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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Despite earning a civil servant’s salary for three decades, Taib Mahmud, the powerful chief minister of Malaysia’s Sarawak state, is reputed by critics to be one of Asia’s richest men. Taib, 77, and his family are accused of massive corruption and running Malaysia’s largest state like a family business, controlling its biggest companies with stakes in hundreds of corporations in Malaysia and abroad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Thai authorities have arrested an Italian wanted over alleged links to a human trafficking ring which swindled around US$10 million from European taxpayers and banks. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A roadside bomb killed 11 security personnel and two civilians on Thursday in southwestern Pakistan where separatist rebels have for decades been battling to control the region’s natural gas and other resources. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell below $94 per barrel Thursday after a private survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world’s No. 2 economy is fading. Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 81 cents to $93.47 per barrel at midafternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract declined $1.90 to close at $94.28 a barrel on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Chinese businessman who was accused of killing a man 16 years ago and went on the run, setting up a new life as a university professor, has been held after the victim’s brother found him, reports said on Thursday. Ren Yuefeng was running a restaurant in the southern province of Yunnan when he had Yang Shunxiang beaten to death in a dispute over counterfeit cigarette trading, the state-run Global Times said. It cited the victim’s younger brother Yang Shunming, who was working for Ren at the time. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just on Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that will shape his presidential legacy. Obama faces pressure to honour promises of transparency and to confront an evolved threat of new al-Qaeda-inspired franchises and homegrown radicals, like those behind the Boston bombings. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong health officials on Thursday warned against drinking a batch of slim milk imported from Australia after the amount of bacteria found in a sample vastly exceeded the legal limit. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asia shares slide, Nikkei down 7.3 percent, as Japan bond yields rise, China factories weaken. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Amnesty International said on Thursday millions of people who have fled conflict or persecution, and migrants who have left home in search of work, have suffered abuses at the hands of state authorities or employers. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Syria’s main opposition group gathers on Thursday for a landmark conference in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss peace talks with the regime, as rebels on the ground suffer a massive army onslaught. The National Coalition’s fresh round of talks is set to run for three days. It is the opposition group’s first meeting since the United States and Russia announced a peace initiative dubbed Geneva 2 to end the two-year conflict that has killed more than 90,000 people. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A former Wan Chai divisional commander was convicted on one count of misconduct in public office on Thursday for taking discounts from a restaurant. Titus Wong Koon-ho, 51, was found guilty of receiving gifts and discounts worth HK$5,500 from Chan Teen Bistro in exchange for turning a blind eye to liquor licence violations in 2011. Wong later approved its licence application, despite knowing that the Causeway Bay restaurant had illegally served alcohol, the Eastern Court heard. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan has made it onto Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful women, a feat her predecessors have never achieved, but remains overshadowed by her entrepreneurial compatriots. Peng jumped from nil to No 54 in the rankings published on Wednesday after accompanying President Xi Jinping on his maiden trip as head of state through Africa in March. She was showered with praise as an unprecedentedly confident Chinese first lady. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Police officer says car bomb kills 11 policemen, 1 civilian in southwest Pakistan. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Prosecutors will grill IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday as they investigate whether she should be charged in connection with a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as French finance minister. Lagarde has downplayed the investigation, but the stakes of the probe are huge for both her and the International Monetary Fund. Criminal charges against Lagarde, 57, would mark the second scandal in a row for an IMF chief, after her predecessor Dominique Strauss-Kahn, also from France, resigned in disgrace over an alleged assault on a New York hotel maid. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets slid Thursday, pulled down by a contraction in China’s manufacturing that adds to signs that the shaky recovery in the world’s No. 2 economy is slowing. HSBC Corp. said its preliminary Purchasing Managers Index fell to a seven-month low of 49.6 in May from April’s 50.4. Numbers below 50 indicate that activity is contracting. Analysts had expected a slight decline to 50.3 for the most recent month
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A woman who challenged knife-wielding assailants suspected of hacking to death a British soldier in London on Wednesday said she intervened because “it was better having them the weapons aimed on one person”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — US says 4 American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LONDON (AP) — 2 UK govt officials: London attack appears to be motivated by radical Islam. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> PARIS (AP) — Cameron says strong indications that attack in London is terrorist incident. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LONDON (AP) — French President Hollande: British soldier killed in attack in London. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Outrage grows over scandal-tainted Malaysian leader
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Despite earning a civil servant’s salary for three decades, Taib Mahmud, the powerful chief minister of Malaysia’s Sarawak state, is reputed by critics to be one of Asia’s richest men. Taib, 77, and his family are accused of massive corruption and running Malaysia’s largest state like a family business, controlling its biggest companies with stakes in hundreds of corporations in Malaysia and abroad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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