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Hong Kong Relents on Patriotism Classes on Poll Eve

Posted September 9th, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
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Hong Kong residents went to the polls Sunday to vote for a new legislature, a day after the government scrapped plans to introduce a compulsory Chinese patriotism school curriculum that tens of thousands of people protested. Nearly 3.5 million people are eligible to vote for 40 of the 70 seats in the new council, possibly […]

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APEC Focuses on Food Security

Posted September 9th, 2012 at 12:25 am (UTC-5)
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Leaders representing 21 Asia-Pacific economies, meeting in the eastern Russian port city of Vladivostok, are focussing on food security on the second day of their conference. Discussions Saturday looked at ways to enhance global growth by tearing down barriers to trade. Russian President Vladimir Putin called food security one of the most acute problems today […]

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