New Zealand may attend the East Asian summit later this year because of a non-aggressive pact that they have agreed to sign. ASEAN say countries must sign the pact before they can be invited to attend the summit to be held later this year in Malaysia.
Australia will not agree to sign the pact that this stage. However, Mr. Downer is confident that Australia will attend. Kevin Rudd, Australia's opposition foreign affairs spokesman said that security and economic interests were at stake.
Saving the Tigers from extinction It was a hurriedly organized citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club, where serious concerns were expressed at the increasing trend of poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam.
The EIP factor - what you should learn from it When we grow older, or get older for the sake of the argument, we tend to start seeing the world only from one side. We tend to believe, no, not believe but know, how things are done. If you are smart, you understand that it shouldn't be that way, you understand this is wrong.
Whether we want to admit it or not, even now, in year 2012, there are still big gender biases in some fields of life. While it's generally understandable that men should do more heavy lifting than women and knitting fits a bit better for the women (even though I am aware even here there are many people who want to disagree), art is one of those things where our gender really should not play any significant role at all. And within the past decade things have started to change even on this front and even on the more conservative arenas such as Bukowskis - the top Nordic auction house.