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The era of unified nation-states nears its end
News, Published on 16/09/2014
» This week's referendum in Scotland could result in the UK losing almost one-third of its landmass, and 8% of its population, and, very likely, its present prime minister. In a summer rich with shocks, the breakup of a United Nations Security Council member suddenly seems more likely than the long-predicted fracturing of Iraq.
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Pistorius verdict exposes problem of gun violence
News, Published on 16/09/2014
» The process of rehabilitation has already begun. The Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been cleared of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, who died behind the locked door of a toilet at his home in South Africa last year. He was convicted of culpable homicide and a separate firearms charge, but he is out on bail amid speculation that he could even get a suspended sentence when he appears in court next month.
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US to allow limited Vietnamese adoptions after six-year ban
News, Published on 16/09/2014
» American parents will soon be able to follow celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in adopting Vietnamese children after alleged baby-selling led the US to halt adoptions for six years.
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3 questioned over Koh Tao murders
AFP, Published on 16/09/2014
» Police Tuesday questioned three Myanmar men over the murder of two British tourists on the southern resort island of Koh Tao, as their bodies were due to arrive in Bangkok for forensic tests.
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Thammasat's "buscycle"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/09/2014
» Here is a clean-energy bus that needs no fuel at all to run.
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British PM warns Scots against vote for independence
AFP, Published on 16/09/2014
» British Prime Minister David Cameron travelled to Scotland on Monday to urge Scots to vote against independence or face dire consequences in his most forceful speech yet ahead of this week's historic referendum.
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S'pore mum 'kills autistic child'
AFP, Published on 16/09/2014
» SINGAPORE - A Singaporean woman was charged Monday with the murder of her autistic seven-year-old son who was found at the foot of their high-rise public housing apartment block, officials and the local media said.
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Alibaba to raise up to $25 bn with revised IPO price
AFP, Published on 16/09/2014
» Chinese online giant Alibaba on Monday boosted the price range for what was already expected to be the biggest stock offering on record, to as much as $25.03 billion.
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