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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian stock markets plummeted Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year. The announcement Wednesday in Washington drew sharp reaction in financial markets, showing just how dependent investors have become on the Fed’s easy money policies. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong’s scouts have distanced themselves from the former practices of the Boy Scouts of America and announced that they do not discriminate against gay people. The “Scout Association of Hong Kong is open to all persons who are interested in scouting”, the organisation said in a statement issued to the South China Morning Post on Wednesday. “Anybody who accepts the aim, mission and method of the association honours the Scout promise and keeps the Scout law is welcome to join.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Despite a sit-in protest by Open University students, pro-Beijing scholar Wong Yuk-shan was appointed to be the fifth president on Thursday morning. The university council chairman made the announcement during a meeting where six students staged a demonstration to protest against what they called an opaque selection process in which they had little say. “We wanted the council to delay the announcement and hold more consultation meetings,” said Prudence Chan Pui-wing, one of the student protesters. “We have been consulted only once last week.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As soon as the US realises co-operation with China is what prevails, Chen would be “consumed in a one-off manner” and abandoned as a “cumbersome asset”, the Global Times said in an editorial. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Courts in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced 19 ethnic Uygurs to up to six years in jail for promoting racial hatred and religious extremism online, in the latest crackdown on what China sees as violent separatists. All but one of those jailed were from the heavily Uygur southern part of Xinjiang, including eight from the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, the official Legal Daily reported on its website. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases, state media said, as the government tries to assuage growing public anger at environmental desecration. An increasingly affluent urban population has begun to object to China’s policy of growth at all costs, which has fuelled the economy for three decades, with the environment emerging as a focus of concern and protests. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Manufacturing in China contracted this month at a faster pace as demand weakened, according to a private survey Thursday, adding to fears about a fragile recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. HSBC said that the preliminary version of its monthly purchasing managers index fell to a nine-month low of 48.3 in June, down from 49.6 in May. Numbers below 50 indicate a contraction. June factory output decreased, a reversal from gains in the month before, while new export orders and new orders overall decreased at a faster rate. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A couple died in an underground garage in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Tuesday after the driver attempted to back the vehicle into a parking space and accidentally crushed her husband outside. The driver, who had received her driver’s licence only five weeks earlier, hit her husband as he stood next to the car giving directions. He was crushed to death against the wall in the parking garage in Fenghua, an hour’s drive south of Ningbo. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An annual US State Department report on Wednesday cited China and Russia among the world’s worst offenders in fighting forced labour and sex trafficking, which could lead to US sanctions. The US designation drops China and Russia, which already often are at odds with Washington, in the same category as North Korea and Iran. The State Department ranks countries according to the efforts they make to fight human trafficking and China, Russia and Uzbekistan all fell to the lowest level, Tier 3, in the new report. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said on Thursday he was “in tears” after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site. Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers. LeaseWeb said in a statement it hosted the data for over a year at its own expense without receiving any requests to access it or retain it before deciding the time had come to use the servers for other purposes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday that he had been in contact with representatives of Edward Snowden to discuss his possible bid for asylum in Iceland following his disclosure of US surveillance programmes. In a conference call with reporters, Assange said he had been in contact with representatives of Snowden, who has been based in Hong Kong since May 20, to discuss a potential attempt at securing asylum. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By SCOTT SHANE and CHARLIE SAVAGE, on June 20th, 2013 Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said the legal and practical obstacles are under review by Edward J. Snowden’s lawyers and supporters.
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking TV series The Sopranos, died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, HBO said. Gandolfini, 51, died of a possible heart attack, HBO spokeswoman Mara Mikialian told Reuters. Since The Sopranos ended its six-season run in June 2007, Gandolfini has appeared in a number of big-screen roles, including Zero Dark Thirty, a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and the comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The one thing George Zimmer couldn’t guarantee was his job at Men’s Wearhouse. The apparel retailer’s founder and longtime pitchman was abruptly dismissed from his position as executive chairman, the retailer said in a curt statement Wednesday. By starring in the company’s television commercials since 1985, Zimmer endeared himself to generations of shoppers. He marketed suits by intoning, in his distinctive gravelly voice: “You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO and James Gandolfini’s managers say the actor famous for “The Sopranos” has died in Italy. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Quake shakes Chile, buildings sway in capital of Santiago. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexico’s southeastern coast, brings heavy rain to area. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed sticks with bond purchases but offers slightly brighter outlook for the economy… <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of top US Army general Stanley McChrystal, died in a car accident in Los Angeles, his family said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A consultant advising the government on housing policy says that to meet growing demand it will need to build 221,800 public rental flats over the coming decade. That’s almost 25 per cent more than the current construction target. The consultant forecast demand for new private flats in the range of 128,700 to 191,000 over the same period. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Asian stocks down as Fed sees slower bond buys
<!– google_ad_section_start –> MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian stock markets plummeted Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year. The announcement Wednesday in Washington drew sharp reaction in financial markets, showing just how dependent investors have become on the Fed’s easy money policies. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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