Tuesday, 19 August 2014

The Gulf of Tonkin episode and the misuse of power

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That and other cases raise fears about how a future US president may use military muscle
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Big foreign worker dorms faring poorly

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Construction firms choosing cheaper option of housing workers on site
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Monday, 18 August 2014

Chinese tourists suffering from Paris-syndrome sickness

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Grittier side of Paris falls short of their romanticised ideal
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Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Chinese seek freedom, edge at US high schools

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China's elite tighten their belts as crackdown bites

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China's big spenders are reining in overt shows of wealth, shelving shopping trips in Hong Kong and Macau gambling sprees in the face of...
Friday, 1 August 2014

Diaoyu Islands: The Truth

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CIA concedes it spied on U.S. Senate investigators, apologizes

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The CIA conceded on Thursday that it had improperly monitored computers used by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in an investigation o...

CIA director John Brennan lied to you and to the Senate. Fire him.

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Private apologies are not enough for a defender of torture, the architect of America’s drone program and the most talented liar in Washingto...

Osaka police hide 81,000 crimes to clean up image

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Osaka police have admitted they did not report more than 81,000 offences over a period of several years in a desperate bid to clean up the r...

Karting track to be built inside Turf Club

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It’ll be first permanent CIK- certified facility here, able to hold international races
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Sunday, 27 July 2014

Japan Rejects UN Call to Take Responsibility for Wartime Sexual Slavery

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Japan has rejected a call by the UN's human rights watchdog that it should accept full blame for pressing Asian women into wartime sexua...
Friday, 25 July 2014

UN watchdog urges Japan to accept blame for 'comfort women'

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The United Nations has called on Japan to accept full blame for pressing women from Korea and other Asian nations into sexual slavery during...
Thursday, 24 July 2014

U.N. panel tells Japan to compensate 'comfort women'

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A United Nations human rights agency is calling on Japan to guarantee independent investigations of wartime sex slavery and provide a public...
Thursday, 17 July 2014

China commerce minister chastises US after WTO victory

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China's commerce minister hit out at the United States on Thursday, urging it not to be a "rule-breaker" after the World Trade...

Magnate allays fears of Iskandar building glut

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This comes against a backdrop of roll-out of mammoth projects by big Chinese developers
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Why complicate the COE system even more?

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130 hp power limit for Cat A too complex to implement
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Monday, 14 July 2014

US law still reigns supreme in global economy

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Some bristle at BNP Paribas fine and Fatca but are helpless in face of worldwide use of greenback
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Sunday, 13 July 2014

Bruised and grumbling, foreign banks bend to U.S. rules

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Financiers may grumble that the United States is acting like an imperial power in punishing foreign banks for dealings far beyond U.S. terri...
Friday, 11 July 2014

‘Bamboo ceiling’ hampering Asians in Australia

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A “bamboo ceiling” exists in Australia for Asians entering positions of power in business, education and politics, the country’s race discri...
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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Part of Unit 731 War Crimes Museum, with evidence of human experimentation, to open next year

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The research lab where biological warfare was tested during the second Sino-Japanese war is being cleared in Harbin, Heilongjiang province
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