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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The US Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave presidents to wage a war on terror after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a “dirty war” dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Osaka’s abrasive mayor on Friday hit back at US criticism of his remarks on wartime sex slavery, claiming American troops abused Japanese women during their seven-year occupation. Washington denounced as “outrageous” comments earlier this week by Toru Hashimoto, who said “comfort women” forced to provide sex to Japanese troops during the second world war were a military necessity. “Mayor Hashimoto’s comments were outrageous and offensive,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, urging Tokyo to work with its neighbours to address the past issue. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.
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Graduates on a new fast-track scheme for trainee social workers will co-handle caseloads after just five weeks of intensive initial training.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Jurors weighing the death penalty for Jodi Arias, convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend in Arizona, heard from his siblings on Thursday about how they had endured nightmares about his brutal death. Arias, 32, was found guilty last week of murdering Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home five years ago. He had been stabbed 27 times, shot in the face and had his throat slashed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Armed men broke into a UN outpost in a buffer zone separating Israel and Syria and abducted three UN military observers, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Thursday. Herve Ladsous said that the unarmed observers were held for about five hours and released unharmed on Wednesday morning. It was the third abduction of UN peacekeepers in the tense region since March and underlined again their vulnerability in the spillover of the conflict in Syria, which is now in its third year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Marine Department insisted yesterday that its director had already expressed his remorse for the Lamma ferry tragedy following criticism from relatives of some of the 39 people who died. It added that Director of Marine Francis Liu Hon-por remained saddened by the October 1 disaster – which a commission of inquiry found had been caused in part by his department’s “serious systematic failings”. Yesterday’s statement did little to appease Ryan Tsui Chi-shing, whose older brother Tsui Chi-wai and 10-year-old nephew Tsui Hoi-ying died in the crash. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Excavation work at a To Kwa Wan railway construction site has been suspended after more than 50 residents were evacuated because of reports that nearby buildings were shaking. The residents of four blocks in Maidstone Road were allowed to return two hours later after their homes were declared safe. But work on the MTR’s Ma Tau Wai station remained suspended. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Twelve years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, another company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the US government to approve five varieties of biotech potatoes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A jury on Tuesday dealt another defeat to casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in his nine-year fight with a Hong Kong businessman, awarding the former consultant US$70 million for helping Las Vegas Sands secure a lucrative gambling licence in Macau. But Las Vegas Sands says it won’t be paying up anytime soon. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury on Tuesday awarded a Hong Kong businessman a $70 million judgment against Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino giant run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Richard Suen claimed he was owed up to $328 million for helping the Las Vegas-based company secure a lucrative gambling license in Macau, the only place in China where casino gambling is legal. Las Vegas Sands attorneys argued Suen was owed nothing because he didn’t make good on a promise to aid company executives. The case was a retrial; a jury’s 2008 finding for Suen was thrown out on appeal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Lawmakers across the political spectrum said yesterday that no one stood to gain after an 11-day debate triggered by radical legislators’ filibustering came to an end. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> New Orleans police on Monday identified a suspect in connection with a shooting at a Mother’s Day parade that injured 19 people, including two children, as residents expressed outrage over the violence. Police said the suspect, 19-year-old Akein Scott, remained at large but had been identified by multiple people. “The time has come for him to turn himself in,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> South Korean President Park Geun-hye personally apologised on Monday for an “unsavoury” incident during her US summit visit that led to the dismissal of her chief spokesman. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Police have completed their investigation on the deaths of a dismembered couple in Tai Kok Tsui, the Kowloon City Magistrates Court heard on Monday morning, adjourning the case to next month. The couple’s son, Henry Chau Hoi-leung, 29, and co-accused Tse Chun-kei, 35, were jointly charged with two counts of murder. They are accused of killing Chau Wing-ki, 64, and Siu Yuet-yee, 63, in a Tai Kok Tsui flat on March 1. Their heads were found in the refrigerator and police recovered parts of three arms and four legs from the flat. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Police have completed their investigation into the deaths of a dismembered couple in Tai Kok Tsui, the Kowloon City Magistrates Court heard on Monday morning, adjourning the case to next month. The couple’s son, Henry Chau Hoi-leung, 29, and co-accused Tse Chun-kei, 35, were jointly charged with two counts of murder. They are accused of killing Chau Wing-ki, 64, and Siu Yuet-yee, 63, in a Tai Kok Tsui flat on March 1. Their heads were found in the refrigerator and police recovered parts of three arms and four legs from the flat. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Philippines held elections on Monday seen as crucial for President Benigno Aquino’s bold reform agenda, as deadly violence and graft-tainted candidates underlined the nation’s deep-rooted problems. Aquino has called for the mid-term polls, in which thousands of local leaders plus national legislators will be elected, to be a referendum on his efforts to transform a corrupt political system and an underperforming economy. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China on Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake that killed more than 80,000, as some said questions remained over the thousands of children who died as their schools collapsed. The magnitude-8 earthquake struck the southwestern province of Sichuan on the afternoon of May 12, 2008, with its epicentre at Wenchuan county. About 4.45 million were hurt in China’s worst quake in more than three decades. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Relatives of the Cleveland man who allegedly held three women captive for nearly a decade recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts as DNA testing confirmed he is the father of a 6-year-old girl who also escaped from the house. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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US Congress may clip president’s war wings
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The US Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave presidents to wage a war on terror after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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