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China lays out welcome mat to media giants

Oct 9, 2009
One week after China celebrated 60 years of communist rule, several hundred representatives from more than 100 overseas media groups and 40 Chinese media...

Portly Thai traffic cops told to hit gym

Aug 28, 2009
Street vendors along a major intersection in downtown Bangkok are familiar with Sgt. Nitat Saisa-ard. Not only is he a good-natured...

Cash for cab clunkers in Cairo

Jul 28, 2009
While General Motors sales struggle in the United States, the American automaker can’t keep up with demand for its Chevrolet Lanos here in Egypt. The car's popularity has skyrocketed due to a new ...

Mongolia offers insight into China's neighborhood reputation

Jul 10, 2009
By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – As events unfold in Xinjiang Province, we have seen a resurgence of ethnic Chinese nationalist sentiment mixed with fear and mistrust...

'The new New York is Beijing'

Jul 1, 2009
By all rights, Beijing should be suffering the post-Olympic hangover anticipated by skeptics and cynics. China’s exports-driven economy has taken a big hit from the global recession. Millions of college graduates are still unemployed. Newly...

Finally, Cuba celebrates with Kool and the Gang

Dec 21, 2009
By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief HAVANA – No record store here has ever sold their music, and before Sunday, no one in the country had ever seen the band live. Yet for 40 years Cubans have loved Kool and the Gang, seemingly...

ElBaradei rattles official Egypt by mulling presidential run

Dec 19, 2009
By Charlene Gubash, NBC News Producer CAIRO – Once upon a time, Mohamed ElBaradei was Egypt’s favorite son. He was extolled in the media as his achievements mounted. The nation looked on proudly as he was elected three times to the post of...

Doctor's mission to save Ethiopian kids' hearts

Dec 18, 2009
By Charlene Gubash, NBC News Producer ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Doctors, nurses, family members and an NBC cameraman fanned out across the hospital in an all-out search for Aden. But the 6-year-old managed to evade us as she flitted from patient to...

'It's our climate, not your business' protesters say

Dec 16, 2009
By Anne Thompson, NBC News’ Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent COPENHAGEN – By protest standards, the crowd wasn’t that big – about 2,500 people – but it was certainly loud and diverse.  Anarchists, anti-capitalists, socialists and...

Pentagon preps for conflicts sparked by climate change

Dec 16, 2009
By Jim Maceda, NBC News Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt – Dr. Mamdouh Hamza stood on a salty, barren stretch of caked sand and pointed to a clutch of rich green date palms a few hundred yards away. "What you’re looking at over there – that gives life...


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