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Asia
Asia In the NT not the continent but the Roman province, governed from
Ephesus and now western Turkey. It was rich in resources and comprised
Syria, Mysia,
Lydia, and Caria;
Phrygia belonged partly to Asia and partly to
Galatia. If Paul's letter to the Galatians was addressed to Churches which he had visited (
Antioch,
Iconium,
Lystra, and
Derbe), then it was sent to the south of the area, within the province of Galatia; but
Colossae, to which a letter was sent, was in Asia, as also were the seven Churches of Rev.
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Asia Impact-States
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/6/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Indonesia, down 88 percent; to Thailand, down 24 percent; paper products to Asia, down 52 percent. Alaska: To Asia, down 41 percent; lumber and wood products to Asia, down 52 percent. Arizona: To Asia, down 31 percent; to Japan, down 55...
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Asia-Links Announces Regional HQ in Asia Pacific in Partnership with Asia Pathways.
Business Wire; 9/17/2001; 700+ words
; ...SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 Asia-Links, a US-based leading provider of technology...conducting business-to-business e-commerce with Asia, announced its opening of an office in Asia in association with Asia Pathways of Singapore...
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ASIA GLOBAL CROSSING OBTAINS FULL SUITE OF LICENSES IN KOREA.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 11/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Asia Global Crossing announced today that it...and Communications. The licenses allow Asia Global Crossing to leverage its seamless...Specific Service Provider license allows Asia Global Crossing to provide voice and resell...
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Asia Netcom Launches the Region's Most Comprehensive IP VPN Portfolio; Turning Convergence Dreams Into Reality. Asia Netcom Leverages the Full Power of MPLS Technology to Deliver Voice, Data And Multi-Media over a Single Network Environment with Unsurpassed Quality, Scalability, Security and Cost Savings.
PR Newswire; 6/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...HONG KONG, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Netcom, the premier pan-Asian network...customers. For the first time, businesses in Asia Pacific will be offered five classes of...option for usage-based pricing. "With Asia Netcom's five CoS offering, businesses...
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Asia Society Southern California Announces Bold New Leadership.
PR Newswire; 5/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...China Relations to Be the Primary Focus for Asia Society Southern California LOS ANGELES, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Society Southern California announced today...Tang and Jordan have committed to focusing Asia Society Southern California on fostering...
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Asia Pay Announces Director Benny Lee to Join Management Team in China.
PR Newswire; 5/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Asia Payment Systems, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD...s board of directors, will be joining Asia Pay's executive team as Executive Director...in China and will working closely with Asia Pay's CEO and other executives as the...
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Asia Requests English-Language Books.
News Wire article from: Business Wire; 5/19/2009; 700+ words
; Books for Asia Supports Need for English-Language Texts with Online Effort...s storybooks--are increasingly in demand across the Asia-Pacific region, according to Books for Asia. An initiative that supports Asia's development goals...
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Asia Pay Implements ClearCommerce Payment and Fraud Solution for New Credit Card Processing Service in Asia.
PR Newswire; 5/10/2004; 700+ words
; Asia Payment Systems, Inc. (Asia Pay) (BULLETIN BOARD: APYM) is pleased to announce today that...leading payment and fraud prevention solution, as a part of the Asia Pay credit card processing platform deployed throughout Asia and...
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Asia's spreading shadow: could Asia's financial troubles cause a downturn in the world economy?(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/1/1997; 700+ words
; Could Asia's financial troubles cause a downturn in the world economy? OVER the past decade, East Asia has been the world's fastest-growing...economies. So it is not surprising that East Asia's recent financial turmoil has been blamed...
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The Asia Foundation Establishes Books for Asia Fund; New Fund to Support Distribution of Educational Materials to Disadvantaged Communities.
PR Newswire; 9/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asia Foundation, a leading non-profit organization working in Asia since 1954, today announced the launch...s longest running program -- Books for Asia. Contributions will support a wide range...
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Asia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Asia World's largest continent. Entirely in...the Equator in Indonesia. Land On the w , Asia's boundary with Europe follows a line through...the Caucasus. Geographically, Europe and Asia are one enormous continent (Eurasia) but...
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Southeast Asia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Southeast Asia region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4...the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. The name "Southeast Asia" came into popular use after World War II and has replaced such phrases...
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Central Asia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
CENTRAL ASIA The notion of "Central Asia" for Russia was the result of a gradual, often haphazard advance...not until the twentieth century that one saw the term "Central Asia and Kazakhstan" noted. Politically, it still is often restricted...
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South Asia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
SOUTH ASIA South Asia is the region approximately encompassed in the Indian subcontinent...therefore a younger age structure. In the 1950s fertility across South Asia was uniformly high (see Table 1). By 2000 Sri Lanka, India, and...
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Women's History: Asia
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Women's History: Asia The prominent roles occupied by women in the legends and myths of that complex and diverse part of the world called Asia suggest that "histories" of women in Asia have existed for a very long time. That these legends...
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