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04 Aug 2010
In 2002, a highly publicized survey by the Latinobarómetro polling firm found that 40% of Latin Americans identified employment as the region’s biggest problem — ahead of corruption, poverty, and violence.
16 Jul 2010
Singapore, 16 July - Groundbreaking of A*STAR’s Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) paves the way for cutting-edge R&D to develop Singapore as a ‘living laboratory’ for smart grid solutions. Four companies, namely, Rolls Royce, Vestas, SP PowerGrid and CEI Contract Manufacturing entered into strategic partnerships with A*STAR today.
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05 Jul 2010
Developing educational quality of Thailand and Russia.
28 Jun 2010
A recent study by Thai Research Fund (TRF) on the research output of Thai universities confirms that Thailand-based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) excels in all engineering subject areas that it offers.
28 Jun 2010
The Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written to us expressing views on the matter of IDRC Board Chairman Barbara McDougall’s overlapping membership on the Board of Imperial Tobacco Canada (ITC), which came to an end in March 2010.
28 Jun 2010
Pakistan has achieved some economic success – mainly in agriculture and industry – despite recurring political instability since the country’s independence in 1947.
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13 Jun 2010
Hong Kong, 10 June - The Global Student Challenge (GSC) organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has come to a climax today (10 June) at its Final held on the university campus, with six finalist teams competing for the coveted award in the University Division and another six teams competing in the Secondary School Division.
03 Jun 2010
Hong Kong, 3 June - More than 200 top students from all over the world will be presenting their innovative business proposals at the Semi-Final & Final rounds of the Global Student Challenge (GSC) on 7 and 10 June.
02 Jun 2010
OPINION - FIVE Malaysian universities were ranked among the top institutions in the 2010 QS Asian University Rankings. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), however, were amused by the news for the simple reason that they have neither agreed to the invitation to participate nor have they submitted any data or information.
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20 May 2010
PolyU and its business partner EuAuto Technology Ltd are proud for sealing a landmark deal today (17 May) with US auto maker GreenTech Automotive (GTA). This collaboration will take the city's first home-grown electric vehicle, which is jointly developed by EuAuto and PolyU, to the US market.
14 May 2010
In April 2009 Waseda University opened the new “Center for Research Strategy.(CRS)” A research university is one which uses public and private funding as a base and excels in carrying out high level research activities and quality personnel training which contributes to a global society.
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10 May 2010
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FPV) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will collaborate with Royal Terengganu Endurance Stable (RTES) on the teaching, research and profesional service related to field of equine.
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10 May 2010
PENANG, 7 May: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today widened its networking to two other countries with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Asia Pacific Centre for International Understanding (APCEIU) in Korea and Syed Ammal Engineering College (SAEC) in India.
26 Apr 2010
There was a report in February of this year about a plan for a five-story condominium in Ashiya city, Hyogo prefecture that did not get the required construction clearance on the grounds that the condominium would not fit in with the landscape.
26 Apr 2010
Panicked by the sharp decline in exports due to the Lehman shock, major exporters and other companies in Japan rashly made extreme reductions in production.
26 Apr 2010
Currently, media coverage of the Toyota Motor Corporation recall (recalling and repairing vehicles free of charge) is pervasive. Some of the reports are emotional, and there are shades of Toyota bashing combined with the movements to politicize the issue.
26 Apr 2010
The new iPad data terminal was announced on January 27 (local time) by Apple, Inc. With its large scale liquid crystal touch panel, you might think of it as a large version of the iPod touch.
16 Apr 2010
The stories presented in Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture reflect the unique nature of Asian aquaculture, providing first-time insight into how and why it has become so successful.
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16 Apr 2010
For most of the 2,000 people who had to abandon their homes, fish farming turned misfortune into opportunity.
31 Mar 2010
Through “The Brand Laureate Awards 2009-1010”, the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation has once again acknowledged Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for its corporate branding.
10 Mar 2010
In southwestern Morocco, research to conserve and develop a valuable but threatened forest resource – argan trees – has helped to dramatically boost the income of Berber women.
10 Mar 2010
Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) has appointed the Co Curriculum Centre of Universiti Putra Malaysia (PKK UPM) as the Operational Management Office to carry out the Training of Trainers (TOT) for Co Curriculum courses with credit (KKB) made compulsory to all Public Institutions in the country.
10 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will work in partnership with the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC) to enhance productivity, innovation and competitiveness through the implementation of the Case Study Writing Programme and the effective training programme.
03 Mar 2010
* Agreement to establish a Joint Center with the Max Planck Society (MPG) * General agreement for cooperation with the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
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27 Jan 2010
The world’s poorest people have frequently been blamed for mismanaging the natural resources on which their lives depend. But across the developing world, initiatives supported by IDRC have shown that there are ways to reduce poverty and protect a community’s resource base at the same time.
27 Jan 2010
SERDANG, 18 January – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has restructured the program module for Bachelor of Consumer Studies (BPG) as offered by the Faculty of Human Ecology (FEM) for the purpose of enhancing the its quality.
04 Jan 2010
A symposium was held recently by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) aimed to provide extensive network in the field of polymer, rubber and composites.
23 Dec 2009
The Tokyo University of Science held the Fourth International Collaboration Workshop for three days from Tuesday, December 8 to Thursday, December 10 at the Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Iidabashi, Tokyo.
15 Dec 2009
The media reported that Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama and United States President Obama agreed to “deepen” the U.S.-Japan alliance to conclude Obama’s first visit to Japan.

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Giants in history

Physicist Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) pioneered the use of optical fibres to transmit images, and founded several optical technology companies. Born in Punjab, India, he worked at a local optical instruments factory before moving to London for PhD studies at Imperial College. There, he devised a flexible fibrescope to convey images along bundles of glass fibres.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian engineer who was President of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.
Rapee Sagarik (4 December 1922 – 17 February 2018) was Thailand’s renowned expert on orchids.
U Hla Myint (1920 – 2017) was a celebrated economist from Myanmar. Considered a prodigy, he was admitted to Rangoon University to study economics when he was just 14 years old. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics (LSE).