by Publisher2
March 3, 2010
Asia / Pacific
This week’s riots in two southern Indian towns highlight how communal tensions in this country of nearly 1.2 billion people simmer just under the surface, exploding at the slightest provocation.
In the case of the street riots that broke out in Karnataka’s Shimoga and Hassan towns on Monday, the trigger was a newspaper article that [...]
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by Publisher2
February 24, 2010
Asia / Pacific
(Press TV) — China’s Communist Party has issued a new ethics code, in an attempt to curb widespread corruption among officials, Chinese state media has reported.
The code bans party members from a number of “unacceptable practices,” including taking cash as a gift, using power to benefit family members, property speculation and using public money [...]
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