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Energy crunch eases in emerging markets, thanks to Europe’s warm winter

by Lily Jamali
Apr 10, 2023
India, Thailand and other emerging markets struggled after some of the liquefied natural gas they'd expected was rerouted to Europe.
A flare tower at a natural gas facility in Indonesia. Countries like Indonesia and Bangladesh have been able to import more liquefied natural gas recently.
Azwar Ipank/AFP via Getty Images
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The dark side of online education

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
May 18, 2015
Pakistani company Axact is making millions by selling fake diplomas.
A screenshot from a promotional video for "Newford University," one of the fake school's identified in the New York Times' investigation.
Courtesy:Newford University on Vimeo
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Being middle class in Pakistan

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 11, 2014
Author Haroon Ullah talks about his new book 'The Bargain from the Bazaar'
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Malala's delicate publishing proposal

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Oct 8, 2013
15-year-old Malala Yousafzai ‘s book comes out tomorrow.
Malala Yousafzai opens the new Library of Birmingham at Centenary Square on September 3, 2013 in Birmingham, England. 
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Death of tourists also a blow to Pakistan's economy

by Sarah Gardner
Jun 24, 2013
Pakistan's tourism economy could be further in jeopardy after the attack and murder of mountain climbers.
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In Pakistan, electrical outages are political

by Kai Ryssdal
May 30, 2013
Pakistan desperately needs a solution to their failing electrical grid. Does the new Prime Minister have the answers?
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Sharif chooses veteran to run Pakistan's shattered economy

by Shahzeb Jillani
May 13, 2013
Pakistan's incoming prime minister will install Ishaq Dar as finance minister, his third time doing the job.
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Pakistan gives China a peek under our stealth tech hood. Or did they?

by John Moe
Aug 16, 2011
The NY Times published a piece on Sunday about how Pakistan likely showed Chinese engineers the pieces of the American Black Hawk helicopter that...
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