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Cambodia changes election law ahead of 2018 vote

Cambodia’sparliamentonMondayamendedthelawtobanpeoplefromassociatingwithanyoneconvictedofacriminaloffence,amovetheoppositionsaysaimstohobblerivalsofPrimeMinister

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China issues 15 more registration certificates for overseas NGOs

WhenChinapassedalawinApril2016requiringoverseasnon-governmentalorganizations(NGOs)tosecureapprovalfromauthoritiesbeforetheyareallowedtooperateontheChinesemainla

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German parliament votes to fine social media over hate speech

TheGermanparliamentonFridayapprovedaplantofinesocialmedianetworksupto50millioneuros($57million)iftheyfailtoremovehatefulpostingspromptly,despiteconcernsthelawco

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Japan passes controversial anti-terror law despite protests

Japan passed a controversial anti-terror law on Thursday that sparked street protests and warnings from critics that it would stomp on citizens' privacy rights and lead to over-the-top police surveillance.

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Japan passes controversial anti-terror law despite protests

Japanpassedacontroversialanti-terrorlawonThursdaythatsparkedstreetprotestsandwarningsfromcriticsthatitwouldstomponcitizens'privacyrightsandleadtoover-the-toppol

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Japan's ruling bloc forces enactment of controversial "conspiracy" law

Controversial legislation to criminalize the planning of serious crimes was enacted by Japan's parliament on Thursday despite vociferous calls from opposition parties and the public.

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Japan's ruling bloc forces enactment of controversial "conspiracy" law

ControversiallegislationtocriminalizetheplanningofseriouscrimeswasenactedbyJapan'sparliamentonThursdaydespitevociferouscallsfromoppositionpartiesandthepublic.Pr

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Japan passes law to address accommodation shortages for tourists

PeopleowningpropertyacrossJapanwillbeallowedtorentoutvacanthomesorroomstotouristsafterbeinggrantedapprovalfromlocalauthorities,followingalawenactedbytheDietonFr

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Japan enacts law to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate

Japan's parliament enacted on Friday a law to allow Japan's Emperor Akihito to step down and pass his duties over to Crown Prince Naruhito.

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White House intel chiefs want to make digital spying law permanent

TheWhiteHouseandUSintelligencechiefsWednesdaybackedmakingpermanentalawthatallowsforthecollectionofdigitalcommunicationsofforeignnationalsoverseas,escalatingafig

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Philippine lawmakers ask top court to nullify martial law

Philippine opposition lawmakers petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to review and nullify President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law in the southern third of the country.

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Philippine lawmakers ask top court to nullify martial law

PhilippineoppositionlawmakerspetitionedtheSupremeCourtonMondaytoreviewandnullifyPresidentRodrigoDuterte’simpositionofmartiallawinthesouthernthirdofthecountry.Th

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Modi government attempting national beef ban

ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,May27(APD)-Indiangovernment,ledbyPrimeMinisterNarendraModihascomeupwithanewlaw,banningsaleofcattleforslaughteratanimalmarketsa

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EU approves plans forcing Facebook and YouTube to act on hate speech

TheEuropeanUnionhasjustapprovedaproposaltoimplementEurope'sveryfirstmandatorysocialmediarestrictions.InabidtoclampdownonhatespeechacrossFacebook,YouTubeandTwitt

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Inspections of imported waste to rise in China

Mishandlingofmaterialscanposethreattoenvironment,publichealth.Legislatorshavevowedtoincreasesupervisionofgovernmentdepartmentsinchargeofhandlingimportedsolidwas

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Inspections of imported waste to rise

Mishandlingofmaterialscanposethreattoenvironment,publichealth.Legislatorshavevowedtoincreasesupervisionofgovernmentdepartmentsinchargeofhandlingimportedsolidwas

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Immigration ban? We were there exactly 100 years ago today

President Donald Trump has dismissed as "ridiculous" a federal judge's decision to halt his controversial executive order denying certain refugees and immigrants entry into the United States.