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North Korea's "Young Leader" - Kim Jong-un (Geneva, 3 Apr) - North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-Un, who was schooled in Switzerland, obtained poor grades in school and was often absent, according to a Swiss newspaper report. Kim, who is 29, was absent for 75 days in his first year at the International School of... 

(Jakarta, 3 Apr) - Lawmakers from two of Indonesia's most powerful political parties voiced opposition on Tuesday to a bid by Singapore's DBS Group to take over local lender Bank Danamon, and said they wanted to bar heavy foreign ownership of local banks. But they signaled they may not be able to stop the US$7.2 billion deal... 

The UK government has announced plans to expand intelligence surveillance powers (CNN, 2 Apr) - Privacy activists in Britain reacted angrily Monday to government plans to expand security agencies' monitoring of Internet and phone use. The government wants to let police and intelligence agencies monitor what numbers people...