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Sep 23, 2018
The SUN HK : Nightmare’s over: Erwiana graduates with honors
The SUN HK : Nightmare’s over: Erwiana graduates with honors: Basahin ang detalye sa The SUN Hong Kong.
Sep 22, 2018
Book on Malaysian-Thai community launched - Nation | The Star Online
Book on Malaysian-Thai community launched - Nation | The Star Online: KUALA LUMPUR: The long history of the Thai community in Malaysia is now chronicled in a book.
The ‘rural revolt’ in Japan shrouded by Shinzo Abe’s party leadership win | South China Morning Post
The ‘rural revolt’ in Japan shrouded by Shinzo Abe’s party leadership win | South China Morning Post: Prime minister appeared victorious after his re-election, but some say the vote exposed discontent in the prefectures
China and Vatican Reach Breakthrough on Appointment of Bishops - The New York Times
China and Vatican Reach Breakthrough on Appointment of Bishops - The New York Times: For the first time, the pope accepted the legitimacy of bishops chosen by the Communist Chinese government.
PoP Picks @ IPPA2018 - New Mandala
PoP Picks @ IPPA2018 - New Mandala: The most important conference for Asia-Pacific archaeology, heritage & museums is in Vietnam from 23 to 28 September. PoP takes a look at the Southeast Asia sessions & papers we are most excited about.
'No accident' Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks 'looked like models', Yale professor told students | US news | The Guardian
'No accident' Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks 'looked like models', Yale professor told students | US news | The Guardian: Guardian learns Amy Chua said she would advise students on their physical looks to help win post in Kavanaugh’s chambers
Climate change in Malaysia: floods, less food, and water shortages – yet its people are complacent | South China Morning Post
Climate change in Malaysia: floods, less food, and water shortages – yet its people are complacent | South China Morning Post: Sea levels and temperatures are rising, but most Malaysians don’t link this to climate change, and even fewer care about the issue. Experts say it’s time the country adapted to a phenomenon that will only grow
CAMSTL-Centro Audiovisual Max Stahl Timor-Leste - Home
CAMSTL-Centro Audiovisual Max Stahl Timor-Leste - Home: CAMSTL-Centro Audiovisual Max Stahl Timor-Leste, Dili, Timor-Leste. 15K likes. The Max Stahl Audiovisual Archive Center for Timor-Leste
Zionism - Wikiwand
Zionism - Wikiwand: Zionism is the national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel .[1][2][3][4] Modern Zionism emerged in the late 19th century in Central and Eastern Europe as a national revival movement, both in reaction to newer waves of antisemitism and as an imitative response to other exclusionary nationalist movements.[5][6][7] Soon after this, most leaders of the movement associated the main goal with creating the desired state in Palestine, then an area controlled by the Ottoman Empire.[8][9][10]
America’s Jews are watching Israel in horror - The Washington Post
America’s Jews are watching Israel in horror - The Washington Post: Netanyahu is betting Israel’s future on end-times Christians, orthodox Jews and wealthy conservatives such as Sheldon Adelson.
Julian Assange - Wikiwand
Julian Assange - Wikiwand: Julian Paul Assange is an Australian computer programmer and the editor of WikiLeaks.[2] Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006, but came to international attention in 2010, when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks provided by Chelsea Manning. These leaks included the Collateral Murder video ,[3][4] the Afghanistan war logs , the Iraq war logs , and CableGate . Following the 2010 leaks, the federal government of the United States launched a criminal investigation into WikiLeaks and asked allied nations for assistance.[5]
Exclusive: Ecuador attempted to give Assange diplomat post in Russia - document
Exclusive: Ecuador attempted to give Assange diplomat post in Russia - document: in 2017 gave Wikileaks founder Julian Assange a diplomatic post in Russia but rescinded it after Britain refused to give him diplomatic immunity, according to an Ecuadorean government document seen by Reuters. US
Discontent brews in India over Modi rule ahead of 2019 elections | News | Al Jazeera
Discontent brews in India over Modi rule ahead of 2019 elections | News | Al Jazeera: People in India's political heartland say they have been let down by Modi's government despite high economic growth.
List of ethnic groups in Myanmar - Wikiwand
List of ethnic groups in Myanmar - Wikiwand: Myanmar is an extremely ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the Burmese government. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races":
Mru people - Wikiwand
Mru people - Wikiwand: The Mru , also known as the TaungMro, the Mrung, and the Mrucha, refer to the tribes who live in the border regions between Myanmar , Bangladesh, and India. The Mru are a sub-group of the Chin people, the majority of whom live in western Myanmar. They are also found in the southern Chin State and northern Rakhine State. In Bangladesh, they reside in the Chittagong Hills in southeast Bangladesh, primarily in Bandarban District and Rangamati Hill District. In India, they reside in the districts of west Bengal.[1]
Ethnic Mro Murdered in Maungdaw, N. Rakhine
Ethnic Mro Murdered in Maungdaw, N. Rakhine: Buthidaung Township Lawmaker U Aung Thaung Shwe’s proposal in parliament to form a militia with local villagers to improve security in the area has been rejected.
Are Widodo and Golkar headed for a pre-poll split? | Asia Times
Are Widodo and Golkar headed for a pre-poll split? | Asia Times: Indonesian leader's main coalition partner is peeved by rising corruption probes of its members who believe the president could do more to stop in a crucial election season
Sep 21, 2018
Empty places at the table: Uighur children missing in China
Empty places at the table: Uighur children missing in China: ISTANBUL (AP) — Chinese authorities are placing the children of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities into dozens of state-run orphanages across the far western Xinjiang region, as
Trump walks back his plan to declassify Russia probe documents - The Washington Post
Trump walks back his plan to declassify Russia probe documents - The Washington Post: President says Justice Dept. and others convinced him to change course
101 Ways To Thwart A Reporter In Pyongyang : NPR
101 Ways To Thwart A Reporter In Pyongyang : NPR: Behind the scenes of NPR's recent reporting trip to North Korea, where a government-assigned minder stymied the team at nearly every turn.
Anwar vows to make Parliament truly effective, SE Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
Anwar vows to make Parliament truly effective, SE Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times: Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim yesterday vowed to make Parliament "truly effective" if he wins an upcoming by-election in Port Dickson.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The decline and fall of Chinese Buddhism: how modern politics and fast money corrupted an ancient religion | South China Morning Post
The decline and fall of Chinese Buddhism: how modern politics and fast money corrupted an ancient religion | South China Morning Post: China has thousands of Buddhist clerics but no spiritual leader of international standing, say monks and academics
From arms buyer to hi-tech partner – China’s changing military weapons ties with Russia | South China Morning Post
From arms buyer to hi-tech partner – China’s changing military weapons ties with Russia | South China Morning Post: Beijing used to be Moscow’s biggest defence customer but the two countries are shifting towards more joint development projects
The Death Toll for Afghan Forces Is Secret. Here’s Why. - The New York Times
The Death Toll for Afghan Forces Is Secret. Here’s Why. - The New York Times: The Taliban is killing Afghan soldiers and police officers in record numbers. Last week, 400 were killed, officials say.
Thailand drops royal insult charges against six people for burning portraits of kings | South China Morning Post
Thailand drops royal insult charges against six people for burning portraits of kings | South China Morning Post: The country’s tough lèse-majesté laws have seen no fresh prosecutions this year in what one rights lawyer said ‘appears to be a new policy direction’
India launches first sex offenders register amid wave of assaults | South China Morning Post
India launches first sex offenders register amid wave of assaults | South China Morning Post: Government says the names of 440,000 convicted rapists, gang rapists, paedophiles and sexual harassers are already on the list
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