"… hey ally themselves with city mayors or top managers. In South America and Asia, they join hands with powerful local businessmen who have close ties to se …"

"… ez Lyonnaise des Eaux.The companies viewed Australia as a launching pad to Asia and the Pacific region, where the World Bank was forging a polic …"

"… n, the bank's plan to spearhead A$800 million in privatization projects in Asia and the Pacific played an important role in convincing government official …"

"… t as the best in the business."We needed companies that had World Bank and Asia Development Bank track record performance, credentials and therefore acces …"

"… es, certain provinces of China, and the Pacific islands — "almost all of Asia," as Premier Dean Brown said in 1995.But the contract signed by United Wat …"

"… North Africa. In a July 2006 report examining U.S. military assistance to Morocco and Tunisia, the GAO found "lapses in the vetting of trainees during fisca …"

"… ingly elected. …"

"… haksin did not rush to claim the cheerleader role. In April 2003, The Asian Wall Street Journalreported that Thailand was on the list of countries li …"

"… ober, upgrading Thailand to the level of America's key strategic allies in Asia alongside the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia; …"

"… n the U.S.-Thai relationship after meeting with President Bush at the 2006 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. According to Surayu …"

"… erterrorism operations. According to K. Alan Kronstadt, an expert on South Asia at the Congressional Research Service, by August 2006, CSF accounted for r …"

"… eport on the human rights performance of internal security forces in South Asia, said she's concerned that U.S.-made weapons that go to Pakistani security …"

"… y hand last year."Christine Fair, co-author of the RAND report and a South Asia expert at the U.S. Institute for Peace, said that the U.S. is nearsighted …"

"… him in place, to keep the army happy."Says T. Kumar, advocacy director for Asia and Pacific at Amnesty International USA: "Pakistan is a solid dictatorshi …"

"… ullah, the foundation was established in January 2005, two weeks after the Asian tsunami hit the Indonesian province of Aceh. He described the foundation' …"

"… ion, established in 1993, assures customers of its experience exporting to Asia and Africa, and says it maintains its own tobacco leaf fields in Laos. The …"

"… million cigarettes — to markets throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Tung continues to elude authorities, shuttling between Singapore and near …"

"… and nearby countries, according to a tobacco industry source familiar with Asia. Recently, his syndicate has started using fishing boats to smuggle its pr …"

"… is syndicate has started using fishing boats to smuggle its product around Asia, the better to dodge inquisitive customs officials.Tung and his fellow cou …"

"… numbers of cigarettes sold and profits are increasing (the other region is Asia), and this makes it extremely important to the industry.”The Tobacco Atl …"

"… in 2004 to be PEPFAR's 15th "focus country," the only one located in Asia, for a couple of reasons. According to Levitt, Vietnam exhibits strong pol …"

"… tripled over that period, possibly boosted by the 2004 tsunami disaster in Asia. …"