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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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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in eastern China, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, state media reported. Rescue work was continuing at the site of the mid-morning explosion in Shandong province’s Caofan township, Xinhua news agency said. The company website said the factory run by the Baoli group manufactures 10,000 tons of industrial explosives annually. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Popular Vietnamese cable television provider VTV CAB has stopped providing foreign channels, including CNN and BBC, after a new media law that requires editing of programmes before broadcast came into effect on Wednesday last week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Legislative Council president has sparked new controversy after he rejected pan-democrats’ suggestion that any bid to end a filibuster should require two-thirds of lawmakers’ votes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Nigel Wright, Harper’s chief of staff, resigned after secretly giving a C$90,000 (HK$679,360) cheque in February to Mike Duffy, a member of the upper Senate chamber, to help him cover living expenses he had improperly claimed. News of the gift leaked late on Tuesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Dean Obeidallah, on May 19th, 2013 Comedian Dean Obeidallah reviews the former secretary of defense’s new book of rules.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 
Thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, rally in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government.
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In a continuing effort to address concerns that reporters at Bloomberg News looked at terminal subscribers’ data, parent company Bloomberg appointed Samuel Palmisano, a former chairman and chief executive of IBM, to review its privacy and data standards. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home from a trip to North Korea on Saturday but declined to shed any light on the reason for his mysterious visit. Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Abe, was tightlipped when confronted by reporters in Beijing on his way home. “I won’t accept any interview on this issue,” he told reporters, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Abe said on Saturday that Iijima would report back to chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s top government spokesman, on the visit. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Student protesters who were forcibly removed from a Tseung Kwan O college by police on Thursday condemned officers for abusing their power. They also complained about how male officers handled females. One said she felt “uncomfortable and offended” when a policeman grabbed her from behind, touching her breasts. <!– 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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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming spent HK$100,000 of public money on a reception at The Peak in one of two lavish dinners he will face questions over in the Legislative Council today. The Independent Commission Against Corruption confirmed the details in a written reply to the Legislative Council’s Public Accounts Committee, before which Tong will testify today. It will be the former ICAC commissioner’s first public appearance since the scandal emerged last month over his spending on entertaining mainland officials during his tenure. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> AMSTERDAM (AP) — World stock markets rose steadily on Friday after two key indicators suggested the U.S. economic expansion will continue. The Conference Board reported that its leading indicator index for the U.S. increased 0.6 percent in April, following a 0.2 decline in March, due to recovering housing and labor markets. “In general, the (index) points to a continuing economic expansion with some upside potential,” said Ataman Ozyildirim, an economist at the private research association.
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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 –> BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq police raise death toll from Friday bombings to 47 . <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla dies, imprisoned for crimes against humanity. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> PARIS (AP) — Police official: About $1 million in jewelry stolen from hotel room near Cannes Film Festival. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> AMSTERDAM (AP) — World stock markets shrugged off suggestions the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to reverse some of its asset purchase programs by the end of the summer, and were mostly higher ahead of key data releases Friday. The Conference Board is due to report on U.S. leading indicators after North American markets open, along with the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. Analysts are expecting both to show an improvement from March. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines’ worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed on Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served. Leaders of the Ampatuan family and their gunmen are accused of massacring 58 people, including 32 journalists, in the southern province of Maguindanao more than three years ago in a bid to quash a rival’s challenge to become governor. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — A light rail train has derailed in Hong Kong’s northern suburbs, injuring dozens of passengers. Police say 62 people were hurt, four seriously, in Friday’s accident. They were all sent to hospitals. There was no word on the cause. Passengers told local media that the train was moving quite fast and going around a bend at the time of the accident. The incident occurred on a public holiday, when there were likely more passengers than usual. After the accident, one carriage leaned off the tracks and a set of wheels appeared to be torn off. <!– 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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