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1. News - Asia - AWARDS

   Three Asian mayors named in world's top 10

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... News Asia Mayor Award Joko Widodo Park Wan-su Edgardo Pamintuan Staff Reporter Indonesian takes third place, with S Korean and Philippine city leaders also honoured Three Asians have been named among the world's top 10 mayors in an international competition that honours city leaders. Indonesian politician Joko Widodo came third in the 2012 World Mayor Prize for his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1124267/three-asian-mayors-named-worlds-top-10
2. News - World - CANADA

   Toronto mayor allegedly smoked crack cocaine, video shows

   Posted May 18th 2013, 12:00am by GDN

   ... followed Ford, who was elected mayor in 2010. While campaigning for the city's top job, reports emerged of an arrest in 1999 for drunk driving and marijuana possession in Miami. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1240267/toronto-mayor-allegedly-smoked-crack-cocaine-video-shows
3. Displaced villagers get apology from mayor

   Posted Aug 02nd 2006, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... to us and said that as mayor he had to bear responsibility,' said a village leader. 'We told him to give us back our land to build our houses. He told us he hoped both sides could ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/558842/displaced-villagers-get-apology-mayor
4. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Ex-Philippine president Joseph Estrada eyes Manila mayoralty

   Posted Apr 01st 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Joseph Estrada Philippines Manila Mayor Agence France-Presse in Manila Graft-tainted former president wants to end his colourful political career as mayor of Manila In typically colourful fashion, graft-tainted former Philippine president Joseph Estrada launched his campaign for mayor of Manila yesterday in what he described as his "last hurrah" in politics. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1204135/ex-philippine-president-joseph-estrada-eyes-manila-mayoralty
5. News - Asia - JAPAN

   Sex slave storm Osaka mayor accuses South Korea of hypocrisy

   Posted May 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Julian Ryall

   ... News Asia Toru Hashimoto Comfort Women wartime sex slaves Osaka mayor Julian Ryall in Tokyo Nationalist politician angers South Korea by again wading into row over wartime sex slavery Toru Hashimoto, the nationalist mayor of Osaka, is defying public opinion at home and abroad to remain on the attack on the issue of "comfort women" sex slaves. Nearly a week after he ignited ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1242972/sex-slave-storm-osaka-mayor-accuses-south-korea-hypocrisy
6. News - Asia - JAPAN

   Osaka mayor says South Korean troops guilty of sex abuse

   Posted May 21st 2013, 04:14pm by AFP

   ... tensions, Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto said the South Korean military used women for sex during the Vietnam war. Sex slavery is a particularly sensitive issue in Korea, a former Japanese colony whose ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1242780/osaka-mayor-says-south-korean-troops-guilty-sex-abuse
7. News - Asia - JAPAN

   Polls show majority of Japanese disagree with Osaka mayor on comfort women

   Posted May 20th 2013, 04:57pm by AFP

   ... were forcibly drafted into brothels catering to the Japanese military during the second world war, mainstream historians say. Outspoken Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto said last week these women ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1242004/polls-show-majority-japanese-disagree-osaka-mayor-comfort-women
8. Comment - Blogs

   Rocky road for New York’s first Chinese candidate for mayor

   Posted Apr 19th 2013, 11:24am by Anna Healy Fenton

   ... Michael Bloomberg, now in his lame duck third term, as New York’s next mayor.  He would be the Big Apple's first Asian-American mayor: you are not allowed to call him Chinese in this capital ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1218087/rocky-road-new-yorks-first-chinese-candidate-mayor
9. News - Asia - JAPAN

   Osaka mayor hits back at US in row over war sex slaves

   Posted May 17th 2013, 12:06pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Comfort Women Toru Hashimoto wartime sex slaves Osaka mayor Agence France-Presse in Tokyo Outspoken Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto accuses American troops of abusing Japanese women during their seven-year occupation Osaka’s abrasive mayor on Friday hit back at US criticism of his remarks on wartime sex slavery, claiming American troops abused Japanese women during ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1239674/us-slams-japan-mayors-comfort-women-remarks
10. News - Asia - JAPAN

    Osaka mayor to apologise to former wartime 'comfort women'

    Posted May 17th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

    ... News Asia Comfort Women Osaka mayor WWII Japan-South Korea relations Agence France-Presse in Tokyo The maverick mayor of Osaka will meet former wartime sex slaves, reports said yesterday after he pledged to apologise to them, although insisting that Japan's soldiers were not unique in brutalising women. Up to 200,000 "comfort women" from Korea, China, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1239246/osaka-mayor-apologise-former-wartime-comfort-women

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