius birthday in Asia.
A multi-instrumentalist, trained in Shashmaqam at the Conservatory of Music in Dushanbe, he's well known for his works on the two-string dutar, ghijak, and setar which are popular instruments in Central Asia.
It was introduced in Bogor (West Java, Indonesia) in 1875, and by 1888 large quantities of seed were already being distributed in South-East Asia.
California cuisine is considered a fusion culture, taking inspiration particularly from Italy, France, Mexico, the idea of the European delicatessen, and eastern Asia, and then creating traditional dishes from these cultures with non-traditional ingredients - such as California pizza.
The fruit is cultivated in Southeast Asia, by a few backyard growers in South Florida, and at the Whitman Rare Fruit Pavilion of Florida's Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Materials for his buildings and statues were brought from all parts of western Asia: cedar wood from the Amanus mountains, quarried stones from Lebanon, copper from northern Arabia, gold and precious stones from the desert between Canaan and Egypt, diorite from Magan (Oman), and timber from Dilmun (Bahrain).
Hypericum maculatum, the imperforate St John's-wort, a plant species native to Europe and Western Asia
Kazumasa Sasaki (1989) - Asia League, World Junior Championship (2008)
Impatiens balsamina (garden balsam, garden jewelweed, rose balsam, touch-me-not) is a species of Impatiens native to southern Asia in India and Burma.
Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank, a defunct bank of Hong Kong, now China Construction Bank (Asia)
His maternal grandparents, Geoffrey Kendal and Laura Kendal, were actors who toured India and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespeareana, performing Shakespeare and Shaw.
:For the desert tree of South Asia, see Capparis decidua.
It is found in the rivers of Southeast Asia, including the Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Mae Klong.
Fleming has performed in North America, Europe, and Asia, and collaborated in her multimedia works with playwright David Henry Hwang, composer Philip Glass, photographer Lois Greenfield, and ikebana artist Gaho Taniguchi.
In 1903 he was appointed Advocate and Solicitor to the Straits Settlements in South East Asia and from April until October 1908, he served as an Acting Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements.
His Decorations include 3 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals (NMCM), 3 Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals (NCAM), 6 Good Conduct Medal (GCM), National Defense Service Medal (NDSM), Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWA) with three stars for service in three campaigns (Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, Southwest Asia Cease-Fire), Kuwait Liberation Medal (KLM — Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (KLM — Emirate of Kuwait).
Contemporary supporters of Greenberg's theory, such as Merritt Ruhlen, have suggested that the Na-Dené language family represents a distinct migration of people from Asia to the New World.
In 2012 Olugbenga toured Asia, Australia, Russia, and the UK, as well as touring festivals across Europe including Field Day (UK), Dot to Dot Festival (UK), off Sonar (Spain), Soundwave Festival (Croatia), Kendal Calling (UK) and Summer Sundae Weekender (UK).
Her most notable work outside of Phantom Blue is in Asia's 2004 album Silent Nation.
His area of responsibility included Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
Paul Ramsay signed a joint venture in March 2013 with Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby to combine Ramsay’s three Indonesian hospitals with Sime’s three in Malaysia, with plans to expand throughout Southeast Asia.
He has been the key-person in initiating cultural bridges and cooperations between France, Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific cultures through cinematographic initiatives such as the French-Kazak movie Ulzhan and French-Korean movie “Filmaker”.
In addition, many Indian religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and other Asian religions and belief systems like Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Shenism, and Zoroastrianism, that focus on human nature and action more than theology, were always primarily humanistic.
With Ruth Vanita, he is co-editor of Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History (New York: Palgrave; New Delhi: Macmillan, 2000), a pioneering work documenting and exploring the indigenous roots of same-sex desire in South Asia.
He was called a 'Bukharan' but the Russians used this term loosely for any trader from Central Asia.
Guest lecturers and professors include Asia's most renowned actor Jackie Chan, “Michelangelo of Modern Times” fresco artist Rainer Maria Latzke, Beowulf and Spider-Man movie animator Sing-Chong Foo, Japanese manga master Makoto Ogino, the creator of the “Peacock King”, and renowned painters Carlos Morell Orlandis and Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman.
alternate spelling of Siddiqui, last name common among some Muslim groups in South Asia and the Middle East
Starcom IP Asia consists of 17 countries and 29 offices, with locations in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane) Bangalore, Bangladesh, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), India (New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai), Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.
According to Sulu actor George Takei, "Gene Roddenberry's vision for Sulu was to represent all of Asia, being named for the Sulu Sea instead of using a specific country-specific name".
Drama: Aquafire Productions: Cages directed by Graham Streeter (lead, Pusan Film Festival 2006, Prague Film Festival 2006, Bangladesh Film Festival 2007, distributed by Golden Village in Singapore and Hallmark for Asia Pacific Region), Final Cut (lead, Singapore Int'l Film Festival 1993, Asia Pacific Film & Video Festival in LA 1993, broadcast over HBO and Arts Central Singapore); Zhao Wei Films: Mee Pok Man, 12 Stories (screened at film festivals in Singapore, Moscow, England and Venice, 1994)
In 1904, German expeditions to Central Asia (Turpan in present northwest China) brought back many fragments of Manichaean holy texts, some of which were identified as belonging to The Book of Giants.
Borassus flabellifer, native to South and Southeast Asia, in the Indomalaya ecozone.
She won Miss Tourism Queen Of The Year International 2011 and Asian Super Model India 2011.
Cinderella: Masks, Magic and Mirrors (Sept. 2 - Mar. 31 2008) which included materials from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Rathod is the promoter and director of Endoscopy Asia, a state of the art tertiary care facility in gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy, located at Sion, Mumbai.
CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° series, Planet in Peril, features Wildlife Alliance programs in Thailand and Cambodia, including Care for Rescued Wildlife, Bokor National Park, and efforts to stop the illegal wildlife trade in Asia.
While with MSR Asia, he led efforts to research in Media Computing, Data Mining and Web Search, Natural Language Computing, and Distributed Systems.
The first outbreak of the disease outside of Africa and Asia was in April 2007, on the island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia.
During World War II, Zloty was evacuated with her mother to Central Asia, but was separated from her in transit and ended up in the city of Namangan in Uzbekistan, where there was typhus and typhoid fever.