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By , on May 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain’s domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 25th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan’s premier agreed on Saturday to press on with work on a major industrial zone near Yangon on a visit to Myanmar aimed at deepening economic ties with the former junta-ruled nation. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Myanmar officials at the Thilawa project on the first day of a trip promoting Japanese business in a country which desperately needs investment and infrastructure to drive a much-anticipated economic revival. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A British court has ruled that a tweet by a parliamentarian’s wife that pointed her 56,000 followers to online traffic wrongly naming a retired politician as a paedophile was defamatory, even though it did not spell out the allegation. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain’s intelligence services came under pressure on Friday to explain how they let two Islamic extremists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in the streets of London slip through their net. Both of the men, under armed guard in London hospitals after being shot by police at the scene, were previously known to the intelligence services but were reportedly assessed as not posing a deadly threat. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Switzerland on Thursday for talks set to focus on a landmark free trade deal with the Alpine country, which he has dubbed a touchstone for Beijing’s growing ties with foreign nations. Li, who is on the first stop of his debut visit to Europe since taking over in a once-in-a-decade power transfer in Beijing, flew in to Zurich late on Thursday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Daniel Klaidman, on May 23rd, 2013 Will the president have the political wherewithal to get the prison closed this time? By Daniel Klaidman
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama defends use of drones to kill US citizens judged to be planning attacks against US. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the Sars-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 17. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid falls by 23,000 to 340,000 last week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Chinese businessman who was accused of killing a man 16 years ago and went on the run, setting up a new life as a university professor, has been held after the victim’s brother found him, reports said on Thursday. Ren Yuefeng was running a restaurant in the southern province of Yunnan when he had Yang Shunxiang beaten to death in a dispute over counterfeit cigarette trading, the state-run Global Times said. It cited the victim’s younger brother Yang Shunming, who was working for Ren at the time. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asia shares slide, Nikkei down 7.3 percent, as Japan bond yields rise, China factories weaken. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British police shot and wounded two men after a man thought to be a serving soldier was killed outside a London barracks, in an attack Prime Minister David Cameron called “truly shocking”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China and India sought to avoid letting their differences overshadow ties during Premier Li Keqiang’s maiden diplomatic trip to New Delhi this week, analysts said, despite his hosts’ lingering concerns about China’s involvement in South Asian affairs. Li arrived in Pakistan yesterday after a three-day visit to India that followed the resolution of a three-week border stand-off in the Depsang Valley in Ladakh. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he was proud MPs had voted to back gay marriage but admitted the debate has been divisive and said his focus would now be on economic matters. The Conservative leader offered an olive branch to party activists opposed to the same-sex marriage bill by promising there would be no more laws on social issues before the next election in 2015. “If you are saying to me, ‘Is this the first of many other issues like that?’, no it isn’t,” Cameron told BBC radio, the day after the bill cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Jace Lacob, on May 22nd, 2013 Jace Lacob on why you must watch BBC Two’s psychological thriller ‘The Fall,’ starring Gillian Anderson.
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> May marks the start of the monsoon season, when umbrellas and wellington boots are everywhere and sunshine is a novelty. Tropical cyclones and typhoons will soon follow, dominating the skies and news channels. Here we look at some of the wettest and driest days since 1990. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying had one of the darkest days in his trouble-plagued administration yesterday when he lost two of his most important aides. Executive councillor and Urban Renewal Authority chairman Barry Cheung Chun-yuen’s departure on leave after the Mercantile Exchange, which he chairs, came under police investigation, was seen as the heaviest blow to date. It coincided with news of the resignation of information co-ordinator June Teng Wai-kwan, Leung’s top media official, due to eye problems. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday announced a US$1.8-billion military upgrade to help defend his country’s maritime territory against “bullies”, amid an ever-worsening dispute with China. In thinly veiled comments referring to China, Aquino vowed during a speech to mark the navy’s 115th anniversary that the armed forces would be given the resources necessary to protect Philippine sovereignty. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Buy too much rice in Hong Kong and “you could end up in jail”, Chinese media warned tourists in the wake of the Guangzhou cadmium scandal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, Chinese state-run media said on Tuesday, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage and demanded a ransom. “All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back,” China’s Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from the shipowner. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Soldier’s slaying prompts UK security review
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain’s domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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