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Major Facebook Shareholders Join Call to Boot Mark Zuckerberg as Chairman

Major Facebook Shareholders Join Call to Boot Mark Zuckerberg as Chairman: Mark Zuckerberg’s forehead is likely a little more moist than usual this afternoon. On Wednesday, several major public funds issued a statement backing a push to remove the Facebook founder from his position as chairman of the board. Amid countless scandals and a steadily dropping stock price, the effort would be all but certain to succeed at any other company.

The Fascists Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare

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Malaysia's ex-DPM expected to be charged with CBT, SE Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

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Protesters battle with police in India to keep women out of Hindu pilgrimage site Sabarimala temple | South China Morning Post

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Philippine Senate election: ‘Imperial Manila’ looks safe from Duterte … for now | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

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Tibetan Land Protesters Attacked, Beaten in Qinghai

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Overlooked No More: Yamei Kin, the Chinese Doctor Who Introduced Tofu to the West - The New York Times

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Indonesians underestimate how bad nepotism is for the economy

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How the Sarawak Report broke Malaysia's 1MDB scandal — Splice

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Saudi Women Who Fought for the Right to Drive Are Disappearing and Going Into Exile

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Freed Vietnamese dissident 'Mother Mushroom' flies to U.S.: sources | Reuters

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Strengthening the fight against corruption in East Timor | Asia Times

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China’s Great Leap Backward – Foreign Policy

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Putrajaya urged to ratify UN declaration on religious freedom | Free Malaysia Today

Putrajaya urged to ratify UN declaration on religious freedom | Free Malaysia Today: DAP MP P Kasthuriraani says reforms to religious freedom in Malaysia need to take place first before it can start defending the rights of those in other countries.

Has Indonesia forgotten contraception? - Indonesia at Melbourne

Has Indonesia forgotten contraception? - Indonesia at Melbourne: One out of nine Indonesian adolescents are sexually active. But as Lies Marcoes writes, lack of knowledge and limited access to contraception among Indonesian adolescents is contributing to growing rates of underage marriages and unwanted pregnancies.

Clash Summary: Chaos Reigned in Northern Shan State in September - Free Burma Rangers

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Tax evasion: blacklist of 21 countries with 'golden passport' schemes published | Business | The Guardian

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Opinion | I’m an Asian-American Harvard Alumnus. Affirmative Action Works. - The New York Times

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40 Thai dishes and where to eat them in Bangkok | CNN Travel

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Northern Thailand food: 9 dishes every visitor needs to try | CNN Travel

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Right-wing group was camped on rooftop with weapons ahead of major rally – ThinkProgress

Right-wing group was camped on rooftop with weapons ahead of major rally – ThinkProgress

Cambodia's high-rises, slavery and climate change | News | Al Jazeera

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2 Myanmar Fighter Jets Crash, Killing Pilots and an 11-Year-Old - The New York Times

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The Marcoses want power back in the Philippines

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'Swipe right to sue’: Now you can file lawsuits the same way you find hookups on Tinder - The Washington Post

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Rising seas could devastate historical sites across the Mediterranean, study finds - The Washington Post

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Malaysian PM-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim insists no timeline on taking power as he makes official return to politics | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

Malaysian PM-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim insists no timeline on taking power as he makes official return to politics | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: Democracy icon sworn in as lawmaker after sweeping by-election victory, wants current Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to “continue unaffected by constraints of time or pressure”

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, Military Chief Meet Ethnic Armed Groups in Latest Peace Talks Bid

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