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EDITORIAL: Bad priorities are the real obscenity
The Hong Kong public learned something this week that may shock people even outside Asia: Bored young movie stars who have a libido and know how to operate a camera sometimes combine the two for their personal amusement.
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Johnny Neihu's NewsWatch: The nation's in pristina condition
After several weeks of reheated campaign-mania and the indictment of half the population of Taoyuan for vote-buying, I'm so wound up for the presidential election I could hurl a Big Mac faster than Wang "Four McMillion" Chien-ming (王建民) himself.
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Johnny Neihu's Mailbag
Mass Rapid Transgressions
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The tourists are there, but where is the policy?
By Lin Shu-fen 林淑芬
Tony and Maureen Wheeler, creators and publishers of the Lonely Planet guidebooks, which are known as "the backpacker's bible," attracted a lot of attention during their recent visit.
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Castro's resignation offers options to a new Cuba
More than 70 percent of Cuba's population have never known a leader other than Fidel Castro
By Silvia Ayuso
The expected, but still surprising decision by Cuban President Fidel Castro to step down after nearly 50 years in power could launch a new era with a broad range of options for the communist country. The magnitude of possible changes could become at least partially apparent as early as tomorrow, when the National Assembly picks Castro's successor as head of state.
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Cubans cling to socialist dream in changing times
In the face of what they call international pride and defiance, Cubans hope for a more prosperous future with principles intact
By Jo Tuckman
Omar answers his mobile phone with perfunctory aplomb, Bluetooth earpiece proudly displayed, a symbol of his vision of the modernized revolution he would like to see in his country.
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