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BBC: Why have UK MPs changed so much in 40 years?

BBC: Why have UK MPs changed so much in 40 years?

BBC News - By Julia Langdon, Political journalist - 24 Feb 2015 Professions such as teaching and mining are disappearing from the Commons There is a well attested thesis that anyone who wants to be elected as a Member of Parliament has to be just a little mad. It is a difficult way of life and a highly inconvenient one. The... 

M’sia state investment fund plagued by scandal

M’sia state investment fund plagued by scandal

biv.com - By Jonathan Manthorpe - 23 Feb 2015 By meeting a repayment deadline for the first time in months, Malaysia’s troubled sovereign wealth fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad, seems to have staved off a ... Petronas Twin Towers dominate the skyline in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has narrowly averted a financial crisis stemming... 

Singapore’s PM-in-waiting commits a major blunder

Singapore’s PM-in-waiting commits a major blunder

Myanmar Times - By Roger Mitton - 9 Feb 2015 Things have taken a distinct turn for the worse for Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party, which is often, and naively, touted as super-efficient and incorruptible. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks to reporters on February 3. Photo: AFP In a way, it’s... 



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