In Moscow hundreds of journalists have been demonstrating against the rising number of attacks on reporters.

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Moscow journalists’ anti-violence demo

Which path will China choose?

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Will China keep rising or succumb to its paranoia?

A Republican plan to control the rising cost of Social Security would gradually raise the retirement age and trim benefits for the top 70 percent of earners. The proposal, put forward by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, would cut the benefits middle-income…

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GOP Plan Will Slash Benefits

Some people can’t stand working. Mark Ramirez works standing.

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Desk jockeys rising up, putting chairs out of a job

Rising powers want to be deferred to on regional matters, yet prioritize national self-interest.

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Rising powers need to rise up

Japan’s central bank hints at further interventions in the currency markets in its fight to control the rising value of the yen.

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Japan ‘ready’ for more yen action

Japan’s central bank is thought to have intervened for the second time in a week to combat the rising yen.

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Yen weakens after ‘intervention’

The first school for pregnant teenagers in mainly-Muslim Malaysia has opened, in an attempt to curb the rising number of abandoned babies.

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Malay school for pregnant teens

The BBC’s Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters.

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Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan

Japanese stocks have seen sharp falls in response to the Bank of Japan’s attempts to curb the rising yen.

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Yen worries hit Japanese stocks