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Topic: Asia Pacific

	Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas.
		The boundary between Asia and Europe is commonly believed to run through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea, the Ural River to its source, and the Ural Mountains to the Kara Sea near Kara, Russia.
		Asia is the largest continent in the world by a considerable margin, and it is rich in natural resources, such as petroleum and iron.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asia (2906 words)

	Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is funded by the Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia.
		The goal is to provide guidance on Asia Pacific topics for business and governments, and to enhance the links among the policy, business and research communities in areas relating to Canada's ties with Asia Pacific.
		The Foundation is the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Centre in Canada, which promotes collaborative research and disseminates information and analysis on APEC and on priority issues for Canada's involvement in the regional forum.
	www.asiapacific.ca /about/index.cfm (598 words)

	UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society:Regions/Asia and Pacific
		Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) is an Internet organization dedicated to the advancement of networking infrastructure in this region, and to the research and development of all associated enabling technologies.
		It is evident that Asia's presence in the electronic marketplace will become stronger as their telecommunications infrastructure continues to improve and economic and social reforms stimulate growth.
		LIRNEasia is a non-profit organisatoin that aims to improve the lives of the people of Asia by facilitating their use of ICTs; by catalyzing the reform of the laws, policies and regulations to enable those uses; and by building Asia-based human capacity through research, training, consulting and advocacy.
	www.unesco.org /webworld/portal_observatory/pages/Regions/Asia_and_Pacific/index.shtml (1662 words)

	Asia Pacific News.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Asia Pacific News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
		This particular portal features all the latest breaking Asia Pacific news, collating headlines and stories from a variety of sources, including global TV networks, major newspapers, news wires, and our own dedicated journalists.
		Links to Asia Pacific sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
	asiapacificnews.net (934 words)

	USF Center for the Pacific Rim :: Research & Publications
		All unpublished manuscripts are the property of Asia Pacific: Perspectives and will not be returned to the authors.
		Submission of a paper will be held to imply that it is original work; however publication in Asia Pacific: Perspectives does not preclude the author from publishing all or part of the manuscript elsewhere.
		It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written permission for republication of previously published material, including figures and tables, from the author and publisher of the source publication.
	www.pacificrim.usfca.edu /research/perspectives/index.html (871 words)

	Consultants to the Tourism Industry - Asia Pacific Projects, Inc.
		The site is designed to show how we could assist private and public sector organizations in the Asia-Pacific region interested in better planning, developing, and marketing their tourism destinations and projects.
		Asia Pacific Projects, Inc. is a specialized tourism consultancy firm that offers a range of consulting services to public and private sector clients focused on East Asia - China; Southeast Asia - especially the Philippines; South Asia - India, Nepal, and Iran; and the Pacific Islands.
		APPI was incorporated in February 1992 with a mission to contribute to the sustainable development of tourism.
	www.asiapacificprojects.com (153 words)

	MDG Asia Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In September 2000 at the Millennium Summit the Member States of the United Nations issued the Millennium Declaration, committing themselves to a series of time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions-income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion-while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability.
		The AMS 2006 was held at the end of May in the Malaysian capital, brought together nearly 400 movers and shakers of the mainstream broadcast media in Asia — home to the world’s largest TV and radio audiences.
		Asia 2015 is a major two-day conference to be hosted by DFID and co-sponsors the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
	www.mdgasiapacific.org (409 words)

	UNEP FI: Regional Activities: Asia Pacific
		The Asia Pacific Task Force (APTF) started from 2005 with the aim of supporting and expanding sustainable practices in financial institutions in the Asia Pacific Region.
		In order to set 'sustainability' priorities for the Asia Pacific financial sector, importance has been placed on the creation of a critical mass of Asia Pacific signatories that are able to exchange ideas and best practice facilitated by a UNEP FI network.
		UNEP FI Signatories in the Asia Pacific Region
	www.unepfi.org /regional_activities/asia_pacific (168 words)

	Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi steps down at the end of this month after 5½ years in which he rewrote the rule book in Japanese politics, helped revive an ailing economy, but leaves unfinished many of the reforms he began.
		John H. McArthur Confirmed as Chairman of the Board of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
		Asia Pacific Business offers up-to-date information and statistics for the business community and the Asia Pacific Business Network (APBN).
	www.asiapacific.ca (245 words)

	Asia-Pacific - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Asia Pacific refers to the nations on Asia's Eastern coast that line the Pacific Ocean.
		These nations include Russia, China, and most of those comprising Southeast Asia.
		This page was last modified 00:26, 9 September 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asia-Pacific (112 words)

	YFC Asia Pacific Home
		The Asia Pacific Area Leadership Development plan, called IGNITE, is a forward looking, five year initiative to develop and equip leaders within the Asia Pacific area to impact their nations for Christ..
		The overall goal of IGNITE is to enable effective leadership development across the Asia Pacific Area through a combination of local, national, regional, area, and international contexts so that our staff and volunteers are equipped, empowered, encouraged, and challenged to reach more young people for Christ.
		IGNITE is an Asia Pacific Area office initiative that compliments and expands upon the significant amount of local leadership development efforts already occurring within our local YFC nations.
	www.yfcasiapacific.org (502 words)

	Asia-Pacific Network: News Headlines
		A visiting West Papuan church leader has accused Indonesia of genocidal policies in the Jakarta-ruled Pacific province and has called on New Zealand to press for an end to human rights violations in his homeland.
		A two-day Pacific media conference was capped with the annual awards and an Auckland University of Technology journalist and academic, David Robie, won the major prize - the Pacific Media Freedom Award.
		The PIMA judges said Dr Robie’s role in Pacific media education was unrivalled, and he had been a strong advocate of journalism training in both the South Pacific and New Zealand for many years.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/david_aspac.html (1464 words)

	Nortel: Asia
		In Asia Pacific, Nortel is a recognised leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the nation's most critical information.
		In the Asia Pacific region, Nortel operates two world-class R&D facilities in China.
		As a leader in networking, Nortel provides Asia Pacific customers with the critical services necessary to successfully design, deploy, manage and maintain today's multi-vendor networks and to make the transition to tomorrow's converged network infrastructure.
	www.nortel.com /corporate/global/asia (938 words)

	Asia - International News - New York Times
		Five nations in Central Asia agreed that they would neither acquire nuclear weapons nor allow them within their borders.
		Asia: Indonesia: Prison Term for Bali Suicide Bombings
		Asia: Indonesia: 300 Million Birds to Be Vaccinated
	www.nytimes.com /pages/world/asia/index.html (624 words)

	Christian Churches of God Asia Pacific
		CCG in the Asia Pacific is promoting the Full Truth regarding the Original Faith to the entire Asia Pacific region.
		Our aim is to raise the level for theological education for all peoples of the Asia Pacific.
		We are restoring the original doctrines instituted by Messiah and the apostles to the continent.
	www.ccg.org /_region/AsiaPacific (294 words)

	International IDEA \| Asia-Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		South Asia is a cultural concept as opposed to a political entity.
		State of Democracy in South Asia: IDEA is currently working on a regional assessment to reflect citizens’ perceptions and experiences of democracy.
		IDEA’s key partners in South Asia include: the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace in India; the Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies in Sri Lanka; and The Burma Fund and the National Reconciliation Program in Burma/Myanmar.
	www.idea.int /asia_pacific/index.cfm (513 words)

	Asia Pacific Business - a service of APF Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Asia Pacific Business Network (APBN) is a powerful business intelligence and networking vehicle that provides Canadian firms with a competitive edge in the region
		AP Bulletin - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi steps down at the end of this month after 5½ years in which he rewrote the rule book in Japanese politics, helped revive an ailing economy, but leaves unfinished many of the reforms he began.
		News Release - John H. McArthur Confirmed as Chairman of the Board of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
	www.asiapacificbusiness.ca (361 words)

	East Asia & Pacific
		Giving unskilled workers from the Pacific Islands access to seasonal employment in neighboring labor markets is essential to the future development of the region, says new World Bank report.
		East Asia is now most open region in the world, posts solid growth.
		East Asia’s economies delivered another solid performance in 2005, now surpassing Europe as the most open region in the world.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/0,,menuPK:208943~pagePK:158889~piPK:146815~theSitePK:226301,00.html (366 words)

	Asia, China and Pacific cruises on - Holland America Line Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sublime beauty, history, and diversity await you on a Holland America Line cruise to Asia and the Pacific.
		Or, join the ms Statendam as she heads to Vancouver and enjoys scenic cruising in the Kuril and Aleutian Islands, explore remote Russia, or get a taste of Alaska visiting ports not visited by our other Alaska cruises.
		For the complete Asia and Pacific cruise experience, join us for the North Pacific Explorer cruise and circumnavigate the Pacific Ocean.
	www.hollandamerica.com /cruise-destinations/asiapacific (265 words)

	Asia Pacific Offset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Asia Pacific has expertise in handling a truly wide variety of projects both large and small.
		Coupled with the rigid translucent plastic sleeve, the bottom half of which is colored bright red, it is a truly unique volume.
		Asia Pacific was able to provide creative manufacturing solutions at an affordable price.
	www.asiapacificoffset.com (378 words)

	Asia-Pacific Network
		Café Pacific - David Robie's independent news and analysis
		David Stanley's South Pacific Organiser, compiled by David Stanley of Moon Publications
		Articles on this website are for educational and research use.
	www.asiapac.org.fj (356 words)

	Asia Pacific Business - publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Canada Asia Commentary provides timely, informed and concise analysis of developments in Asia from a Canadian perspective.
		The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada publishes Canada Asia Review, its annual survey on Canada's ties with Asia.
		Produced initially for APBN members, offer an attempt to examine the major impacts within Asia of the events that began on September 11, by evaluating the situation in six major countries – China, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, India and Pakistan.
	www.asiapacificbusiness.ca /pubs/index.cfm (1287 words)

	IFJ Asia-Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The research focused on six countries across Africa and Asia, India, the Philippines, Cambodia, Zambia, Senegal and Nigeria, indicates that HIV/AIDS reportage in affected regions is improving but that there is still significant work to be done.
		The IFJ’s fourth annual South Asia Press Freedom Report: Journalism in Troubled Times: The struggle for press freedom in South Asia 2005-2006 was released on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2006 in Colombo, Sri Lanka by IFJ president Christopher Warren.
		IFJ Asia has prepared a comprehensive report on the impact and challenges for the media arising from the 26 December Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
	www.ifj-asia.org (5223 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Asia Pacific - Asia Pacific Nature - Asia Pacific Conservation - Asia-Pacific Nature and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Nature Conservancy in Asia Pacific - Asia Pacific Nature - Asia Pacific Conservation - Asia-Pacific Nature and Conservation - Map
		The Asia Pacific region supports more coral and fish species than anywhere else on Earth and some of the most healthy forests.
		The Nature Conservancy is helping preserve the most spectacular landscapes, from Indonesia's coral reefs to the jagged peaks of China.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/asiapacific (63 words)

	Asia Pacific Research - International research links (CAPRN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Asia Pacific Institute of Business, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
		Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies (HKIAPS), Chinese University of Hong Kong
		Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Nijmegen
	www.asiapacificresearch.ca /caprn/links/links-intlresearch.cfm (471 words)

	Welcome to Asia Pacific Harrier Magazine
		While information about Endurance Sport and Hash House Harriers events held in Europe and America are easily accessible, advance notice on such activities across much of Asia has been limited in the past.
		This publication is your central source and guide to these events and destinations.
		Asia-Pacific Harrier is the only international magazine of its kind that keeps you informed with features, calendars and reviews about Asia Endurance Sport and Hash House Harriers events from Shanghai to Singapore, from Honolulu to Hong Kong and beyond.
	www.asiapacificharrier.com (215 words)

	Asia Pacific University Consortium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Asia Pacific University Consortium is a group of educational institutions who have been brought together for the purpose of providing educational opportunities of the highest standard for corporations situated in the Asia-Pacific region.
		The Asia Pacific University Consortium offers a wide variety of educational and corporate training programs for the purpose of developing Global Business Professionals in the Asia-Pacific region.
		APUC is comprised of universities and educational institutions that offer programs meeting the specific needs of corporate universities and corporate human resource/ training divisions for companies situated in the Asia-Pacific region.
	www.asiapacificu.edu (172 words)

	WWF - WWF in Asia & the Pacific region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		WWF - WWF in Asia & the Pacific region
		It's up to us, more than ever before, to be Futuremakers and determine whether any of us have a planet to enjoy.
		Marine turtle conservation in the Asia Pacific region [pdf, 1.84 MB]
	www.panda.org /asiapacific (276 words)

	Asia-Pacific Magazine: online edition
		Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University (
		The Asia Society, New York agreed to exchange links between their respective home pages.
		This WWW site is provided by the Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra.
	coombs.anu.edu.au /asia-pacific-magazine (475 words)

	Radio Australia - Asia Pacific - Home
		For daily program summaries join the Asia Pacific Mailing List.
		Next Monday, business, academic and community leaders will gather for a one-day summit to discuss how Hong Kong can maintain its status, as the mainland continues its highspeed growth.
		China's Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to continue the gradual development of what he calls "grassroots democracy" but adds that China is not ready to give the people a direct vote.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/asiapac (881 words)

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