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Video of killing casts Facebook in harsh light
New York Times, Published on 18/04/2017
» SAN FRANCISCO - On Easter, Steve Stephens drove around downtown Cleveland on what he said was a mission to commit murder -- and soon he had an audience of millions for his shooting of Robert Godwin Sr, 74, which he recorded and posted on Facebook, police in Cleveland said.
US admiral, 8 officers indicted on bribery charges
New York Times, Published on 15/03/2017
» WASHINGTON - A retired US Navy admiral and eight other high-ranking officers were indicted on Tuesday in a widening bribery scandal in which prosecutors say a foreign contractor traded luxury travel, lavish gifts and prostitutes for inside intelligence.
Ivanka Trump changes plans, will become federal employee
New York Times, Published on 30/03/2017
» NEW YORK - Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Donald Trump, will become an official government employee, joining her husband Jared Kushner in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House.
A Trump administration, with Obama staff members filling in the gaps
New York Times, Published on 20/01/2017
» WASHINGTON — Donald Trump arrived in Washington the day before his inauguration as the nation’s 45th president in a swirl of cinematic pageantry but facing serious questions about whether his chaotic transition has left critical parts of the government dangerously short-handed.
Reality? No, thanks. Moviegoers sought escape in 2016
New York Times, Published on 02/01/2017
» LOS ANGELES - The moviegoing masses sent clear messages in 2016. They are most definitely not tired of superheroes. The more animated animals, the merrier. Fantasy worlds of any kind, whether underwater or in outer space, are worth the trip to theatres.
Man to serve up to five years for attacking American
New York Times, Published on 29/10/2016
» MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A Thai man will serve a maximum of five years in prison after pleading guilty to obscene behaviour and causing serious injury to a New York tourist, who fell off a cliff in southern Thailand as she fled his initial attack, authorities said Friday.
American hospitalised in Phuket after sexual assault
New York Times, Published on 08/09/2016
» It was supposed to be a relaxing break at a friendly southern Thailand beach resort for Hannah Gavios, an adventurous 23-year-old New Yorker on a three-day leave from her job teaching English in Vietnam.
Facebook restores iconic Vietnam War photo
New York Times, Published on 10/09/2016
» The image is iconic: A naked, 9-year-old girl fleeing napalm bombs during the Vietnam War, tears streaming down her face. The picture from 1972, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography, has been used countless times to illustrate the horrors of modern warfare.
Southeast Asia: World piracy hotbed
New York Times, Published on 19/09/2016
» JAKARTA - Sembara Oktafian was in the engine room of a tugboat chugging toward the Philippines when something didn't sound right.
Laser scans unveil a network of ancient cities in Cambodia
New York Times, Published on 20/09/2016
» SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA - For decades, archaeologists here kept their eyes on the ground as they tramped through thick jungle, rice paddies and buffalo-grazing fields, emerald green and soft with mud during the monsoon season.