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1. News - World - SPAIN

   Million sign petition for Spanish PM Rajoy to resign

   Posted Feb 08th 2013, 12:36am

   ... News World Politics of Spain A petition calling for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign over a corruption scandal has garnered more than a million signatures, an online count showed on Thursday. The petition at change.org was sparked by the publication of documents purportedly showing that Rajoy and other members of his conservative Popular Party had received ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1145676/million-sign-petition-spanish-pm-rajoy-resign
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   America's role as a stabiliser in Asia

   Posted Feb 23rd 2013, 12:00am by ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI

   ... the onset of global politics 200 years ago, four long wars were fought over the domination of Europe (1812-1815) due to Napoleonic ambitions; 1914-18 due to Germanic imperial frustration; 1939-45 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1156410/americas-role-stabiliser-asia
3. News - World - US POLITICS

   Weeping Jesse Jackson Jnr pleads guilty in US$750,000 corruption case

   Posted Feb 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Reuters

   ... Wilkins he had supplemented his income with political campaign funds for seven years. When Wilkins asked for Jackson's plea, he responded: "Guilty, your honour. I misled the American ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1155620/weeping-jesse-jackson-jnr-pleads-guilty-us750000-corruption-case
4. News - World - BULGARIA

   Bulgaria's prime minister says government will resign amid protests

   Posted Feb 21st 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... will not participate in a government where the police beat up people or where threats for protests replace political dialogue. If the street wants to govern the country, let it do it." Elections were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1155023/bulgarias-prime-minister-says-government-will-resign-amid-protests
5. News - Hong Kong - POLITICS

   Americans in Hong Kong join election countdown

   Posted Oct 27th 2012, 12:00am by Christy Choi

   ... for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Questions will be written by pupils from Hong Kong International School's advanced-placement class on US government and politics, said Jane Buck, a league ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1070595/americans-hong-kong-join-election-countdown
6. News - China - POLITICS

   Politburo endorses draft restructuring plan

   Posted Feb 24th 2013, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... will announce who will fill top posts including those of president, vice-president, premier and vice-premiers, as well as chairmen for the NPC and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1157284/politburo-endorses-draft-restructuring-plan
7. News - World - US POLITICS

   US Senator Mitch McConnell slams liberal group for criticising Asian wife

   Posted Mar 03rd 2013, 02:54pm by Associated Press in Winchester, Kentucky

   ... blatant race-baiting for political gain.” Progress Kentucky executive director Shawn Reilly released a statement posted on the group’s website. “Those tweets did not reflect our values, and we ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1172872/us-senator-mitch-mcconnell-slams-liberal-group-criticising-asian-wife
8. News - Asia - THAILAND

   Election of Bangkok governor turns into mini-referendum

   Posted Mar 03rd 2013, 12:00am by David Eimer

   ... and the opposition Democrat Party. A win for Pheu Thai would confirm the party's dominance of national politics, following its comprehensive victory in the 2011 general election. For the increasingly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1170639/election-bangkok-governor-turns-mini-referendum
9. News - World

   Russian ex-banker granted asylum in Britain

   Posted Mar 02nd 2013, 12:39pm by Agence France Presse in London

   ... News World Bank of Moscow Andrei Borodin Political Asylum Agence France Presse in London A Russian former bank chief who fled to London in 2011, after being accused of an alleged multi-million pound fraud, said he has been granted political asylum in Britain. Andrei Borodin, the former president of the Bank of Moscow, welcomed the decision in a statement seen in London, saying ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1169372/russian-ex-banker-granted-asylum-britain
10. News - China - REFORM

    Intellectual calls for constitution to ditch 'dictatorship of the proletariat'

    Posted Feb 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

    ... these rights are routinely violated and citizens are often jailed for expressing their political views. Many officials regard respect for citizens' constitutional rights as tantamount ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1155765/intellectual-calls-constitution-ditch-dictatorship-proletariat

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