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By Sami Yousafzai, on May 22nd, 2013 Afghans fear U.S.-backed militias—and allegations of sexual violence abound. Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau report.
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Flying high above Europe’s economic crisis, a lightning-fast pigeon named Bolt became the world’s most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for €310,000 (HK$3.1 million) to a Chinese businessman. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Jon Favreau, on May 20th, 2013 Longtime Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau on how the President handles crisis.
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By By THOM SHANKER and JENNIFER STEINHAUER, on May 17th, 2013 At a meeting at the White House, the president said the crisis of sexual assaults and harassment undermined trust in the military’s mission.
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The leaders of the United States and South Korea vowed no concessions to North Korea after months of high tension, saying it is up to Pyongyang to end the crisis over its nuclear programme. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> After six consecutive years of brutal recession, with homeless and unemployment rates skyrocketing, Greek society is experiencing an “unheard-of fragmentation”, made worse by fierce austerity measures, experts say. Battered by the eurozone’s three-year debt crisis and four years of austerity, Greece has the highest unemployment rate in the 27-nation European Union, with more than one in four people out of work. And this economic crisis has now transformed into a social emergency, according to UN expert on debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The full extent of the crisis caused by a lack of boat moorings has been revealed, with new government figures showing nearly 8,000 vessels will be without safe haven as the typhoon season approaches. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Wrapped in a saffron robe, Buddhist monk Wirathu insists he is a man of peace. Never mind his nine years in prison for inciting deadly violence against Muslims. Never mind the gruesome photos outside his office of Buddhists allegedly massacred by Muslims. Never mind that the man dubbed “Burma’s bin Laden” has emerged as the spiritual leader of a pro-Buddhist fringe movement accused of fuelling a campaign of sectarian violence. Wirathu insists the world has misunderstood him. “If they knew my true ideas, they would call me saviour,” he says. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said officials in China had studied more than 1,000 close contacts of confirmed cases and not found any evidence of human-to-human transmission. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The death toll from a new strain of bird flu in China has reached 18, with dozens infected, state-run media reported, after experts said there is no evidence so far of human-to-human transmission. A 69-year-old man surnamed Xu is the most recent person to die from the H7N9 virus, China’s official news-agency Xinhua said on its website on Saturday. He died on Friday in eastern province of Zhejiang, the agency said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Conflicting accounts from United States intelligence about the status of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme underscore just how hard it is for US spy agencies to penetrate the inscrutable regime in Pyongyang, officials and experts say. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By CHOE SANG-HUN, on April 13th, 2013 As the crisis with North Korea escalates, critics and supporters alike wonder if President Park Geun-hye may have gone too far in presenting herself as an ultra-tough leader.
Continue reading Park Geun-hye, Steely Leader of South Korea, Is Battle-Ready
By , on April 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> After decades in the shadow of the military, Myanmar’s ragtag police force has found itself thrust onto the security frontline and under fire for failing to stop a wave of religious unrest. Under the former junta that ruled the country for almost half a century, any sign of unrest was quickly quelled by soldiers. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Even North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s threats of nuclear war can’t divert world attention from the big event on the Korean peninsula this week – the launch of Psy’s follow-up to his global hit Gangnam Style. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Beijing has recently toughened its rhetoric towards Pyongyang as tensions in the Korean Peninsula rise following provocative moves by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but analysts say the Chinese leadership will not abandon its ally because that would cost Beijing a strategically important role on the peninsula. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By IVA RADIVOJEVIC, on April 9th, 2013 On the island of Cyprus, the filmmaker Iva Radivojevic explores how the economic crisis has contributed to a rise in hostility toward immigrants.
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By , on April 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Pyongyang said yesterday that it was withdrawing all workers and suspending operations at its joint industrial zone with the South – the only surviving symbol of inter-Korean co-operation – in a move that will sever their last economic link. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 8th, 2013 
South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-Jae tells parliament there are signs of increased activity in the North’s main nuclear test site.
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By , on April 8th, 2013 
New Birkbeck president Baroness Bakewell urges the government to back efforts to stem the dramatic drop in part-time students.
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By , on April 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho on Sunday announced severe cuts in public spending following a decision by the constitutional court rejecting a number of austerity provisions this year’s budget. In an address to the nation, Coelho said there would be no new tax hikes this year but that measures would be taken to “contain public spending in the areas of social security, health and education”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Prize racing pigeon sells for record €310,000 to Chinese businessman
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Flying high above Europe’s economic crisis, a lightning-fast pigeon named Bolt became the world’s most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for €310,000 (HK$3.1 million) to a Chinese businessman. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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