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Philippine insurgency stems from lack of compromise
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 28/06/2017
» A month ago, hardly anybody outside the Philippines had ever heard of Marawi. Now it's the latest front in the war against the Islamic State (IS). More evidence, if you needed it, that the terrorism associated with the IS will go on long after Mosul and Raqqa have been liberated and "Caliph Ibrahim" (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) has been killed or captured.
GST jumble
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/05/2017
» Naseem is a confused man. The owner of two department stores in Ghaziabad, a city just east of Delhi, he is worried that the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) is going to damage his sales.
Cops seize 11 marijuana plants
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/04/2017
» Premium-grade marijuana plants, grown in an environmentally controlled enclosure from seeds imported from England, were seized by police during a crackdown on narcotics and weapons covering Bangkok and its surrounding provinces on Friday.
Petty drug users should not be pariahs
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 17/03/2017
» After losing her final court battle on Wednesday, former model Chachchaya "Yuyee" Cuesta Ramos will spend the next 15 years in a cell for possessing and smuggling 251 milligrammes of cocaine into the country -- a charge she has denied.
Asean forum mulls border crimes hub
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 08/03/2017
» The Asean Regional Forum (ARF) has agreed in principle to set up a regional anti-transnational crime centre, but says a survey is needed to avoid work overlapping with existing Asean centres.
Myanmar border trade to remain paper-based for another year
Published on 10/01/2017
» Cross-border traders in Myanmar will have to put up with paper and pens for another year, as a lack of internet access and training stops the automated customs system from being adopted nationwide, senior customs officials said.
Afghans struggle to supplant poppies with fruit crops
AFP, Published on 01/01/2017
» KABUL - Frosty relations between Kabul and Islamabad have put a brake on Afghanistan's ambitious plans to boost fruit exports, seen as vital to providing farmers an alternative to poppy cultivation which fuels the Taliban insurgency.
Battle of Brixton: gentrification splits famous London district
AFP, Published on 29/12/2016
» LONDON - Once the epicentre of some of Britain's worst race riots in the 1980s, the London neighbourhood of Brixton is now facing a very different battle for its Afro-Caribbean soul: gentrification.
Ethiopian photographer seeks new portrayal of Africa
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» ADDIS ABABA - Surrounded by untidy stacks of paper and abandoned half-empty coffee cups, photographer Aida Muluneh chain smokes cigarettes in her Addis Ababa office and rails against the negative portrayals of Africa by foreigners.
Policeman killed in gunfight with drug suspects
Cheewin Sattha, Published on 30/11/2016
» CHIANG MAI - A policeman was killed and a suspect arrested in an exchange of fire between narcotic suppression police and a group of three alleged drug traders in Mae Taeng district of this northern province on Tuesday night.