14 (-8) Events 102 (-8) 5 May - 22 July 1912 Stockholm, Sweden In 1909, with only one application to host the V Olympiad Stockholm was duly selected as the hosts for the 1912 games. It was the fourth time in the five official Olympiads that we had been...

The country shares it border with Indonesia, Brunei and Thailand. The maritime borders exist with Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore. Malaysia is warm and welcoming. The beautiful country has a rich multicultural heritage as the result of immigration...

The collaboration is in conjunction with tech firm Cyberport, and the company will also put together a series of events — including training courses, workshops and other seminars — to help keep students up to date with the latest technology trends and...

The domestic water use per capita (471 cubic meters per capita in 2000) in Nepal is below the estimated minimum requirement. Leakage, inadequate water quality, inefficient domestic water use, or underinvestment in providing access to basic services is...

African resources to the detriment of the United States. Mr. O'Brien, president and CEO of Tamerlane Global Services, has personally worked on supply chain projects and complex distribution programs in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe, the...

Its investment policy, sometimes considered too rigid, has forced it to keep a large portfolio of European assets including sovereign bonds, forcing it to miss out on much of the rapid growth in Asia and Latin America and sit through the continent’s...

IT is the magic of the water that should draw you to a waterfront city. Besides that, it is the fun factor and the glitter attached to it that are all too hard to resist. Venice, Amsterdam and Cape Town are cities that continue to be ever so popular...

On the U.S. , European and South Pacific editions, Time went with an image of Kim Jong Eun, the new, young supreme leader of North Korea, whom the magazine dubbed: “Lil’ Kim.” On the Asia cover, the magazine chose a strikingly different image, showing...

The fund, worth $119,000 per man, woman and child in Norway, must now keep 50 percent of its shares and 60 percent of its bonds in European assets while it can invest only 15 percent of its shares and 5 percent of its bonds in Asia and the Pacific. ...

The Anglo-Dutch major is one of the biggest consumers of Iranian crude worldwide, industry sources said, taking around 100,000 bpd into Europe and about the same quantity into Asia under a deal with Japanese company Showa Shell that expires in March. ...

Then again, Kobe Bryant had said he wasn't familiar with Lin's game and would have to study up on him. The next night, Lin burned the Lakers for a career-high 38 points in a nationally televised victory. That was a huge moment in Taiwan, which Lin's...

The South Koreans hope to make the crossing in four days, a statement from the Chukhotka province governor’s office said. The skiers were waiting for clear weather in the village Provideniya, some 6,400 kilometres east of the Russian capital Moscow,...

Still, when it was over, the adoring Garden fans chanted "M-V-P" as he was doing a postgame interview on the court. But Lin will have to have lasting success to be just a short-term phenomenon, even to Asians. Yao was beloved because he proved to be an...

Shamila Chaudhary, an analyst in Eurasia Group’s Asia practice and a former Pakistan director on the US government's’s National Security Council, said that at face value, giving overseas Pakistanis the right to vote appeared “politically motivated”. ...

Stereotypical Oriental Tune', 'The Asian Jingle.' It was around long before 'Kungfu Fighting' and 'Turning Japanese' appeared, but the huge success of 'Kungfu Fighting' in 1974 definitely put it on the map. Its associations are so powerful that we only...

India is a key emerging market for North East businesses. Since the beginning of 2008 there has been almost a 40% increase in exports to Asia and Oceana from regional firms. NECC export services manager, Brian Dakers, said: “The Indian market is one...

This week's featured bird is an unmistakable game bird in North America - the chukar has no very identical cousins on this continent, but there are several very similar species in Europe and Asia, where these imported birds are originally native. Their...

Then again, Kobe Bryant had said he wasnt familiar with Lins game and would have to study up on him. The next night, Lin burned the Lakers for 38 points in a nationally televised victory. That was a huge moment in Taiwan, which Lins parents left in the...

Zhang Gan-yu. "For Lin, it’s like nobody had heard of him before. Kobe gave an interview saying he did not know who Lin was. So this is truly a rising star." Lin has been gaining followers on social media and had the NBA’s top-selling jersey online in...