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ASX THE stock exchanges of Australia and Singapore are preparing to unveil a historic $14 billion alliance that will accelerate financial links into Asia. The deal - expected to involve the Singapore Stock Exchange launching a $6bn-plus takeover for ASX Ltd on Monday - is the most significant between the countries since Singapore... 

Dani Rodrik On a recent Saturday morning, several hundred pro-democracy activists congregated in a Moscow square to protest government restrictions on freedom of assembly. They held up signs reading “31,” in reference to Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly. They were promptly surrounded... 

The H1N1 swine flu virus may be starting to mutate, and a slightly new form has begun to predominate in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, researchers reported on Thursday. More study is needed to tell whether the new strain is more likely to kill patients and whether the current vaccine can protect against it completely,...