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Peace talks feature symbolism, scepticism
News, New York Times, Published on 02/09/2016
» In the grandest gesture yet of her young administration, Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, opened a peace conference on Wednesday to bring together hundreds of the country's ethnic armed groups in hopes of ending decades of conflict.
Echoing a film's murderous blueprint
News, New York Times, Published on 12/08/2016
» The three miners befriended a lonely, luckless man and offered him work down an iron mine in eastern China.
What's the price to keep the country safe after terror attacks?
News, New York Times, Published on 08/08/2016
» Soldiers are patrolling French beaches through the holiday this month. There has been talk of Guantanamo-style holding pens for thousands of terrorism suspects. The prime minister has suggested ending foreign funding for mosques.
PM Najib, dogged by a billion-dollar scandal, proves untouchable
News, New York Times, Published on 01/08/2016
» The conspirators were confident. They planned to confront Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, at a cabinet meeting and demand his resignation. Prosecutors had collected evidence that Mr Najib had deposited millions of dollars of public money into his personal bank account. Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail was ready to file criminal charges, according to Mr Najib's advisers, and opposition leaders.
Nice attacker 'wasn't living in real world'
News, New York Times, Published on 26/07/2016
» His own parents were so frightened by his violence that they kicked him out when he was 16. Desperate, by the time he was 19, they dragged him to a psychiatrist, who prescribed an anti-psychotic drug, a tranquilliser and an antidepressant.
Rising sea shocks Pacific's Kiribati
News, New York Times, Published on 04/07/2016
» One clear bright day last winter, a tidal surge swept over an ocean embankment here in the remote, low-lying island country of Kiribati, smashing through the doors and windows of Betio Hospital and spewing sand and debris across its maternity ward.
Playing dead, to live
News, New York Times, Published on 15/06/2016
» As the sound of gunfire in the nightclub grew louder, a patron named Orlando and a female friend took cover in a cramped bathroom stall, contorting their bodies on top of the toilet so their feet could not be seen. The gunman burst into the bathroom, went straight to the stall next to them and shot the people inside.
Message to Islamabad
News, New York Times, Published on 25/05/2016
» Early on Saturday, a middle-aged Pashtun man used forged documents to cross from Iran into Pakistan. A few hours later, on a lonely stretch of highway, he was incinerated by a US drone.
Smuggled mobile phones become lifeline to outside world
News, New York Times, Published on 28/03/2016
» The man drove Ju Chan-yang to a mountain overlooking North Korea's border with China. He looked around, making sure they were alone. Then he dialled his Chinese cellphone and handed it to her.