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Learning from the European Union
News, Apichai Sunchindah, Published on 22/07/2016
» A little over a decade ago, I wrote a piece in the Jakarta Post on "Mid-life reflections on Asean and the EU". My basic contention was that the activities of both regional organisations, while created with noble aims and good intentions, were primarily driven by elites and bureaucrats and had received fairly little input from, and were thus quite dissociated from, the local communities.
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Imagination: President Trump in power
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/07/2016
» Let us suppose that it is July 2017. Let us suppose that Donald Trump, nominated as the Republican candidate for the US presidency exactly a year ago, won the November election -- quite narrowly, perhaps, but the polls are certainly suggesting that such a thing is possible. So he was inaugurated six months ago, and has started to put his campaign promises into effect.
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After the Germany axe attack
News, New York Times, Published on 22/07/2016
» Residents of Weimar flocked to the German city's central park to escape unusually scorching heat this week, setting up picnics and watching bees skitter across the wildflowers near a placid reflecting pool.
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Corrupt cops strike again
News, Editorial, Published on 22/07/2016
» We are beginning to sound like a broken record. But the message must continue to be repeated because the powers-that-be are simply not listening. Time and again scandalous incidents involving shameful behaviour of policemen continue to crop up. Time and again problems are "transferred" to another area.
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'Neutrality' is in the eye of power holders
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 22/07/2016
» With just 15 days to go before the referendum on the draft constitution, questions and anticipation remain about the possible outcome of the plebiscite and how all this is going to pan out for the future of our country.
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Turkish, Thai democracy and dictatorship
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/07/2016
» For coup-prone Thailand, Turkey's failed putsch has generated huge but ephemeral interest. When elements of the Turkish military rolled out the tanks and tried to seize power in Ankara and Istanbul, spectators in Bangkok naturally coalesced into two broad camps along the Thai divide, either for or against the putsch.
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Could India be the first country to get rid of cash?
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 22/07/2016
» 'Black money" -- the colloquial name for a vast network of off-the-book cash transactions and unbanked savings -- is one of India's biggest scourges. Amounting to as much as $460 billion (16 trillion baht) a year, bigger than the GDP of Argentina, all that money lies beyond the reach of the tax authorities, creditors and anti-corruption investigators.
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Humanity on way out
News, Postbag, Published on 22/07/2016
» Columnist Sutapa Amornvivat writes, "Who is afraid of automation and robots?" I am. And you should be too.
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#FightForFootpaths
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/07/2016
» Yippee! A new skywalk helping to connect Big C Ratchadamri, CentralWorld and Platinum Fashion Mall has been recently opened, giving us an all-round smoother shopping spree and a new selfie spot.
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