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  • US president lauds Thein Sein for Myanmar reforms but urges end to violence against Muslims US president lauds Thein Sein for Myanmar reforms but urges end to violence against Muslims

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama praised the reforms of Myanmar leader Thein Sein but urged him to end violence against Muslims. Sein is the country's first president to visit the White House in almost half a century. Speaking from the US capital Monday Obama said he recognized Sein's work to guide Myanmar down "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to ...

  • Six Afghan policemen killed in Herat bombing Six Afghan policemen killed in Herat bombing

    KABUL, Afghanistan - At least six Afghan policemen guarding a strategically important dam were killed in a roadside bombing Tuesday in the war-torn country's western province of Herat, officials said. They said that suspected Taliban insurgents triggered the explosion when a police patrol vehicle heading to Herat city was travelling in the Chashti Shareef district of the province. "There ...

  • Chinese boat with 16 fishermen freed by North Korea Chinese boat with 16 fishermen freed by North Korea

    PYONGYANG - A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen held by armed North Koreans for more than two weeks have been released, easing the latest tension in relations between the neighbouring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who was not on board the boat when it was seized on 5 May, wrote on his microblog that his captain called him at 3.50am to say the crew and boat were set free and that they were on their way ...

  • Asia Roundup Mixed ahead of Fed chief’s testimony

    Asian shares were mixed yesterday, Tuesday May 21 2013 after a dip on Wall Street, ahead of a testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke and a policy meeting of the Japanese central bank. Tokyo stocks rose 0.13 per cent or 20.21 points to 15,381.02, Sydney fell 0.56 per cent or 28.9 points to 5,180.1 and Seoul slipped 0.07 per cent or 1.34 points to 1,981.09. In Shanghai shares ...

  • Asia-Pacific Warehouse Rents Among World’s Highest CBRE Says

    Six Asia-Pacific cities were among the 10 most expensive for warehouse rents, driven by demand from logistics companies and retailers amid limited space availability, according to CBRE Group Inc. The greater Tokyo area had the highest average rent in the first quarter of 2013, at $20.70 per square foot per year, and the strongest quarterly growth at 5.7 percent, ...

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Meet the Feebles

Meet the Feebles

Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is so grotesque, so perverse, and so daring that it defies criticism. These are the films that laugh in the face of the status quo while they purposely mock all previously cinematic conventions, happily thrusting themselves beyond the boundaries of good taste and accepted morality. More times than not, these movies are simply stupid because they have ... ...

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  • US approves immigration bill raises H-1B visa cap to 110k

    Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an epic showdown on the Senate floor on the measure, which is one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities yet also gives the Republican Party a chance to recast itself as more appealing to ...

  • GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance yen awaits BOJ

    Tue May 21, 2013 8:58pm EDT * Asian stocks open up, buoyed by record highs on Wall St * Fed officials play down speculation of ending stimulus anytime soon * BOJ policy decision closely watched amid bond market volatility By Ian Chua SYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street with Japan's Nikkei reaching a 5-1/2 year high, while the ...

  • Three former Ford executives charged in Argentine torture cases

    Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their 80s. Their case is part of a new wave of prosecutions focusing on corporate support for the dictators who ran Argentina in 1976-1983, and the 150-page indictment written by Judge Alicia Vence reads like a history lesson, going to considerable lengths to explain why their ...

  • Asia Set to Resume Risk-On Mode

    Confidence is set to return to Asia's stock markets on Thursday, bolstered by gains on Wall Street as fears ease over the prospect of the Federal Reserve paring down its economic stimulus program. Japan's benchmark index may approach its next barrier at 15,500 ...

  • FBI names Benghazi suspects but no arrests yet

    diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a US civilian court as the Obama administration prefers. The men remain at large while the FBI gathers evidence. But the investigation has been slowed by the reduced US intelligence presence in ...

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