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  • Chinas role in NSA snoopgate leak questioned by GOP politician

    Michigan Republican Rep. Mike Rogers said that China's role is questionable in light of Edward Snowden's leaking NSA secret intelligence and his subsequent fleeing to Hong Kong despite its extradition treaty with US. Defending the NSA spy programme as an essential and life saving tool in the war on terrorism, Rogers said that Snowden is a traitor and not a hero, Washington Times ...

  • Hong Kong says it will follow law in Snowden case

    The government of Hong Kong, headed by Leung Chung-ying, said it will conduct itself in accord with the laws in the case of US former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who is believed to be in hiding at an unknown location in the coastal enclave. Leung said in a statement that China's special administrative region will handle the case according to its established procedures, an allusion to the ...

  • Poll backs Gov’t housing policy CE

    Chief Executive CY Leung says a recent survey has shown Hong Kong people support a development project such as the planned North East New Territories New Development Area.Speaking to the media today, Mr Leung said Chinese University yesterday unveiled a survey on people's opinion of Hong Kong's land supply.He said about 80% of respondents believe Hong Kong has a land-supply shortage ...

  • Hong Kong investigates Snowdens NSA hacking claims

    Protesters rally in Hong Kong to support Snowden: Hundreds of protesters stage a rally in rain-hit Hong Kong to urge the city's government not to extradite former spy Edward Snowden, and slam the US for its surveillance ...

  • HK dissidents dream refuge

    Whistleblower Edward Snowden explained his decision to leak sensitive secrets and seek refuge in Hong Kong because, in his words, this city "has a strong tradition of free speech" and "a long tradition of protesting in the streets". He said he would leave his fate to be decided by the people of Hong Kong. Some would consider this as "youthful naivete or sheer ...


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The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

Half a century after her initial claim to fame, Leni Riefenstahl remains a frustrating and fascinating enigma. Here is a woman who directed only six films during the 1930's and 40's, and yet she has been hailed as the greatest female director of all time, and deplored as a conspiring agent of Adolf Hitler and the rise of the Third Reich. This complex existence is the subject of writer/director Ray ... ...

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  • Hang Seng down by break

    (40 mins ago) Hong Kong stocks slipped 0.64 percent by the end of morning trade as profit-takers moved in after a healthy rally in the previous session. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 135.81 points to 21,090.09 on turnover of HK$33.26 ...

  • Passengers aboard flight from Hong Kong to New Jersey bound paranoid mans hands feet after poison claims

    A battle is brewing between the federal government and the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association over the issue of making fuel economy labels on new vehicles ...

  • Hong Kong Stocks Drop on China Housing GCL-Poly Plunges

    home prices will limit the scope for monetary easing. GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. plunged after a unit of China's sovereign-wealth fund agreed to sell a stake in the company. GCL-Poly sank 12 percent after Chengdong Investment Corp. offered 1.2 billion shares in the largest maker of materials used in solar ...

  • Hang Seng dips Shanghai edges up

    (1 hr 1 min ago) Stocks in Hong Kong opened 0.74 percent lower as investors awaited a Federal Reserve meeting for clues on whether it will soon start to reel in its massive stimulus spending. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 156.54 points to 21,069.36 in the first minutes of trade. In Shanghai shares were up slightly in early trading, lifted by overnight gains in US stocks, dealers said. The ...

  • Hong Kong stocks off as China banks property down

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks on Tuesday pulled back after a two-day rally amid uncertainty over the pace of the U.S. Federal Reserve's bond purchases, with Chinese property developers dropping after another strong monthly increase in home prices on the mainland. The Hang Seng ...

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