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Japan: Iwaki residents resent Fukushima evacuees

Call to evacuate children from Fukushima (31 Aug) - Like many of her neighbors, Satomi Inokoshi worries that her gritty hometown is being spoiled by the newcomers and the money that have rolled into Iwaki since the Fukushima nuclear disaster almost 3½ years ago. “Iwaki is changing — and not for the good,” said Inokoshi,...

PRC boy decides workers outside his apartment are too loud, cuts safety rope

(29 Aug) - A 10-year-old boy in Guizhou who was watching TV in his eighth-floor apartment decided to take matters into his own hands when his cartoons kept getting interrupted by the sound of construction on Monday. The boy reportedly cut in half the safety rope attached to the worker who was installing lights on his building,...

Brother of PRC in fraud probe sued by Marina Sands

(Aug 28, 2014) - The brother of Chen Jihong, the metals trader said to be at the center of a Chinese loan fraud probe, was sued by Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS)’s Singapore unit over unpaid gambling debts. Chen Jilong, a so-called premium casino player at Marina Bay Sands Pte, owes S$1.88 million ($1.5 million) and has refused...