http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/26/south-asia-coping-with-the-heat/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 30 May 2012 14:55:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/26/south-asia-coping-with-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-1608353 Global Voices Online » South Asia: Looking Back At 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:25:54 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=71067#comment-1608353 [...] The year was tough for South Asia as the global recession affected people of this region too. The populous region is a source of many migrant workers in the middle east and other places in the world. We saw many migrant workers returning to their homeland as they lost their jobs and saw opportunities diminishing. Energy was a major concern as some countries had to cope with power shortage and rolling blackouts. [...] [...] The year was tough for South Asia as the global recession affected people of this region too. The populous region is a source of many migrant workers in the middle east and other places in the world. We saw many migrant workers returning to their homeland as they lost their jobs and saw opportunities diminishing. Energy was a major concern as some countries had to cope with power shortage and rolling blackouts. [...]

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