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Protesters clashed with police in Istanbul (5 June) - THE huge demonstrations that engulfed Istanbul over the weekend were initially prompted by a small grievance: the government’s decision to build a shopping mall and a replica of Ottoman military barracks in an old, much beloved park where I played as a child. The impending... 

Media Release – 7 June 2013 AHPETC: NEA is Politically Motivated to Tarnish the Image of AHPETC AHPETC Chairman, Sylvia Lim I find the conclusion of the NEA on 6 June 2013 that “AHPETC tried to get hawkers to pay extra cleaning costs, and when that failed it deflected the blame” puzzling and unprofessional as a government... 

Free My Internet SINGAPORE, June  6, 2013 (AFP) - Over 130 Singaporean bloggers blacked out their homepages Thursday to protest new licencing rules for news websites they say will muzzle freedom of expression. The 134 participants, including individual bloggers and community-based blogs, replaced their homepages with black...