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Angry Chinese workers held factory bosses hostage
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2013
» BEIJING - Hundreds of Chinese factory workers angry about new work rules held their Japanese and Chinese managers hostage for a day and a half.
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Pulitzer winner Stanley Karnow dies
Associated Press, Published on 28/01/2013
» Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and later won a Pulitzer for a history of the Philippines, died Sunday morning. He was 87.
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VN deports US rights activist
Associated Press, Published on 31/01/2013
» HANOI - Vietnam released and deported an American pro-democracy activist detained since April, a move that contrasts with the long prison terms given to Vietnamese activists who are members of the same US-based dissident group.
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Malaysia criticised over Uighurs
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2013
» An international rights group has criticised Malaysia for deporting six ethnic Uighur Chinese who were seeking asylum, saying it has put the men's lives in danger.
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Iran confiscates Buddha images
Associated Press, Published on 17/02/2013
» TEHERAN - Buddha images have joined Barbie dolls and characters from "The Simpsons" TV cartoon as banned items in Iran.
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Iceland's Internet porn ban sparks uproar
Associated Press, Published on 25/02/2013
» REYKJAVIK — In the age of instant information, globe-spanning viral videos and the World Wide Web, can a thoroughly wired country become a porn-free zone? Authorities in Iceland want to find out.
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Ahead of CITES, pressure to ban Thai ivory trade
Associated Press, Published on 02/03/2013
» You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate statuettes of the Hindu deity Ganesh for more than US$1,000 apiece, to tiny tusk pendants worth less than $10.
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4 run for Asian football president
Associated Press, Published on 04/03/2013
» KUALA LUMPUR - Thailand's Worawi Makudi will run against Middle East nominees Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, Yousef Al Serkal of the United Arab Emirates and Hafez Al Medlej of Saudi Arabia for the vacant position of president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
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West Asia delays call on AFC job
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2013
» AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Any agreement on which candidate the West Asian Football Federation will support for the continent's top job will have to wait until next month.
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China: Don't devalue key currencies
Associated Press, Published on 08/03/2013
» BEIJING - China's commerce minister has called on other major governments to avoid suppressing the value of their currencies to boost exports, warning that could hurt global growth.
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