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<title><![CDATA[Foreign reporters targeted in Thailand]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/07/03/foreign_reporters_targeted_in_thailand/1571/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bangkok's Lumpini Park is well known for its spacious decorated gardens, wonderful running tracks and exercise stations, which the public uses on a daily basis. Lumpini is also developing as a favorite place to drop by and file lèse majesté charges against foreigners.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Frank G. Anderson</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:54:32 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Toppled building scares Chinese homebuyers]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2009/07/02/toppled_building_scares_chinese_homebuyers/7257/</link>
<description><![CDATA[A nearly completed 13-floor apartment building suddenly toppled over Saturday in Shanghai, costing one worker his life. The structure just fell on its side, still largely intact. The news raised fears among would-be homebuyers already under stress due to high housing prices in the city.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By S.L. Shen</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:41:13 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China losing its grip on Pakistan]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2009/07/03/china_losing_its_grip_on_pakistan/4629/</link>
<description><![CDATA[China took advantage of U.S. pique over Pakistan from 1992 to 2001 to strategically and militarily move closer to Pakistan. But to ensure continued economic and military support, Pakistan has chosen to ally with the United States. This has put China-Pakistan relations under considerable strain.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Hari Sud</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:26:17 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japanese celebrities boost U.N. missions]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2009/07/03/japanese_celebrities_boost_un_missions/2335/</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday praised celebrities who use their fame to promote humanitarian causes under U.N. auspices. Ban was meeting with eight Japanese goodwill ambassadors at the U.N. University in downtown Tokyo during his two-day visit to Japan.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Hiroshi Yamazaki</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:14:41 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's disregard for public opinion]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/07/03/sri_lankas_disregard_for_public_opinion/4093/</link>
<description><![CDATA[India's Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has criticized the Sri Lankan government's efforts to rehabilitate internally displaced Sri Lankan Tamils, saying the efforts are not enough. Despite many such criticisms, the government continues to deprive these people of their rights.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Basil Fernando</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:56:09 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can Ban Ki-moon handle Burma? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/07/02/can_ban_ki-moon_handle_burma/5105/</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is set to visit Burma on Friday - the same day the trial of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to resume. The regime wants to keep her in custody through next year's elections. The United Nations should not allow the regime to perpetrate such injustice.

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<dc:creator>By Zin Linn</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:59:05 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[North Korea tests four more missiles ]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2009/07/02/north_korea_tests_four_more_missiles/1012/</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles from a base near the eastern port of Wonsan on Thursday, according to Seoul's Defense Ministry. The missile test came as a North Korean cargo vessel suspected of shipping weapons is being tracked by a U.S. Navy destroyer. ]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Lee Jong-Heon</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:38 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India tries to tame tax havens]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Economics/2009/07/01/india_tries_to_tame_tax_havens/5024/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Taking advantage of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's sanction threats against tax havens, India is taking a hard look at the country's plethora of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements. But laying a hand on black money stashed abroad may be easier said than done.

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<dc:creator>By Indrajit Basu</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:27:46 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh must criminalize torture]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/07/01/bangladesh_must_criminalize_torture/8502/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Torture by the police and security forces is part of life in Bangladesh. This may be shocking to a citizen of a country where the rule of law functions properly, but not surprising to Bangladeshis. Many think it is unavoidable, unchallengeable and legally unpreventable.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Rater Zonaki</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:54:35 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power sharing can benefit all Sri Lankans]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/07/01/power_sharing_can_benefit_all_sri_lankans/8198/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka is a plural society with diverse communities. At present, national debate on the future of society is dictated by nationalist groups who fear the devolution of power to the regions. But if everyone sees this process as empowering their own provincial councils, there is no need to oppose it.

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<dc:creator>By Jehan Perera</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:36:49 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesian candidates ignore human rights ]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/07/01/indonesian_candidates_ignore_human_rights/7901/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of millions of Indonesians will elect their next president next week. The three candidates have bombarded the public with their images and spent a great deal of money to advertise themselves in the media. However, missing from the campaign is a meaningful discourse on human rights. 

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<dc:creator>By Ricky Gunawan</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:36:33 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese think tank seeks global role]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/06/30/chinese_think_tank_seeks_global_role/5534/</link>
<description><![CDATA[China has decided to boost the power and prestige of its think tanks in order to contend for a global role in the world of ideas. As part of this strategy, a new "super think tank" will make its official debut this weekend as host of a global think-tank summit in Beijing.
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<dc:creator>By S.L. Shen</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:58:18 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Proposed bill against torture an eyewash]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/06/30/proposed_bill_against_torture_an_eyewash/1742/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.N. Convention against Torture came into existence on June 26, 1987. The government of India supported it. Unfortunately, 22 years later torture is still widely practiced in India by the police, paramilitary units and other law enforcement agencies. 
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<dc:creator>By Bijo Francis</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:33:43 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China’s youngest mayor is a plagiarist]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2009/06/30/chinas_youngest_mayor_is_a_plagiarist/5842/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Yicheng was a little-known Chinese city of half a million in Hubei province as recently as a week ago. It was the appointment of Zhou Senfeng as its mayor that not only brought publicity to the city, but also made the new mayor a national figure - a controversial one.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Cong Cao</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:26:07 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[North Korea's growth unlikely to last]]></title>
<link>http://www.upiasia.com/Economics/2009/06/29/north_koreas_growth_unlikely_to_last/8065/</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea's economy expanded for the first time in three years in 2008. But a Bank of Korea report shows that the North's economy is likely to suffer contraction again this year, as the North has put more resources into nuclear and missile tests, triggering wide-ranging international economic sanctions.]]></description>
<dc:creator>By Lee Jong-Heon</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:15:31 +0800</pubDate>
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