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Turkey readies first cross-party rally against coup as purges continue
AFP, Published on 24/07/2016
» ISTANBUL - Turkey readied Sunday for its first cross-party rally against the bloody putsch attempt, following the break up of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidential guard as sweeping purges of suspected state enemies continue.
To save China's economy, read more Marx, scholars say
AFP, Published on 31/05/2016
» BEIJING - China's economics students are being "brainwashed by Western theories" and need to read more Marx, Chinese professors said in a letter to the education ministry, amid a widening crackdown on foreign ideas.
Angelina Jolie named visiting professor of London university
AFP, Published on 24/05/2016
» LONDON - Hollywood star and UN refugee agency envoy Angelina Jolie is to become a visiting professor at Britain's prestigious London School of Economics, the university announced Monday.
Nizami: Bangladeshi Islamist who ordered war-time killings
AFP, Published on 11/05/2016
» DHAKA - As a cabinet minister, Motiur Rahman Nizami used to be chauffeured around Bangladesh with the green and red national flag fluttering proudly from the bonnet of his official limousine.
Nobel laureates call for easing North Korea sanctions
AFP, Published on 07/05/2016
» BEIJING - Sanctions that have pinched North Korea's health care system should be eased, a group of Nobel laureates said Saturday, after a rare visit to the nuclear armed state that coincided with its ruling party congress.
Bangladesh police arrest student over professor's murder: official
AFP, Published on 24/04/2016
» DHAKA - Bangladesh police arrested an Islamist student Sunday over the gruesome murder of a professor one day earlier, the latest such killing claimed by the Islamic State group.
Stock buybacks stay popular despite criticism
AFP, Published on 10/04/2016
» NEW YORK - Confronted with a sluggish global economy, US companies have settled on a controversial tool that rewards shareholders and executives: share buybacks.
Zaha Hadid, architect famed for futuristic curves, dies aged 65
AFP, Published on 01/04/2016
» LONDON - Zaha Hadid, the world's most famous female architect who attracted plaudits for works of sweeping curves and controversy for huge cost overruns, died on Thursday at the age of 65, her company said.
Who votes Trump? Sketch of a typical backer
AFP, Published on 25/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's most enthusiastic supporters are predominantly white, lack college education, and bemoan their apparent marginalization in a rapidly changing America.
German president criticises communism on China visit
AFP, Published on 23/03/2016
» SHANGHAI - Germany's president on Wednesday condemned the illegitimacy of Communist rule in East Germany and lauded the benefits of human rights in a provocative speech to Shanghai university students.