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Redford’s misuse of travel spending caused by ‘aura of power': auditor general (7 Aug) - Alberta’s auditor general says an aura of power around former premier Alison Redford and her office stopped anyone from questioning their spending. Alison Redford “There was a tendency to work around and ignore rules,” Merwan... 

(Source: ICIS) (24 Jul) - As she nears retirement along with millions of other Chinese, He Xiangying is too busy sending her son money and raising a stranger's child to worry about who will eventually look after her. The nanny's plan is to work until her health fails, then go back to her home village in the Chinese countryside... 

(9 Aug) - A few days ago, with over a three year delay, Japan finally admitted what was clear to most from day one: the consequences of the Fukushima disaster have been far, far worse than officials had reported, and not only is the containment effort out of control, but that more nuclear fuel had melted at the Fukushima nuclear...