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Special Report: Why China's film makers love to hate Japan
ReutersHENGDIAN, China (Reuters) - Shi Zhongpeng dies for a living. For 3,000 yuan ($488) a month, the sturdily built stuntman is killed over and over playing Japanese soldiers in war movies and TV series churned out by Chinese film studios. Despite his lack of...Tags: Gong Li, Prisons, Xi Jinping, Awards and Prizes, Health and Medical Professionals
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Bitter election creates long-term headache for Malaysia's Najib
ReutersBy Niluksi Koswanage KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Reuters) - Malaysia's divisive election has left a bitter taste for millions of people that risks creating a long-term problem of legitimacy for Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN)...Tags: Minority Groups, Immigration, Barack Obama, Government, White House
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INSIGHT-In West Bank shadows, repressed Hamas breathes on
Reuters* Western-backed Palestinians crackdown on militant rivals * Campaign undermines unity pact sought by Palestinians * Failure of diplomacy leaves window for Hamas popularity By Noah Browning and Ali Sawafta DURA, West Bank, May 26 (Reuters) - In his...Tags: Gaza Strip, Peace Negotiations, Palestinian Unity Pact (2011), Separation of Church and State, Prisons
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SPECIAL REPORT-Why China's film makers love to hate Japan
Reuters* Read story in a PDF http://link.reuters.com/gyd48t * China made at least 170 anti-Japan dramas last year * WW II atrocities like Nanjing massacre often portrayed * The film output adds to tensions over disputed islands * Plots lately becoming...Tags: Gong Li, Prisons, Xi Jinping, Awards and Prizes, Health and Medical Professionals
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CORRECTED-Interpol rejects Russia's "political" case against fund manager Browder
Reuters(Corrects para 6 to make clear countries are not obliged to act on information provided by Interpol) * New setback to Russia in scandal over dead lawyer Magnitsky * Browder campaigning to expose rights abuses in Russia * Seeks to have Europe follow the...Tags: Trials, Government, Police Arrests, Vladimir Putin, International Organizations
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NEWSMAKER-IMF's Lagarde - a pragmatist in austerity debate
ReutersBy Catherine Bremer PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Christine Lagarde has made her mark as International Monetary Fund chief by taking a firm yet pragmatic stance in the austerity-versus-growth debate raging as Europe struggles to pull itself out of a long...Tags: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Nicolas Sarkozy, Finance, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., International Organizations
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IMF chief Christine Lagarde questioned by French judge
PARIS -- Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, was questioned by a judge Thursday over her role in a $366-million payout to a businessman supporter of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde appeared in a Paris court to...
Tags: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arbitration, Government, Government Ministers, International Organizations
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Bosnia under pressure to change if it wants EU membership
Reuters* Bosnia's EU prospects falling further behind * Brussels says can assist, facilitate where needed * Sarajevo needs to act or face consequences By Martin Santa BRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - Bosnia is falling behind on commitments to human rights and...Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, European Union, Politics, European Parliament
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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Google Inc., Pat Quinn, Democratic Party, Media Industry, Government
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UK, France to join resource transparency initiative -sources
ReutersGENEVA/LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The UK and French governments are set to join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at reducing corruption, sources involved in the process said on...Tags: American Petroleum, BP Plc, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Government
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COLUMN - Prosperity without power
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde May 22 (Reuters) - In Moscow, they are "non-Soviet Russians." In New Delhi, they are a "political Goliath" that may soon awake. In Beijing and São Paolo, they are lawyers...Tags: Pakistan, Government, Entertainment Events, IKEA, Dilma Rousseff
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China charges six in sex video "extortion" case
ReutersBEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were...Tags: Organized Crime, Blackmail and Extortion, Politics, Heads of State, Government
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