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Orangutan forest being logged despite Indonesian govt vow
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» JAKARTA: Environmentalists say a tropical forest that's home to critically endangered orangutans on Borneo island is being logged more than a year after Indonesia's forestry and environment ministry ordered a halt to the forest's exploitation.
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HRW: 'Men only' job ads show discrimination in China
Associated Press, Published on 23/04/2018
» BEIJING: A human rights group says gender discrimination is widespread in the Chinese workforce, with many hiring advertisements openly calling only for male applicants and using the attractiveness of female co-workers as a draw.
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Greenpeace: Paper giant cut forests during conservation pact
Associated Press, Published on 16/05/2018
» Greenpeace has ended a five-year truce with one of the world's largest paper companies, accusing it of cutting down tropical forests in Indonesia during the entire time the two were cooperating on conservation.
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Workers, activists mark May Day with defiant rallies
Associated Press, Published on 01/05/2018
» ISTANBUL: Workers and activists marked May Day on Tuesday with rallies to demand their government address labour issues. International Workers' Day is a public holiday in many countries, though activities are restricted in some places, sometimes leading to confrontations. A look at some of the events around the world:
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Suicide attack in Libyan capital kills at least 11
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2018
» BENGHAZI, Libya: Libyan officials say the death toll from a militant attack on the election commission in the capital has climbed to 11.
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Court finds British labour activist defamed fruit firm
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2018
» The Phra Khanong Provincial Court in Bangkok on Monday ordered a British labour rights activist to pay 10 million baht in damages to a company that filed a civil defamation suit after he helped expose alleged human rights violations at its factory.
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Trump to Assad: 'Big price to pay' for chemical attack
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a "mindless CHEMICAL attack" in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an "animal" and said there would be a "big price to pay" for resorting to outlawed weapons of mass destruction.
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Syrian monitors say at least 14 killed in missile strike
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2018
» BEIRUT: Missiles struck an air base in central Syria early on Monday, the country's state-run news agency reported, killing at least 14 people, including Iranians, according to a war-monitoring group.
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Another Vietnamese activist gets 13 years in jail
Associated Press, Published on 10/04/2018
» HANOI: A court in northern Vietnam sentenced a dissident to 13 years in prison on Tuesday after finding him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. He was the seventh activist to be jailed in the past week as Communist authorities step up a crackdown on dissent.
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Malaysia approves anti-fake news bill ahead of polls
Associated Press, Published on 02/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed a new law prohibiting fake news that critics fear will be abused to silence dissent ahead of a general election.
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