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tom.lasseter@thomsonreuters.com Mississippi born,Georgia raised/ Bureaus: Hazard,Ky.-Baghdad-Moscow-Beijing-Delhi-Singapore/Previous

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  1. 4 hours ago

    Shot in the back: the dangers of being an opposition candidate in Bangladesh Fascinating (and troubling) report, by and

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  2. 4 hours ago

    In the days after Christmas, we have occasion to revisit some gift decisions

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  3. 5 hours ago

    Insight: Collapse in India's onion prices could leave Modi smarting in election … great reporting, as always, by and

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    Interesting bit here re: Ma Ba Tha. Users in Myanmar were actually complaining recently that even posts that were anti-MBT and denouncing the group were being taken down. Would still like to see that list of “over 50” languages. I asked for it previously but FB declined to share.

    Facts About Content Review on Facebook
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  5. 6 hours ago

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    When we visited the Southern University of Science and Technology was hosting a conference and visiting experts were checking in unaware Dr. He was being held a few floors above. At least 12 plainclothes guards live on the floor with him and prevented us from getting close.
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  6. 6 hours ago

    Oh man, this thread is really interesting:

    He Jiankui who shocked the science world by announcing he created the world’s first genetically edited babies had been missing since a November conference in Hong Kong. found him under house arrest at a dorm at his university in Shenzhen.
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  7. 6 hours ago

    This is an interesting thing to think about:

    I do not think that one should read books that are directly addressing current events. They are mostly written in haste w/the objective to make money. Nobody will remember them. There cannot be a serious analysis of something that is ongoing. For that one is better off w/Twitter.
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  10. 6 hours ago

    Postcard from morning walk in Singapore

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  11. 6 hours ago

    Postcard from Singapore. Out and about with the brothers Lasseter.

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    14 hours ago

    THREAD: In August 2017, Myanmar's military launched a brutal campaign in Rakhine State that drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh. We investigated the killings and the aftermath in a powerful series called “Myanmar Burning.”

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  13. 11 hours ago

    Watch this space:

    U.S. officials tell Reuters that U.S commanders, in initial talks, are recommending that the Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters be allowed to keep weapons provided by Washington. No decision yet, but the move will infuriate Turkey. W/
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    23 hours ago

    “Trump asked: ‘If we withdraw our soldiers, can you clean up ISIS?’” Erdogan replied that Turkish forces were up to the task. “Then you do it,” Trump told him abruptly.

    Syrian surprise: How Trump's phone call changed the war
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  15. 23 hours ago

    Boy, the younger, watching the world go by.

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  16. Dec 27

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  19. Dec 27

    Postcard from a morning walk in Singapore

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  20. Dec 27

    Exclusive: Records reveal lucrative business of U.S. Army landlord via

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