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Sin City (September 12 2014)   -   Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini has closed Dolly, the East Java city’s red-light district, once labeled the biggest in Southeast Asia. That position has now been assumed by our neighbor. At dusk in an open lane alongside a busy restaurant and well-lit road, the market was open. Four women,... 

Punggol Waterway Park I was recently at the Punggol Waterway Park and it is an impressive development. No one was there, however, and I could guess why. It was the early afternoon on a weekend. The sun was blazing and the trees were small and few. The bare grass and concrete around the park did not help. I looked at the woods... 

Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt (15 Sep) - Sweden’s election threw the nation’s political establishment into turmoil as backing for the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats more than doubled, leaving the largest Nordic economy facing a hung parliament. The three-party Social Democratic opposition led by Stefan Loefvenwon 43.7...