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    enforce this penalty in the wake of the 2013 execution of a Malawian national becoming the first execution in some years (see Table 2) (Delaney, 2013, ¶23). Table 1. Southeast Asia Death Penalty situation COUNTRY DEATH PENALITY LAST EXECUTION METHOD Brunei √ 1984* Hanging or Stoning Cambodia Abolished 1989 -* - East Timor Abolished 2002 -* - Indonesia √ 2013 Firing Squad Laos √ 1989* unknown Malaysia √ 2013 Hanging Myanmar (Burma) √ 1993* Hanging Philippines Abolished 2006 1999* Lethal Injection Singapore

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    B The History of Preferential Trade Agreements 1 Traditional PTAs Historically, trade agreements had been signed before World War II. To begin with, the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty of 1860 was concluded as a means of opening the French market to British manufacturers, stimulating a series of liberalising trade agreements among the European countries. In 1930, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden established the Dutch-Scandinavian Economic Pact as a means of protecting themselves from economic

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    Today we’re facing a big problem, it’s not a new one but an on-going one and it has been going on for decades. What is poverty? Poverty is the state of not being able to afford basic needs, in other words, it is the condition of being tremendously poor. It is a matter which has troubled the nation for thousands of years. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Around 21,000 people die every day because of extreme hunger. If they don’t have

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    professional marketing. Up to now, it has more than 1,300 authorized dealers throughout the world. In Asia, Harley-Davidson Company has about 30 authorized dealership and its marketing network has covered 10 countries and regions, including Japan, Brunei, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and China. Promotion Harley-Davidson always insists on construction of product culture. Harley-Davidson culture has represented passion,

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    China's Next Big Move

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    move. This next move begun in the form of China’s build up in contested islands around the South China Sea and its growing tensions with Japan over the contested island in the East China Sea. China’s maritime disputes, between the nations of Japan, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, is the new political hotspot that is becoming an important topic in the global political stage, with even the United States getting involved. These six countries lay overlapping claims to the East and

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    Open skies is an international policy concept which calls for the liberalization of rules and regulations on international aviation industry most specially commercial aviation - opening a free market for the airline industry. Its primary objectives are: • to liberalize the rules for international aviation markets and minimizes government intervention — the provisions apply to passenger, all-cargo and combination air transportation and encompass both scheduled and charter services; or •

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    The association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping comprising ten Southeast Asian states, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic integration among its members (Fry, 2008). The organization was formed on 8th August 1967, preceding an organization that had been created in 1961 known as Association of Southeast Asia. It was formed when some foreign ministers signed the ASEAN declaration, which is normally recognized as the Bangkok declaration. The

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    Social Organization of Singapore Kenneth Cline ANT 101 Jo Macek November 7, 2010 My research will be based on Political, Economic, and Social Organization of Singapore—an industrialist city-state.  Even though Singapore 's history dates from the 11th century, the island was little known to the West until the 19th century. Singapore is one of the World 's largest ports, because the city of Singapore has become a major port, with trade exceeding that of Malaya 's, Malacca and Penang combined

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    A bilateral trade agreement is a trade pact signed between two countries, providing special or favored trading status among them. Countries with bilateral gets expanded access to the markets of the agreed partner which helps increase trade and economic growth. Most bilateral trade agreements cover certain standardized aspects of trade such as the protection of each country’s innovative products, prevent the dumping products at a cheap cost, or using unfair subsidies to protect certain industries

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    move. This next move begun in the form of China’s build up in contested islands around the South China Sea and its growing tensions with Japan over the contested island in the East China Sea. China’s maritime disputes, between the nations of Japan, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, is the new political hotspot that is becoming an important topic in the global political stage, with even the United States getting involved. These six countries lay overlapping claims to the East and

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