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Building a tower of jumbled jargon
News, Noah Smith, Published on 08/04/2016
» In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty proudly declares: "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less." To which Alice replies: "The question is whether you can make words mean so many different things."
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The funny side of Zuma
News, Published on 08/04/2016
» With their economy flatlining, currency on the ropes and politics in turmoil, many South Africans are turning to humour for relief, mainly at the expense of President Jacob Zuma and his US$16 million (563 billion baht) home improvements.
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Thailand being left behind by neighbours
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 08/04/2016
» If Thailand were to revert and regress from a burgeoning democracy to an entrenching military-authoritarian rule of three or four decades ago, it would not look so out of place in Southeast Asia's mixed neighbourhood of absolutism, communism, and competitive authoritarianism.
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Army torture must stop
News, Editorial, Published on 08/04/2016
» The recent death of Private Songtham Mudmad at Payak Camp in Yala's Bannang Sata district is clear proof the army cannot keep its promise to ban the brutal treatment of conscripts.
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Power of finance
News, Postbag, Published on 08/04/2016
» The Panama Papers leak reinforces the long-held suspicion that it is financial power that is shaping this world.
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MoU system still exploits workers
News, Andy Hall, Published on 08/04/2016
» Soe was barely 18 years old. He sat innocently beside me, dressed in a blue Myanmar longyi, on the floor in a temple in Samut Sakhon. He possessed just a few bags of basic items consisting of clothing and property.
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