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TPP deal reached 'in principle'
Reuters, Published on 05/10/2015
» ATLANTA - A dozen Pacific nations were close to a deal on a sweeping free trade pact early Monday (Thailand time) after a reported breakthrough over how long a monopoly pharmaceutical companies should be given on new biotech drugs.
Forced labour shows back-breaking lack of reform in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2015
» BUTHIDAUNG, MYANMAR — In the fertile river valleys near Myanmar's border with Bangladesh, stateless Rohingya Muslims say there is no let-up in soldiers forcing them into hard labour, despite the government launching a campaign three years ago to end the practice.
China: Uighurs being sold as 'cannon fodder'
Reuters, Published on 11/07/2015
» BEIJING — Uighurs from China's Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like Islamic State as "cannon fodder", a senior Chinese official said.
Prawit confident US sanctions won't follow TIP report
Reuters, Published on 15/07/2015
» Thailand will likely avoid US sanctions even if it stays on the lowest tier of an annual State Department human-trafficking report, Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Wednesday, days before the crucial progress report is due out.
US: Lese majeste sentences 'deeply troubling'
Reuters, Published on 13/08/2015
» WASHINGTON - The United States said on Wednesday it was "deeply concerned" by long prison terms handed down by military courts in Thailand for two people convicted of insulting the monarchy.
China: Deported Uighurs attacked Thai police
Reuters, Published on 04/08/2015
» BEIJING — Some of the 109 Uighurs returned to China from Thailand last month attacked Thai and Chinese police while being taken aboard a flight back to Xinjiang, as they believed they would be executed on their return, Xinjiang's government said on Tuesday.
US lawmakers demand accounting on human trafficking manipulation
Reuters, Published on 05/08/2015
» WASHINGTON - Senior US lawmakers expressed concern on Tuesday about whether the State Department's annual global report on human trafficking may have been watered down due to political considerations and vowed to demand a full accounting at a Senate hearing this week.
Greece reels in shock as banks shut
Reuters, Published on 29/06/2015
» ATHENS — Greeks woke up to shuttered banks, closed cash machines and a climate of rumours and conspiracy theories on Monday as a breakdown in talks between Athens and its creditors pushed the austerity-battered country to the brink.
Decades after war, Vietnam, US battle legacy of bombs
Reuters, Published on 06/03/2015
» TRIEU PHONG, VIETNAM — Red skull-and-crossbones markers dot the horizon in a barren patch of land in Vietnam where missteps could be fatal.
Starbucks campaign brews up backlash
Business, Reuters, Published on 20/03/2015
» LOS ANGELES/SEATTLE: Starbucks Corp chief executive Howard Schultz has deftly navigated thorny issues such as gay marriage, gun control and congressional gridlock, but his move to weigh in on US race relations has brewed up a social media backlash.