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1. News - World

   ‘Google for spies’ software tracks social media habits – and predicts future behaviour

   Posted Feb 11th 2013, 01:30pm by Guardian News Service

   ... News World Guardian News Service Defence firm’s Riot program mines social network data, drawing ire from civil rights groups A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people’s movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites. A video obtained by the Guardian in London reveals how an “extreme-scale ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1147958/google-spies-software-tracks-social-media-habits-and-predicts-future
2. News - World

   Be careful what you ‘like’: Facebook users reveal secrets, study shows

   Posted Mar 12th 2013, 12:19pm by Guardian News Service

   ... and choose products and services that respect their privacy Michal Kosinski, lead Cambridge University analyst  Michal Kosinski, one of the academics behind the study, said he believed Facebook users ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1189145/be-careful-what-you-facebook-users-reveal-secrets-study-shows
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Beijing's new Politburo may deal more firmly with North Korea

   Posted Dec 29th 2012, 12:00am by PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE

   ... Service ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1114527/beijings-new-politburo-may-deal-more-firmly-north-korea
4. News - World

   Top British firms condemned for prolific use of tax havens

   Posted May 13th 2013, 04:28pm by Guardian News Service

   ... with the most subsidiaries in countries dubbed tax havens was Tesco, which had 107, often tied to its financial services provisions. These included eight firms based in Jersey, nine in the BVI, and 14 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1236823/top-british-firms-condemned-prolific-use-tax-havens
5. News - World

   Jay-Z and Beyonce accused of ‘propaganda’ for Castro as they holiday in Cuba

   Posted Apr 08th 2013, 11:30am by Guardian News Service

   ... News World Guardian News Service Republican Congress members complain to Obama administration over trip to restricted country Shawn Carter could have been any American visitor strolling through the streets of a Caribbean town, dressed in standard-issue tourist fare of blue T-shirt and shorts, fedora on head and fat cigar in mouth. His wife, Mrs Carter as she likes ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1209824/jay-z-and-beyonce-accused-propaganda-castro-they-holiday-cuba
6. Hong Kong Children and Youth Services

   Posted Mar 01st 2006, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Social Services Lau Kit-wai Where: 6/F, 23 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui What: Founded in 1978, the charity group aims to help individuals and families to better cope with life challenges. It also promotes social consciousness and a sense of civic responsibility among young people, while offering a wide variety of social services for children, youths, families ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/538533/hong-kong-children-and-youth-services
7. News - China

   China imprisons four men for selling dead brides for ‘ghost marriages’

   Posted Mar 05th 2013, 09:43am by Guardian News Service

   ... News China Guardian News Service Court jails men for digging up and selling bodies in afterlife custom of matching dead women to deceased bachelors A county court in central China has sentenced four men to prison for digging up and selling corpses on the black market to enable “ghost marriages”, a millennia-old custom of burying deceased bachelors alongside newly deceased wives ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1178828/china-imprisons-four-men-selling-dead-brides-ghost-marriages
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion - INSIGHT

   Digital world must eventually defeat dictators: Schmidt, Cohen

   Posted May 09th 2013, 02:24pm by Global Viewpoint Network/Tribune Media Services

   ... response to a tragic event? We’ll have to see. Global Viewpoint Network/Tribune Media Services ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1233654/digital-world-must-eventually-defeat-dictators-schmidt-cohen
9. News - Hong Kong - ACHIEVEMENT

   Ex-BBC journalist Anthony Lawrence wins OBE

   Posted Jan 06th 2013, 12:00am by ANNMARIE EVANS

   ... Social Service (ISS-HK). Lawrence was a committee member and was then chairman from 1988 to 2003 as it helped the needy coming into the city. "We at ISS-HK are delighted at Tony getting ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1120890/ex-bbc-journalist-anthony-lawrence-wins-obe
10. News - World - UNITED STATES

    Ousted IRS chief apologises for targeting of conservative groups

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

    ... acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Steven Miller conceded that "foolish mistakes were made" by agency officials trying to handle a flood of groups seeking tax-exempt status. He ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1240268/ousted-irs-chief-apologises-targeting-conservative-groups

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