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Hong Kong Protest: Police Retreat, Pro-Democracy Crowds Grow

posted October 2, 2014 / No Comments

Hong Kong pulled back anti-riot police, but protest crowds continue to grow on Monday as protestors call for election reform and top officials to resign, reports the Bangkok Post. The public demonstrations started on Thursday, […]
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Australia Plans to Transfer Refugees to Cambodia Under New Deal, Protests Break Out

posted October 2, 2014 / 1 Comment

Refugees seeking asylum in Australia and being held in the mandatory detention center on the South Pacific island of Nauru will be transferred to and resettled in Cambodia after a new, controversial deal was signed […]
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Bangkok: Arrest Made in K Bank ATM Skimming Case

posted September 25, 2014 / No Comments

Bangkok authorities have arrested one suspect after discovering ATM skimming devices on a Kasikorn Bank ATM, reports the Bangkok Post. Earlier this week, a customer alerted Kasikorn Bank of the suspicious-looking ATM at Soi Ramkhamhaeng […]
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China Blocks DuckDuckGo, the Search Engine that Doesn’t Track Users

posted September 25, 2014 / No Comments

China has blocked DuckDuckGo—a privacy-protecting search engine—from its Internet users since September 3, 2014, reports the Bangkok Post. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn’t store user data or track online activity, and recently became […]
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Gang Arranges Fake Gay Marriages for British Citizenship Exposed

posted September 25, 2014 / No Comments

A criminal gang in London offering to arrange fake gay marriages to help immigrants trick officials for citizenship was exposed this week by an undercover journalist with BBC Inside Out. Same-sex marriages were legalized in […]
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Busted: NBC Producer Secretly Records Sex Tape and Puts on Internet

posted September 19, 2014 / No Comments

According to the New York Post, NBC News online producer Carlo Dellaverson has been charged with “disseminating unlawful surveillance and harassment” after his girlfriend discovered a sex tape of them on Dellaverson’s computer. Dellaverson reportedly […]
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Seattle Woman Charged with Rape Against Sleeping Man

posted September 19, 2014 / No Comments

A 240-pound woman from Seattle was charged with second-degree rape on September 8, 2014, for sexually assaulting a 31-year-old man in his home in June 2013, reports The Smoking Gun. According to The Smoking Gun, […]
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California Passes ‘Yes Means Yes’ Sexual Consent Bill

posted September 17, 2014 / 1 Comment

A new bill requiring college students to get “affirmative consent” before sex was unanimously passed by the California senate in late August, reports The Guardian. The bill, SB 967, being called the “yes means yes” […]
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Same-Sex Couple’s Adoption Granted in Wisconsin Court

posted September 17, 2014 / No Comments

A judge in Wisconsin ruled that constitutionally valid same-sex marriages must be recognized under Wisconsin state adoption laws, reports the Jurist. On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, Judge Shelley Gaylord, of the Wisconsin Dane County Circuit […]
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Gambia Passes New Anti-LGBT Bill

posted September 17, 2014 / 1 Comment

The Gambia passed a bill in August 2014 that amended its criminal code to make “aggravated homosexuality” punishable by life imprisonment, according to The Guardian. Previously in Gambia, homosexual acts by either men or women […]