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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Most of the flash and glitter will vanish from Hong Kong’s brightly lit commercial areas after midnight if a government task force’s recommendations are accepted. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> For centuries, tycoons and adventurers alike have dreamed of building a canal through Nicaragua between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and riding a boom in international trade to new riches. Until now, however, all-comers were forced to admit defeat when faced with the sheer challenge of building a man-made river through dense, hilly jungle. Now, the old dream is attracting a new hopeful, and this time from the other side of the world. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Blake Gopnik, on June 3rd, 2013 The Daily Pic (Venice Biennale Edition): Ellen Altfest succeeds when her paint fails to conquer the real.
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By , on May 31st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Organisers of the annual June 4 vigil in Hong Kong are mulling over withdrawing a slogan adopted for this year’s event following a war of words with a prominent “Tiananmen mother”, who criticised the slogan as “stupid”. Lee Cheuk-yan, lawmaker and chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, which organises the vigil, said on Friday the group’s leaders would rethink the slogan – “love the country and love the people; Hong Kong spirit”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 31st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A group of families demanding justice for the victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has denounced new President Xi Jinping for failing to launch political reforms, saying he was taking China “backwards towards Maoist orthodoxy”. The Tiananmen mothers activist group has long urged the leadership to open a dialogue and provide a reassessment of the 1989 pro-democracy movement, bloodily suppressed on June 4 that year by the government which labeled it “counter-revolutionary”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A war of words has erupted between a prominent “Tiananmen mother”, whose 17-year-old son was killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, and a Hong Kong group pushing for a reversal of Beijing’s stance on the pro-democracy movement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Marlow Stern, on May 28th, 2013 The 4th season of ‘Arrested Development’ premiered May 26. Here are the reasons why it didn’t work, from complicated contracts to a problematic story structure. SOME SPOILERS.
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By , on May 26th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> “Ding Jinhao visited this place,” a not-so-mysterious carving reads on a wall of Egypt’s fabled Luxor Temple. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Arizona jury failed on Thursday to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the sentencing phase of the trial. Arias, a former waitress from California, was found guilty this month of murdering Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, had his throat slashed and been shot in the face. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> After four years of development, Microsoft has staked a claim to the internet age living room with an eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One console touted as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Low-cost European airline Ryanair is looking at introducing flights between Israel and Poland to cater for Israeli schoolchildren visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. “It seems that every Israeli child has to go to Poland to go and see Auschwitz. We can help them with that,” said the carrier’s deputy chief executive, Howard Millar. Although Ryanair is based in Dublin, it has expanded across Europe and has in the last 12 months become Poland’s number-one airline, according to a results statement published on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> German software giant SAP said it intended to employ hundreds of people globally with autism as software testers and programmers over the next seven years. The company, which has already launched pilot projects in India and Ireland, said the move aimed to find workers “who think differently”, leading to innovation. By 2020, one per cent of SAP’s currently 65,000-strong workforce is expected to be affected by autism, a company spokesman told AFP. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama on Monday saluted Myanmar President Thein Sein for his leadership in pushing through startling political reforms, but warned that violence against Muslims must stop. As his guest became the first leader of his country in almost 50 years to visit the White House, Obama praised Myanmar’s journey away from brutal junta rule and promised Washington would offer more political and economic support. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with President Xi Jinping in California next month, with Sino-US relations rattled by alleged Chinese cyber spying and tensions in the Pacific. Obama will welcome Xi to the plush Sunnylands estate resort in Palm Springs on June 7-8, as Washington seeks Chinese help to subdue North Korean belligerence and seeks a diplomatic breakthrough to end the slaughter in Syria. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOORE, Oklahoma (AP) — Oklahoma authorities: Search and rescue efforts will continue throughout the night. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hospitals treating more than 120 patients after Oklahoma tornado, including about 70 children. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The powerful tornado, rated the second highest strength level of EF4 and packing winds of up to 320km/h, touched down at midafternoon and devastated a wide area of the town. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOORE, Okla. (AP) — State medical examiner’s office: 37 killed in Oklahoma tornado; death toll expected to rise. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hospitals treating nearly 60 injured, including more than a dozen kids, after Oklahoma tornado. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Several children pulled out of rubble alive at grade school in Oklahoma. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Task force wants HK lights switched off after 11pm or midnight
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Most of the flash and glitter will vanish from Hong Kong’s brightly lit commercial areas after midnight if a government task force’s recommendations are accepted. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Task force wants HK lights switched off after 11pm or midnight
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