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Getting inside the mind of a female paedophile
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 05/01/2014
» When Alissa Nutting was writing her fiction hit Tampa, she couldn't help but feel like at any moment the police would come and arrest her. Spending every day inside the mind of her 26-year-old hypermanic, hypersexual paedophile protagonist _ English teacher Celeste Price _ began to take its toll.
Ukraine's pro-EU forces rally after brutal beating
AFP, Published on 29/12/2013
» Ukraine's opposition planned another mass rally Sunday amid swelling anger over the brutal beating of a pro-European reporter who exposed the lavish lifestyles of President Viktor Yanukovych and his ruling elite.
Protests target Turkish PM assailed by graft scandal
AFP, Published on 28/12/2013
» Turkish police broke up protests late Friday calling for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign over a corruption scandal that has savaged his government, prompted party resignations and pushed the country's currency to a record low.
When the mob mentality takes over
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 15/12/2013
» Is hatred of one man _ even if it is Thaksin Shinawatra _ enough to justify a rebellion of the country's middle class, who some experts say have no other real cause than that hate?
Students left under siege as day turned to nightmare
Spectrum, Published on 08/12/2013
» Phoo, a 31-year-old political science student studying at Ramkhamhaeng University usually keeps her distance from both sides of Thai politics. But last Saturday, her friends urged her to join the anti-government rally outside the campus.
Children used as 'mules to smuggle flares' into football grounds
AFP, Published on 03/12/2013
» Children as young as eight are being used to smuggle banned pyrotechnic devices into Premier League football grounds, according to research published on Tuesday.
Cream of the cinematic crop
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/11/2013
» Here we go again. The 11th World Film Festival of Bangkok kicks off tonight with The Rocket, and over the next 10 days more than 50 films will be made available for your perusal at SF World Cinema at Central World.
Making a splash
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 10/11/2013
» Earlier this year we may have witnessed a watershed moment in the sexualisation of Thai pop music. At the very least it was a water closet moment.
Kenya mall siege: Live Report
AFP, Published on 24/09/2013
» WE ARE NOW CLOSING THIS LIVE REPORT on the siege at Nairobi's Westgate mall after Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced it was over in a TV address to the nation.
North Korea urged to grant access to UN
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» A UN inquiry gathering harrowing testimony of human rights abuses in North Korea appealed Tuesday for access to the country, even as Pyongyang condemned its work as slanderous and provocative.