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I want to believe
Alan Dawson, Published on 24/06/2012
» The strange saga of suspicious scientific silence may turn out to be one of the most sensational conspiracies of the year. But it probably won't.
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Aurora changes nothing in Colorado's gun debate
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 23/07/2012
» The chances that last week's cinema massacre will result in changes to gun laws in the United States, or the state of Colorado, are so slim they barely exist.
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What a Romney presidency would mean in Asia
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 02/09/2012
» If Mitt Romney becomes the next president in January, the United States is likely to move off its officially neutral stance over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and back regional countries against Beijing. The official position paper of the Republican Party, adopted on Wednesday at the party's nominating convention, criticised China for its ``destabilising claims'' in the region.
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Obama gets tough on foreign policy
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 09/09/2012
» The US presidential election campaign finally began yesterday, and it promises to be an eventful 58 days of tough electioneering before Americans decide on Nov 6 who will serve.
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The trial and the errors of the Abu Ghaith arrest
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 11/03/2013
» Since US President Barack Obama cranked up the drone programme, the United States has been like the unyielding Robocop film character: "I'm not going to arrest you any more."
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US report details post-9/11 torture in Thailand
Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2013
» A report by a bipartisan US task force on interrogation and torture of al-Qaeda suspects after the Sept 11 attacks presents the most complete picture yet of Thailand's covert role in the process.
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The big issue: Fasting track to peace
Alan Dawson, Published on 15/06/2013
» For the first time in nearly 10 years - a little over nine years and seven months, but who's counting? - the guns could, repeat "could", fall silent across the deep South in a little more than three weeks.
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The Big Issue: Reaping what you sow
Alan Dawson, Published on 22/06/2013
» You had to figure, a week ago, that the near-total disaster known as the rice-pledging scheme couldn't get any worse. And then it did.
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Lo Hsing Han: the life and crimes of Asia's heroin king
Spectrum, Alan Dawson, Published on 21/07/2013
» Lo Hsing Han, who was buried in Yangon last week, led three exciting lives in his 80 or so years.
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Skyline Ridge defenders receive their due at last
Spectrum, Alan Dawson, Published on 08/09/2013
» The Battle for Skyline Ridge lasted 108 days, involved thousands of troops from four countries, war planes from three, and is probably the least known important military engagement in recent history.
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