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Under a reforming president, the Philippines emerged as a rising economic star in Asia but the trail of death and destruction left by Typhoon Haiyan has highlighted a key weakness: fragile and patchy infrastructure after decades of neglect and corruption. Authorities fear that the storm that tore through Leyte province in the country s east has killed thousands. More than 600,000 people have been displaced. Low rates of insurance in the Philippines mean the disaster is likely to sap government finances but analysts say it might not slow growth significantly because of the small role the affected region plays in the wider economy. Haiyan s devastation, however, underlines the pressing need to spend more money to build hard assets such as more roads, ports and power lines - not only to improve living standards but also to better withstand the storms, earthquakes and other natural disasters stanley cup that strike the country with numbing regularity. The Philippines has stanley cup the lowest percentage of paved roads when compared with neighbors Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore, according to data compiled by foreign business groups in the Ph stanley cup ilippines in 2010. It also had the worst scores in other key indicators such as fixed phone lines, households with power and electricity lost in transmission. It s hard to prepare for the worst storm in the world, said HSBC economist Trinh Nguyen. But at the same time one of the issues now is there isn t a way to access these pla Jqkq Superpoked... by a legal notice
At least fi af1 ve people were on Tuesday killed in a powerful roadside bomb blast inside rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka, which the Tamil Tigers blamed on government forces. HT Image The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE claimed the blast was set off by a unit of the Sri Lanka army, which entered Mankulam, about 35 kms from the de facto front line separating the two sides. The Tigers said the victims were travelling in a vehicle when they were hit. The vehicle belongs to the Tamil Eelam Health Services and a team of medical unit comprising LTTE members and civilians in the vehicle were on their way to a civil clinical service, the Ti af1 gers said. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Paki adidas campus stan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, politics,crime, and national affairs. News / World News / Five killed in blast in rebel-held northern SL .freemium-card h4color: fff; padding-bottom:20px; .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxtpadding-bottom:16px; color: fff; .freemium-card .freemium-contentwidth: auto; max-width: inherit; .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxtmax-width:inherit; font-size:18px; padding-top:0; line-height:24px .freemium-card .btnSubcmargin .freemium-card .btnSubc abackground: 000; color: fff; min-width:auto; padding:5px 15px; border-radius:6px; font-size:16px; line-height:22px; font-weight:700; .freemium-cardheight:285px @media |
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