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Ghost of the Marcos dictatorship hangs over Rodrigo Duterte
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 16/06/2016
» Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidency in a blaze of hard-line rhetoric -- an outsider who will stamp out crime and corruption. But his power base is tied to the nation's oldest political camps, including that of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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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.
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Nostalgia, English nationalism are confusing the Brexit debate
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 05/05/2016
» Nationalism is irrational, bizarre and threatening. Unless it's your own, in which case it's natural and reasonable. That's a lesson Bloomberg's Marc Champion learned as a foreign correspondent and one that teaches a lot about the United Kingdom's furious debate over whether to leave the European Union.
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WhatsApp-wielding vigilantes want garbage off the streets
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 04/04/2016
» If you were a pile of garbage on the street in India, here's what might happen to you now: a concerned citizen takes your picture, then sends it by WhatsApp to the smartphone of the garbage police. Khaki-clad cops jump in their vehicles, rush over and order your cleanup. City officials fine the offender and maybe reward the whistle-blower, too.
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Frantic phone call failed to halt South China Sea territorial spat
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2016
» Hours after reports of a confrontation between a Chinese coastguard ship and an Indonesian vessel in the South China Sea, a top Chinese diplomat called an Indonesian government official with a plea: Don't tell the media. We are friends after all.
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Tiny island at centre of dispute
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 25/03/2016
» While warships and fishing fleets jockey for dominance of the South China Sea, the 200-odd residents of Itu Aba eke out their days growing vegetables and baking pizza.
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