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    Ireland hits Brexit alarm

    News, Bloomberg News, Published on 19/07/2016

    » The prime minister is under pressure, economists are slashing growth forecasts and companies are warning of Brexit's dire consequences. London? No, Dublin.

  • OPINION

    Failed putsch in Turkey vexes NCPO

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/07/2016

    » The record speaks for itself: more than a dozen successful coups in 84 years of Thailand's democracy. That is one for about every six years. Apparently, it does not look like the Thai army will go cold Turkey on the business of coup-making any time soon.

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    Coups don't depress economic growth

    News, Tyler Cowen, Published on 19/07/2016

    » As the chaos in Turkey is starting to clear, investors are asking what the failed coup might mean for the country's economic future. The news stories show many conflicting elements in play, and right now it is hard to make specific verifiable claims about what the country can expect. We can, however, turn to the broader historical record, and that suggests failed coup attempts against democratic governments don't much lower subsequent rates of economic growth in those countries.

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    Education in deliquency

    News, Editorial, Published on 19/07/2016

    » A national court has issued a clear warning to parents to better control their teenage children.The Central Juvenile and Family Court last week convicted a Bangkok husband and wife of encouraging their delinquent sons to attack student rivals. The court fined the couple a total of 60,000 baht, while suspending a six-month prison sentence for two years. However this case should not serve as a typical example to deter irresponsible parents from raising delinquent children.

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    China needs to keep Asean onside

    News, Published on 19/07/2016

    » The ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague against China's territorial claims in the South China Sea is a watershed moment for international law and an unmistakable warning to China about its strategic assertiveness in Southeast Asia. China says it does not recognise the PCA ruling; but that doesn't mean it is undisturbed by it.

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