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Certain regions in India have fewers than 800 girls born for every 1,000 boys. (12 Sep) - The New Delhi rape case left the whole world wondering why India is treating its women so badly. In fact, discrimination against women already starts in the womb: India has some of the most distorted sex-ratios in the world. There are regions... 

1,300 migrants a day pour into UK. (11 Sep) - When Mark Carney went to Nottingham last week to make his first speech as Governor of the Bank of England, media attention focused, naturally enough, on his reference to Jake Bugg, who we are told is a pop singer of some sort. Amazingly, Mr Carney had been to one of his gigs. Yet... 

(8 Sep) - Singapore marked its 48th year of independence in August, but not everyone in the prosperous Southeast Asian city-state was celebrating. A slowing economy, immigration issues and the rise of critical social media have fuelled growing discontent with the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), which has kept a tight grip...