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Downtown Bangkok Bangkok Post- 14 Nov, 2012 An Australian business leader made the unlikely suggestion at a conference yesterday that Thailand could surpass Singapore as a regional financial hub by becoming a new gateway to Myanmar. Carey Ramm, executive chairman of the Australian consultancy AEC Group, said Thailand is drawing... 

(15 Nov) - The oldest son of Kim Jong-il, the late leader of North Korea, has reappeared in Singapore nearly one year after fleeing his home in Macau. Kim Jong-nam, 41, had been living a life of luxury in the former Portuguese enclave, but disappeared in January after celebrating the arrival of the New Year with his family. South... 

President Jose Mujica BBC News- 15 November 2012 It's a common grumble that politicians' lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his pay. Laundry is strung outside the house. The water comes from a well in a yard,...