He was later given the title Asia's Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics.

With this clear lead, the IFFHS has decided to determine Al-Hilal as Asia's Club of the 20th Century.

Asia's robust economic performance over the three decades preceding 2010, compared to that in the rest of the world, made perhaps the strongest case yet for the possibility of an Asian Century.

In the same study, the Asian Development Bank estimates that seven economies would lead Asia's powerhouse growth ; under the Asian Century scenario, the region would have no poor countries, compared with eight in 2011.

Amerigo Vespucci () ( March 9, 1454February 22, 1512 ) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus ' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Afro-Eurasians.

Greenpeace East Asia's first China office was opened in Hong Kong in 1997.

Indonesia was until recently Southeast Asia's only member of OPEC, and the 1970s oil price raises provided an export revenue windfall that contributed to sustained high economic growth rates, averaging over 7 % from 1968 to 1981.

Although nationalist movements throughout the colonial world led to the political independence of nearly all of the Asia's remaining colonies, decolonisation was intercepted by the Cold War ; and South East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Asia remained embedded in a world economic, financial, and military system in which the great powers compete to extend their influence.

The country remained one of Asia's poorest and was totally dependent on Soviet economic assistance.

* Asia's first stock exchange was established.

Asia's set included only " An Extraordinary Life " from Phoenix, the rest of the songs coming from the first two albums plus one cover each from The Buggles (" Video Killed the Radio Star " with Wetton on lead vocals and Downes on vocoder ), King Crimson (" The Court of the Crimson King ", which was recorded by a previous incarnation of that band with Greg Lake on lead vocals ) and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (" Fanfare for the Common Man ").

It was led by South Asia's pioneer Trotskyist, Philip Gunawardena and his colleague NM Perera.

India was one of the first countries in Asia to recognize the effectiveness of the Export Processing Zone ( EPZ ) model in promoting exports, with Asia's first EPZ set up in Kandla in 1965.

The 2011 Shaw Prize, often called " Asia's Nobel Prize ," was sharred by Fishman and Italian astronomer Enrico Costa for their gamma-ray research.

In 1999, Watanabe was spotted at a Seoul activity honoring Asia's greatest boxing champions, alongside Fighting Harada, Jung-Koo Chang, Gushiken, Sot Chitalada, and former rivals Chul-Ho Kim and Pooltarat, among others.

The most recent deployment of the GC was to provide additional security for the Singapore Airshow, Asia's largest airshow, and the hunt for the escaped terrorist, Mas Selamat.

One of its milestone commercial projects was Asia's largest IP-enabled network for securities and derivatives markets.

CNBC Asia's ticker was also reformatted on that day to include colours reflecting change in the stock prices ( green for an increase and red for a decrease ) and a stock's ticker symbol.

On 7 December 2002, it was reported in the press that ten foreign banks had told the government privately that the introduction of Article 23 would have disastrous consequences for Hong Kong, threatening its demise as Asia's financial capital.

Considered one of the most powerful figures in Asia, Li was named " Asia's Most Powerful Man, Li Ka-Ching " by Asiaweek in 2001.

The space was added to Asia's world map on July 23, 2009.

Chuganji was the last surviving Asian man born before 1894, as his successor as Asia's oldest living man, Kameni Nakamura, was born in late 1894 and was over five and a half years younger than Chuganji.

FEERs annual Asian Innovation Awards was associated with Global Entrepolise @ Singapore, which honored Asia's emerging Technopreneur.

She was placed at number 36 by the UK magazine, Eastern Eye, as one of Asia's Sexiest Women ( 2006 ).

As a result of his hands-on approach to the economy, the Philippines was dubbed by various internationally as Asia's Next Economic Tiger.

On December 9, 2009, it was announced that Friendster was acquired for US $ 26. 4 million by MOL Global, one of Asia's biggest Internet companies.

One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams and respected throughout the continent, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for fourteen of the J-League's twenty one season history.

Thus they became the first Australian team to make it to the final of Asia's premier club competition.

In the tournament Hapoel were given byes all the way to the final, where they beat Selangor 2 – 1 to become Asia's first club champions.

Since the 1960s, the country has developed from one of Asia's poorest to one of the world's wealthiest nations.

Many of Eastern Asia's current disputes to sovereignty and self-determination stem from unresolved disputes from World War II.

Although Asia's live set lists reflect this, Asia Featuring John Payne perform songs from the entire history of Asia.

Southeast Asia's coral reef fisheries alone yield about $ 2. 4 billion annually from seafood.

The Moon of Pejeng is " the largest known relic from Southeast Asia's Bronze Age period.

Olcott believed himself to be Asia's savior, the outsider hero who would sweep in at the end of the drama to save a disenchanted subcontinent from spiritual death.

IB Asia's founding shareholders include majority stakeholder DBS and 34 Middle Eastern investors from prominent families and industrial groups from Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) countries.

Between 1964 and 1989, the flamboyant Davies built FEER from a small weekly into one of Asia's most authoritative magazines, with a circulation of nearly 90, 000.

In the Asian Games, the Beermen formed the core of the national team with some loan players ( notably Alvin Patrimonio and Asia's best point guard Johnny Abarrientos ) from the other PBA franchises.

San Miguel's beer exports grew by 150 percent from 1985 to 1989 alone, and the brand was soon exported to 24 countries, including all of Asia's key markets as well as the United States, Australia, and the Middle East.

Along with Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kyunki was Asia's 1st most watched serial from 2001-2008 It also set records for getting the highest television rating points ( TRPs ) for more than eight years.

* July 15-Northwest Airlines launches the first commercial passenger service from the U. S. A. to Asia's Far East along the North Pacific route with Douglas DC-4 The Manila, linking Minneapolis / St.

Over the years under Indian government rule, sex industry in Kamathipura continued to flourish, and trafficking brought women from different part of the country here, and eventually it became Asia's largest sex district.

R-16 Korea is one of the most recognized bboy championships that invites bboys from all around the world to now Asia's bboy capital South Korea.

The objectives of the conference are to promote exchanges and cooperation between political parties from different countries in the area and with various ideologies ; to enhance mutual understanding and trust among Asian countries ; to promote Asia's regional cooperation through the unique role and channel of political parties ; and to create an environment for sustained peace and shared propoperity in the region.

* Geography, history flex E. Asia's ' quadrilateral ' from the Japan Times

* Without Asia's Trust, Japan Will Remain a Political Pygmy, from Choson Ilbo, Editorial, 30 March 2005