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Toronto mayor Rob Ford says he does not smoke crack cocaine

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> TORONTO (AP) — Toronto mayor Rob Ford says he does not smoke crack cocaine. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Chinese firms in Malaysia face calls for boycott

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Malay NGOs are demanding boycotts of Chinese businesses following Malaysia’s divisive election, to teach them “a lesson” for backing opposition candidates. More than 20 non-governmental organisations and the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) called upon the country’s Malays, who make up 60 per cent of the population, to boycott Chinese firms, according to a message posted on PPIM’s website. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Amnesty urges Malaysia to end post-election crackdown

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Global rights group Amnesty International urged Malaysia on Friday to end its “post-election crackdown” which has seen four critics arrested in the aftermath of the government’s worst electoral result. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Nightclub’s superstar ‘welcome’ lands Henan official in trouble

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Having your name in lights inside a nightclub is perhaps not the best idea when your party is openly cracking down on the extravagent lifestyles of its members.  <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Malaysian student activist charged with sedition

By , on May 23rd, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A Malaysian court on Thursday charged a student activist with sedition and three others, including two opposition politicians, were arrested on the same charge in what critics decried as a crackdown on dissent. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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French prosecutors to grill IMF chief over 2007 payout

By , on May 23rd, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Prosecutors will grill IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday as they investigate whether she should be charged in connection with a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as French finance minister. Lagarde has downplayed the investigation, but the stakes of the probe are huge for both her and the International Monetary Fund. Criminal charges against Lagarde, 57, would mark the second scandal in a row for an IMF chief, after her predecessor Dominique Strauss-Kahn, also from France, resigned in disgrace over an alleged assault on a New York hotel maid. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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EU leaders face tough talks at tax-fraud summit

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> EU leaders tackle tax fraud said to cost a trillion euros a year at a summit on Wednesday in the hope that tightening up the rules will help restore faith in European integration and raise revenue. But Austria and Luxembourg are both reluctant to sign up and share information on bank accounts automatically for fear of undermining their important financial services sectors. The one-day summit also takes place as revelations about the tax practices of some of the world’s biggest companies in their own backyard make it easy for critics to pick holes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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U.S. Tracked Foreigners Leaving for Canada

By By ERIC LIPTON, on May 21st, 2013

Information collected at the border will be used to crack down on visitors who violate laws on the length of their stay, Congressional officials say.

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Iran to list approved presidential candidates

By , on May 21st, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Iran’s June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday when the Guardians Council releases the approved list of candidates who have passed muster under the vetting process. The unelected council, controlled by religious conservatives appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, must ensure that all candidates meet certain conditions before being allowed to stand. These conditions include being faithful to the principles of the Islamic republic and its official religion. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Spain investigates ‘various Chinese mafia’ over soccer game rigging

By , on May 21st, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> An investigation by Spanish authorities on reports that “Chinese mafia” rigged a soccer game has turned into yet another high-profile case involving ethnic Chinese criminal gangs in the country. The match in the Primera Division was played on April 13, at which Valencia-based Levante lost 4-0 to Deportivo La Coruña on their home turf. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Retro Report: Revisiting the ‘Crack Babies’ Epidemic That Was Not

By By MICHAEL WINERIP, on May 20th, 2013

This Retro Report video lays out how limited scientific studies in the 1980s led to predictions that a generation of children would be damaged for life. Those predictions turned out to be wrong.

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Car bombs in Baghdad, southern Iraq kill dozens

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> A wave of car bombings across Baghdad’s Shiite neighbourhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people and wounded dozens on Monday, Iraqi officials said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Luxury is out; bargains are in for Chinese tourists

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong Kong, turning cheap into the new chic as luxury falls out of favour. Wealthy Chinese used to stop over in Hong Kong for a few days to pick up a Louis Vuitton bag or a wristwatch for up to 40 per cent less than in Beijing or Shanghai. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Scholarism to bypass police nod in protest over June 4 crackdown

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> The march – to protest Beijing’s refusal to vindicate the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen movement – will be joined with another one arranged by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which ends at the government headquarters in Admiralty. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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China earmarks billions for internal security, ‘stability maintenance’

By , on May 19th, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and “anti-terrorism technology” trade fair in Beijing. The ruling Communist Party spends vast sums on ensuring order – more even than on its military. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Toronto Mayor Is Accused of Using Cocaine

By By IAN AUSTEN, on May 18th, 2013

A video being shopped by two men with drug connections apparently shows Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto smoking a crack pipe.

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The Toronto Mayor’s Greatest Hits

By Caitlin Dickson, on May 17th, 2013

A crack video, a DUI, and lots of inappropriate comments. Caitlin Dickson on Rob Ford’s trail of trouble.

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Vice-premier bemoans bad manners of Chinese tourists abroad

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> The dire manners and “uncivilised behaviour” of some of its tourists are harming China’s image overseas, a top official said. Vice-Premier Wang Yang singled out “talking loudly in public places, jay-walking, spitting and wilfully carving characters on items in scenic zones”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Cracking the Knossos Code

By Malcolm Jones, on May 17th, 2013

It took scholars 52 years to decipher Linear B, a language written on tablets found at the mysterious Knossos labyrinth. By Malcolm Jones.

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Police launch murder investigation after torso found on Beijing street

By , on May 17th, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A brutal murder case is gripping Beijing. On Thursday, a man’s headless, limbless body has been found in the Chinese capital, just one block south of the Tiananmen Square. The torso was found in the early morning hours of Thursday on the sidewalk at the intersection between Zhushi West Street and Meishi Street. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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