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Asean's 'centrality' faces growing threat
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/06/2016
» The debacle earlier this week when Asean foreign ministers opted for a watered-down joint statement after issuing a firmer version following their meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is yet another testament to the challenges facing the 10-member group's "centrality" in building Asia's regional order. That China has been calling in its chips with smaller pliant Asean states and effectively driving a wedge through the organisation over the South China Sea will exacerbate regional tensions and lead to security dilemmas and a dangerous tit-for-tat guessing game in this neighbourhood. To avoid future conflict, a rules-based region under mutual accommodation is the only way forward.
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Some extremists fire guns; others promote them
News, Nicholas Kristof, Published on 17/06/2016
» Over the past two decades, Canada has had eight mass shootings. Just so far this month, the United States has already had 20.
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How the European Union pushed Britain to leave
News, Clive Crook, Published on 17/06/2016
» So Britain might actually do it. With a week to go before the referendum on June 23, recent polls say the campaign to quit the EU is ahead. The government and its allies in the Stay campaign are alarmed.
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Butter before guns please, Mr Modi
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 17/06/2016
» The breathless excitement that surrounded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington, DC last week wasn't completely undeserved. By pushing forward Indo-US defence and strategic ties -- in spite of considerable domestic opposition to any de facto alliance -- Mr Modi can claim to have made India stronger. Yet unless he puts similar effort into fixing economic relations between the two nations, much of that progress could be at risk.
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Muslim view of LGBT shifts after Orlando
News, Associated Press, Published on 17/06/2016
» After the massacre in Orlando, the head of a prominent Muslim advocacy group stood before a bank of microphones and made remarks beyond the expected condemnations.
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Less standoff, more justice
News, Editorial, Published on 17/06/2016
» The confrontation between Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officers and followers of Wat Phra Dhammakaya's abbot wanted in connection to a money-laundering case gripped the nation Thursday, but the showdown was completely uncalled for.
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#Sex
Guru, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 17/06/2016
» Every newspaper I read in the last few weeks talked about sex. A teacher was accused of having sex with minors and posting videos of his dirty deeds. Nataree Massage Parlour was raided and police have pressed charges for human trafficking and prostitution. On a global platform, everyone was talking about the former Stanford University athlete convicted for raping a woman, or as his father put it, his "20 minutes of action".
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