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Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.
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UK astronaut Tim Peake is to fly to the International Space Station, launching on a Soyuz rocket in November or December 2015.
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– 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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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the nation’s midsection on Sunday. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A public outcry against missing donations by the Red Cross Society of China has morphed into subdued scepticism after the Ministry of Civil Affairs reviewed figures at the weekend that indicated considerable amount of funds had disappeared. On Friday, the ministry, which is charged with supervising charity organisations, had published how much charities nationwide had collected for rescue and reconstruction efforts in Sichuan province after the April 20 earthquake. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager – washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him company – a routine he’ll keep up until he himself needs the type of care he is now giving. “Living here is better than staying at home alone. We help each other and have a common language,” said the spritely Zhang, an enthusiastic dancer. “We are very happy here.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In a gigantic stadium, an audience of 150,000 enjoys a 120-minute spectacle, with tickets costing as much as €300 (HK$3,000). The show itself, boiled down from 250-million man hours of gymnastic effort, features spectacular scenes of seamlessly choreographed human mosaics followed by a grand fireworks display as the finale. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Images of spectacular mass games captured in secretive North Korea
By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A single winning ticket for a record US Powerball lottery jackpot worth US$590.5 million was sold in Florida, organisers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won or where in the state the ticket was bought. The winning numbers from Saturday night’s drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11, and the odds of winning were put at one in 175 million. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery official: 1 winning ticket sold in US for record Powerball jackpot of more than $590M. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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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 –>
Continue reading China earmarks billions for internal security, ‘stability maintenance’
By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Speaking in Syria with the newspaper Clarin, Assad said he was doubtful that mediation the United States and Russia have proposed could settle a deadly conflict that has convulsed the country for two years. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Syria’s Assad says peace talks are ‘unrealistic’, will not resign
By , on May 18th, 2013 
Singer Bonnie Tyler is set to make her Eurovision debut on Saturday when she performs UK entry Believe In Me at the annual contest in Malmo, Sweden.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said on Saturday. All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant. A 30-year-old married man killed himself on Tuesday following the similar deaths of a 23-year-old woman on April 27 and a 24-year-old man three days earlier, media reports said. “The reasons for these building jumpings are unclear,” the New York-based China Labor Watch rights group said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Three new suicides at Foxconn China factory
By Robert Shapiro, on May 18th, 2013 We like to think that the United States is unique among nations in the way it attracts and integrates immigrant. But in our increasingly globalized and prosperous world, the data suggests America is just average.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 
The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko calls for the inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 
The education secretary is like a “fanatical personal trainer” who urges schools to jump higher and run faster, a head teachers’ leader is to say.
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By , on May 17th, 2013
The inquest into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko could be replaced by a form of public inquiry to allow evidence about Russia’s alleged role in the killing to be heard in secret.
Continue reading Litvinenko inquest future in doubt
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Indonesia’s foreign minister is calling for a new treaty spanning Asia to help build trust, warning of the potential for conflict in the fast-changing region. On a visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said a treaty could help end “the all-too-familiar vicious cycle of tensions” in Asia and instead encourage confidence by bringing countries together in their goals. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US authorities in Idaho said they arrested an Uzbek national accused of conspiring with a terrorist group in his home country and helping plot to use a weapon of mass destruction. The US attorney’s office said Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested at an apartment in south Boise after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment as part of an investigation into his activities in Idaho and Utah. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Communist Party’s powerful Central Organisation Department, its top personnel management organ, has pledged to apply a tougher yardstick to the exceptionally rapid promotion of cadres following a spate of nepotism controversies. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Pupils ‘need early porn warnings’
Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.
Continue reading Pupils ‘need early porn warnings’
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