The Chinese super-rich are about to flood the US real-estate market - Yahoo Finance: "The chaos of the past few weeks is likely to lead to an acceleration in the rate of real-estate purchases by wealthy Chinese buyers in the US and elsewhere.
"[Chinese] Investors who were looking at investing overseas may bring forward their purchases," James MacDonald, head of Savills Research in China, wrote in an email to Business Insider. "While some of those that may not have been considering the purchase of property in the U.S. may now look at doing so."
The Chinese see US real estate as a relatively moderate risk, high-return investment, Svenja Gudell, the chief economist at real-estate-research site Zillow, told Business Insider. Especially if buyers anticipate further RMB devaluation and market volatility.
Wealthy Chinese are already the largest group of foreign real-estate buyers in the US, with 16% of the single homes and condominiums purchased by foreign buyers snapped up by Chinese last year, according to the US National Homebuyers Association. They were trailed by Canadians, who bought 14% of homes.
These houses are typically more expensive properties, worth an average $831,800. Domestic buyers average $345,800 on a new single-family home, according to the US Census Bureau."
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Monday, August 31, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Deal With the Devil: How the Global Elite Re-colonized China - YouTube
Deal With the Devil: How the Global Elite Re-colonized China - YouTube: "The "Chinese dragon" of the last two decades may be faltering but it is still hailed by many as an economic miracle. Far from a great advance for Chinese workers, however, it is the direct result of a consolidation of power in the hands of a small clique of powerful families, families that have actively collaborated with Western financial oligarchs."
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Thursday, August 27, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Ethical, organic, safe: the other side of halal food | Life and style | The Guardian
Ethical, organic, safe: the other side of halal food | Life and style | The Guardian: "The halal industry, he says, tends to focus too much on how animals die rather than on how they live. Halal certification audits may focus on the details of whether there's alcohol in the hand sanitiser at abattoirs, or use of the unlawful "blessed blade", which has the pre-slaughter prayer written on it rather than having it pronounced for each individual animal. But there are broader issues at stake, springing from Islam's emphasis on sustainable living and kindness to animals. The Qur'an commands Muslims to "eat of what is in the earth lawful and wholesome", but too often, notes Lutfi, the emphasis remains on the lawful – halal – rather than tayyib, the wholesome and pure. Many halal meat producers too often mirror the pitfalls of the mass food industry: expediency and cheapness often trumping Islamic dictates on natural methods of farming and raising animals. "Halal is so much wider than just how an animal is killed or about meat," says Muhammad Nazir, CEO of Ghanim International UK, a halal food company backed by the Brunei government. "It's about eating food that benefits an individual in their physical and spiritual wellbeing.""
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PLA base in Djibouti to expand China's influence at US expense｜WCT
PLA base in Djibouti to expand China's influence at US expense｜WCT: "The small East African nation of Djibouti has ordered US troops to leave their secondary military base in the country, Camp Obock, in order to turn it over to China, reports Duowei News, a media outlet run by overseas Chinese, citing California-based left-wing magazine CounterPunch.
Due to China's significant investments in the country, Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh has publicly spoken of the importance the country's "new friends from Asia," according to the magazine report.
If the reports are true, Beijing will undoubtedly be pleased to finally establish an overseas military base for itself.
Camp Obock is a secondary base to the only permanent US military base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier, which houses 4,000 soldiers and is a major drone base for the US in the region and plays an important role in the US's intelligence gathering operations targeting Islamic State and al-Qaida.
Djibouti, strategically located on the Horn of Africa on the western bank of the Gulf of Aden at the neck of the Red Sea as it passes into the Indian Ocean, is also one of landlocked Ethiopia's only access routes to the sea and China is currently constructing a US$3 billion railroad from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to Djibouti and has invested US$400 million to modernize its underdeveloped port, according to the magazine. The US, in comparison, pays just US$63 million a year for use of Camp Lemonnier.
The announcement calling for the vacation of the base was made the day after a visit to the country in May by the US secretary of state, John Kerry, which has raised concerns in Washington given the prospect that 10,000 Chinese troops will occupy a base neighboring the main US base in Africa, according to the magazine.
The UK's Daily Telegraph stated that the move may prompt the US "to relocate sensitive intelligence-gathering operations to more secure locations outside Djibouti where they are better protected from interception by the Chinese.""
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Due to China's significant investments in the country, Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh has publicly spoken of the importance the country's "new friends from Asia," according to the magazine report.
If the reports are true, Beijing will undoubtedly be pleased to finally establish an overseas military base for itself.
Camp Obock is a secondary base to the only permanent US military base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier, which houses 4,000 soldiers and is a major drone base for the US in the region and plays an important role in the US's intelligence gathering operations targeting Islamic State and al-Qaida.
Djibouti, strategically located on the Horn of Africa on the western bank of the Gulf of Aden at the neck of the Red Sea as it passes into the Indian Ocean, is also one of landlocked Ethiopia's only access routes to the sea and China is currently constructing a US$3 billion railroad from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to Djibouti and has invested US$400 million to modernize its underdeveloped port, according to the magazine. The US, in comparison, pays just US$63 million a year for use of Camp Lemonnier.
The announcement calling for the vacation of the base was made the day after a visit to the country in May by the US secretary of state, John Kerry, which has raised concerns in Washington given the prospect that 10,000 Chinese troops will occupy a base neighboring the main US base in Africa, according to the magazine.
The UK's Daily Telegraph stated that the move may prompt the US "to relocate sensitive intelligence-gathering operations to more secure locations outside Djibouti where they are better protected from interception by the Chinese.""
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Shadian in Yunnan said to have been base for terror cells｜WCT
Shadian in Yunnan said to have been base for terror cells｜WCT: "Close to the border with Vietnam, Shadian was used as a transfer center to move personnel, equipment and money into Southeast Asia from China. Shadian has a population of 15,000, of which 90% are ethnic Hui — Han Chinese who practise Islam.
Local authorities have forced all Uyghurs to leave Shadian, fearing another attack against Han Chinese. Hui people from Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region in northwestern China have also been forced to leave unless they can be vouched for by locals. Ma Fubao, an Uyghur businessman who had purchased a mansion in Shadian, has been forbidden from residing in the town."
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Local authorities have forced all Uyghurs to leave Shadian, fearing another attack against Han Chinese. Hui people from Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region in northwestern China have also been forced to leave unless they can be vouched for by locals. Ma Fubao, an Uyghur businessman who had purchased a mansion in Shadian, has been forbidden from residing in the town."
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US stocks end sharply higher after afternoon surge - Yahoo Finance
US stocks end sharply higher after afternoon surge - Yahoo Finance: "The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 619 points, or 4 percent on Wednesday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped 72 points, or 3.9 percent, to 1,940. That's the biggest gain for the index since November, 2011.
The Nasdaq composite surged 191 points, or 4.2 percent, to 4,697."
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The Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped 72 points, or 3.9 percent, to 1,940. That's the biggest gain for the index since November, 2011.
The Nasdaq composite surged 191 points, or 4.2 percent, to 4,697."
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China's stock market falls for the fifth straight day - Vox
China's stock market falls for the fifth straight day - Vox: "After a day of big swings, China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed down 1.2 percent on Wednesday.
The market has lost 22 percent of its value in 5 straight days of losses. Chinese stocks have lost 43 percent of their value since June.
Over the past two months, the Chinese government has taken extreme measures to reverse the stock market's decline.
China's stock market had a debt-fueled boom, followed by a crash
Between June 2014 and June 2015, China's Shanghai Composite index rose by 150 percent. A big reason for the stock market rally was that a lot of ordinary Chinese people began investing in the stock market for the first time. More than 40 million new stock accounts were opened between June 2014 and May 2015."
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The market has lost 22 percent of its value in 5 straight days of losses. Chinese stocks have lost 43 percent of their value since June.
Over the past two months, the Chinese government has taken extreme measures to reverse the stock market's decline.
China's stock market had a debt-fueled boom, followed by a crash
Between June 2014 and June 2015, China's Shanghai Composite index rose by 150 percent. A big reason for the stock market rally was that a lot of ordinary Chinese people began investing in the stock market for the first time. More than 40 million new stock accounts were opened between June 2014 and May 2015."
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Honour killing? Girl from Tikamgarh found dead on wedding day - The Times of India
Honour killing? Girl from Tikamgarh found dead on wedding day - The Times of India: "BHOPAL: In a suspected case of honour killing, a minor and her cousin were shot dead and bullet-riddled bodies were found in a farm in a village 40 km from district headquarters of Tikamgarh early on Thursday morning, barely 16 hours before the 17-year-old was to get married.
The girl, Badi Raja, 17, and her married cousin Chandrabhan Singh, 23, had bullet wound on chest when a villager spotted bodies under a mango tree in the field of village Haupura.
Superintendent of police (SP) Nimish Agrawal told media, "They had a love affair and it looks like a case of murder." Investigations are on, he said. Badi Raja, who belongs to Thakur community, went missing with Chandrabhan, who was married a year ago, around 10 on Wednesday night. "
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The girl, Badi Raja, 17, and her married cousin Chandrabhan Singh, 23, had bullet wound on chest when a villager spotted bodies under a mango tree in the field of village Haupura.
Superintendent of police (SP) Nimish Agrawal told media, "They had a love affair and it looks like a case of murder." Investigations are on, he said. Badi Raja, who belongs to Thakur community, went missing with Chandrabhan, who was married a year ago, around 10 on Wednesday night. "
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Suspected case of honour killing: Teenage youth battered to death in Mainpuri - The Times of India
Suspected case of honour killing: Teenage youth battered to death in Mainpuri - The Times of India: "KANPUR: In a suspected case of honour killing, a teenage youth was killed after the family members of the girl with whom he was in alleged relationship, attacked him, in Mainpuri district on Monday night.
According to the police, the incident took place when members of the girl's family caught the two in a compromising position in one of the rooms of their house on late Monday night.
The incident came to light after the brutally battered body of the youth identified as Nitesh son of Sarvendra of Nagariya Angautha was found lying close to a private transport company's office on Karhal road in Mainpuri, on Tuesday. An FIR has been registered against girl's father and her brother with the Kotwali police station on a complaint filed by Nitesh's father Sarvendra.
The accused include girl's father Sushil Chauhan and sibling Rishi Chauhan. The police have arrested both and sent them to jail."
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According to the police, the incident took place when members of the girl's family caught the two in a compromising position in one of the rooms of their house on late Monday night.
The incident came to light after the brutally battered body of the youth identified as Nitesh son of Sarvendra of Nagariya Angautha was found lying close to a private transport company's office on Karhal road in Mainpuri, on Tuesday. An FIR has been registered against girl's father and her brother with the Kotwali police station on a complaint filed by Nitesh's father Sarvendra.
The accused include girl's father Sushil Chauhan and sibling Rishi Chauhan. The police have arrested both and sent them to jail."
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China cuts rates, reserve ratio after stocks plummet again - Yahoo Finance
China cuts rates, reserve ratio after stocks plummet again - Yahoo Finance: "Major Chinese stock indexes nosedived more than 7 percent on Tuesday, hitting their lowest levels since December, following a more than 8 percent plunge on Monday."
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Monday, August 24, 2015
Stock bloodbath continues: Dow drops as much as 1,089 points
Stock bloodbath continues: Dow drops as much as 1,089 points: "NEW YORK — Stocks plunged at the open as the market bloodbath showed no signs of letting up with the Dow tumbling as much as 1,089 points in the opening minutes of trading.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index plunged 4.4% as the broad-based index joined the Dow in correction territory, a drop of 10% or more from its recent high. The Nasdaq composite index dropped 5% and also fell into a correction.
Market anxiety is on the rise after a big sell-off in China overnight, where the Shanghai composite index shed 8.5%, its biggest one-day decline since 2007 — and Chinese media were dubbing the selloff "Black Monday." The global stock rout then moved to Europe where major indexes there are off roughly 5%."
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The Standard & Poor's 500 index plunged 4.4% as the broad-based index joined the Dow in correction territory, a drop of 10% or more from its recent high. The Nasdaq composite index dropped 5% and also fell into a correction.
Market anxiety is on the rise after a big sell-off in China overnight, where the Shanghai composite index shed 8.5%, its biggest one-day decline since 2007 — and Chinese media were dubbing the selloff "Black Monday." The global stock rout then moved to Europe where major indexes there are off roughly 5%."
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Bitcoin CEO's arrest leaves trail of unanswered questions - The Times of India
Bitcoin CEO's arrest leaves trail of unanswered questions - The Times of India: "TOKYO: The arrest of MtGox boss Mark Karpeles has begun to shed light on the defunct Bitcoin exchange after hundreds of millions of dollars in virtual currency vanished from its digital vaults last year.
But as details of a lengthy investigation by Japanese police trickle out, at least one crucial question remains unanswered: where is the money?
On Friday authorities issued a fresh arrest warrant for Frenchman Karpeles over claims he stole several million dollars from clients, including about $48,000 allegedly spent on a luxury canopy bed.
Karpeles, 30, who has reportedly denied the allegations, was initially taken into custody earlier this month and has been held without formal charges for three weeks, as allowed under Japanese law.
A fresh warrant resets the clock on how long police can hold him and grill the self-described computer geek over Tokyo-based MtGox's missing Bitcoins.
So far, police have accused Karpeles of manipulating data and stealing sums that amount to just a fraction of the 850,000 coins -- worth around $480 million at the time, or $387 million at current exchange rates -- that disappeared last year.
MtGox, which once said it handled around 80% of global Bitcoin transactions, filed for bankruptcy protection soon after the cybermoney went missing, leaving a trail of angry investors calling for answers.
The company initially said there was a bug in the software underpinning Bitcoins that allowed hackers to pilfer them.
Karpeles later claimed he had found some 200,000 of the lost coins in a "cold wallet" -- a storage device, such as a memory stick, that is not connected to other computers. "
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But as details of a lengthy investigation by Japanese police trickle out, at least one crucial question remains unanswered: where is the money?
On Friday authorities issued a fresh arrest warrant for Frenchman Karpeles over claims he stole several million dollars from clients, including about $48,000 allegedly spent on a luxury canopy bed.
Karpeles, 30, who has reportedly denied the allegations, was initially taken into custody earlier this month and has been held without formal charges for three weeks, as allowed under Japanese law.
A fresh warrant resets the clock on how long police can hold him and grill the self-described computer geek over Tokyo-based MtGox's missing Bitcoins.
So far, police have accused Karpeles of manipulating data and stealing sums that amount to just a fraction of the 850,000 coins -- worth around $480 million at the time, or $387 million at current exchange rates -- that disappeared last year.
MtGox, which once said it handled around 80% of global Bitcoin transactions, filed for bankruptcy protection soon after the cybermoney went missing, leaving a trail of angry investors calling for answers.
The company initially said there was a bug in the software underpinning Bitcoins that allowed hackers to pilfer them.
Karpeles later claimed he had found some 200,000 of the lost coins in a "cold wallet" -- a storage device, such as a memory stick, that is not connected to other computers. "
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California Apartments Raided in Federal Investigation of Chinese ‘Birth Tourism’ - The New York Times
California Apartments Raided in Federal Investigation of Chinese ‘Birth Tourism’ - The New York Times: "Federal agents stormed 37 locations in Southern California early Tuesday, gathering evidence about what they say are three illegal “birth tourism” businesses for wealthy Chinese women.
According to affidavits unsealed Tuesday, the businesses arranged for pregnant women to come to the United States on tourist visas to give birth to babies. The children will be American citizens, entitled to birth certificates and passports — and, when they turn 21, able to help their parents become legal residents of the United States.
“This is still very much an ongoing investigation, coming after undercover activities that have lasted most of the last year,” said Virginia Kice, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman. “Today is just the execution of search warrants and evidence gathering. We are not anticipating any arrests right now.”
The affidavits, filed in support of search warrants, describe businesses that charge clients up to $60,000, with the size of the fee depending on housing arrangements, the number of Chinese-speaking nannies desired once the baby is born and other factors. The businesses arrange the women’s transportation, housing and prenatal care, and obtain birth certificates and passports for the babies before they leave the country.
The companies caution the women to wear loosefitting clothes, to lie to the American authorities about the intent of their trip and not to wait too far into their pregnancy before traveling. Most women arrive two to three months before their due date, many initially flying to a tourist destination like Hawaii or Las Vegas rather than the Los Angeles airport, where there is greater scrutiny. They usually stay for about a month after giving birth.
According to the affidavits, clients were told not to bring any maternity clothes and were given some coaching on how to answer immigration questions; one company, USA Happy Baby, promised a refund if a client was sent home at the airport.
While Mexicans, Koreans and families from other countries have also engaged in so-called birth tourism, in recent years it has been most often Chinese families who have been willing to pay large sums to have their children born in the United States. The births usually occur in Southern California, where, one of the affidavits said, Chinese women delivered more than 400 American babies at just one Orange County hospital.
The affidavits quote Chinese government sources as reporting that Chinese nationals had 10,000 babies in the United States in 2012, up from 4,200 in 2008.
One of the businesses said on its website, starbabycare.com, that since it began in 1999, it had served 8,000 pregnant women, 4,000 of them Chinese."
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According to affidavits unsealed Tuesday, the businesses arranged for pregnant women to come to the United States on tourist visas to give birth to babies. The children will be American citizens, entitled to birth certificates and passports — and, when they turn 21, able to help their parents become legal residents of the United States.
“This is still very much an ongoing investigation, coming after undercover activities that have lasted most of the last year,” said Virginia Kice, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman. “Today is just the execution of search warrants and evidence gathering. We are not anticipating any arrests right now.”
The affidavits, filed in support of search warrants, describe businesses that charge clients up to $60,000, with the size of the fee depending on housing arrangements, the number of Chinese-speaking nannies desired once the baby is born and other factors. The businesses arrange the women’s transportation, housing and prenatal care, and obtain birth certificates and passports for the babies before they leave the country.
The companies caution the women to wear loosefitting clothes, to lie to the American authorities about the intent of their trip and not to wait too far into their pregnancy before traveling. Most women arrive two to three months before their due date, many initially flying to a tourist destination like Hawaii or Las Vegas rather than the Los Angeles airport, where there is greater scrutiny. They usually stay for about a month after giving birth.
According to the affidavits, clients were told not to bring any maternity clothes and were given some coaching on how to answer immigration questions; one company, USA Happy Baby, promised a refund if a client was sent home at the airport.
While Mexicans, Koreans and families from other countries have also engaged in so-called birth tourism, in recent years it has been most often Chinese families who have been willing to pay large sums to have their children born in the United States. The births usually occur in Southern California, where, one of the affidavits said, Chinese women delivered more than 400 American babies at just one Orange County hospital.
The affidavits quote Chinese government sources as reporting that Chinese nationals had 10,000 babies in the United States in 2012, up from 4,200 in 2008.
One of the businesses said on its website, starbabycare.com, that since it began in 1999, it had served 8,000 pregnant women, 4,000 of them Chinese."
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China's stock market suffers biggest one-day fall since 2007 - Yahoo Finance
China's stock market suffers biggest one-day fall since 2007 - Yahoo Finance: "BEIJING (AP) -- China's stock market fell Monday by its biggest margin in eight years, defying the government's multibillion-dollar effort to stop a slide that has wiped out the gains of this year's price boom.
The decline threatened to weigh anew on global markets after last week's Chinese losses triggered a worldwide selloff.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.5 percent to close at 3,209.91 points, its biggest one-day loss since an 8.8 percent decline on Feb. 27, 2007. The index is down 38 percent from its June 12 peak and just under 1 percent below its closing on Dec. 31, last year's final trading day.
"A disastrous result for China, after working so hard to breathe life back into domestic equities after the 2007 crash and having spent hundreds of billions of dollars propping up the market since June," said Angus Nicholson of IG Markets in a report.
Small investors have suffered heavy losses, souring many on stock ownership and threatening to disrupt Communist Party plans to use the market to raise money for reforms of state industry."
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The decline threatened to weigh anew on global markets after last week's Chinese losses triggered a worldwide selloff.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.5 percent to close at 3,209.91 points, its biggest one-day loss since an 8.8 percent decline on Feb. 27, 2007. The index is down 38 percent from its June 12 peak and just under 1 percent below its closing on Dec. 31, last year's final trading day.
"A disastrous result for China, after working so hard to breathe life back into domestic equities after the 2007 crash and having spent hundreds of billions of dollars propping up the market since June," said Angus Nicholson of IG Markets in a report.
Small investors have suffered heavy losses, souring many on stock ownership and threatening to disrupt Communist Party plans to use the market to raise money for reforms of state industry."
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Sunday, August 23, 2015
Rohingya migrants raped at Thai-Malaysia border camps: Report - The Times of India
Rohingya migrants raped at Thai-Malaysia border camps: Report - The Times of India: "KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim Rohingya women who were held at human-trafficking camps in Thailand and Malaysia were subjected to gang rapes by their captors, assaults that left at least two of them pregnant, a Malaysian media report said.
Malaysia's state-run Bernama news agency quoted a Rohingya survivor of the camps, Nur Khaidha Abdul Shukur, as saying young women would be taken away nightly from the jungle post where she was held near Padang Besar in Thailand.
She passed through the camp last year, according to the report released late Monday.
"Every night, two or three young and pretty Rohingya women were taken out from the detention pens by the guards to a clandestine place," she was quoted saying.
"They would be gang raped by the guards. Two young women at the camp became pregnant after the gang rape."
The report also quoted her husband Nurul Amin Nobi Hussein saying he witnessed similar crimes taking place at nearby camps on the Malaysian side of the border.
The discovery last month of human-trafficking camps -- and scores of nearby graves -- first in Thailand and then over the border in Malaysia has caused shock and revulsion in Southeast Asia.
Seven camps were uncovered in Thailand beginning in early May and 33 bodies found in mass graves.
In late May, Malaysian police announced they had found 28 camps on their side of the border and 139 graves, which are still being exhumed.
The camps are believed to have been used by people-smuggling syndicates who move large numbers of impoverished Rohingya out of Myanmar, where they face systematic repression, with most heading for Malaysia.
Speaking from the northern Malaysian town of Alor Setarm, Nur Khaidha told Bernama that she entered the country illegally late last year after paying the smugglers to release her from the camp.
She said women sometimes were taken away by guards for several days to be used as sex slaves.
Her husband, who said he transited the Malaysian camps earlier in 2014, told Bernama the same occurred there.
"In the night, several of the guards would go to the pens housing the women and take them to a nearby place," he said.
"We heard the shrieks and cries of the women because the place they raped them was very close to our pens, but as the incidents were at night, we could not see what was happening." "
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Malaysia's state-run Bernama news agency quoted a Rohingya survivor of the camps, Nur Khaidha Abdul Shukur, as saying young women would be taken away nightly from the jungle post where she was held near Padang Besar in Thailand.
She passed through the camp last year, according to the report released late Monday.
"Every night, two or three young and pretty Rohingya women were taken out from the detention pens by the guards to a clandestine place," she was quoted saying.
"They would be gang raped by the guards. Two young women at the camp became pregnant after the gang rape."
The report also quoted her husband Nurul Amin Nobi Hussein saying he witnessed similar crimes taking place at nearby camps on the Malaysian side of the border.
The discovery last month of human-trafficking camps -- and scores of nearby graves -- first in Thailand and then over the border in Malaysia has caused shock and revulsion in Southeast Asia.
Seven camps were uncovered in Thailand beginning in early May and 33 bodies found in mass graves.
In late May, Malaysian police announced they had found 28 camps on their side of the border and 139 graves, which are still being exhumed.
The camps are believed to have been used by people-smuggling syndicates who move large numbers of impoverished Rohingya out of Myanmar, where they face systematic repression, with most heading for Malaysia.
Speaking from the northern Malaysian town of Alor Setarm, Nur Khaidha told Bernama that she entered the country illegally late last year after paying the smugglers to release her from the camp.
She said women sometimes were taken away by guards for several days to be used as sex slaves.
Her husband, who said he transited the Malaysian camps earlier in 2014, told Bernama the same occurred there.
"In the night, several of the guards would go to the pens housing the women and take them to a nearby place," he said.
"We heard the shrieks and cries of the women because the place they raped them was very close to our pens, but as the incidents were at night, we could not see what was happening." "
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Saturday, August 22, 2015
California’s Latest Nightmare: San Joaquin Valley is Sinking - Yahoo Finance
California’s Latest Nightmare: San Joaquin Valley is Sinking - Yahoo Finance: "It’s bad enough that California is being battered by one of its worst droughts on record and that thousands of wildfires are consuming over 100,000 acres of woods amid fears that global warming may be making matters even worse.
Now comes a report that huge chunks of the state are literally sinking into the ground – posing serious threats to homes, businesses and roads in the affected areas."
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Now comes a report that huge chunks of the state are literally sinking into the ground – posing serious threats to homes, businesses and roads in the affected areas."
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Donald Trump's proposal on H-1B visas is bad news for Indian workers - The Times of India
Donald Trump's proposal on H-1B visas is bad news for Indian workers - The Times of India: "More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than 80 per cent for its bottom two, the Trump campaign said.
"Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the US, instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas," it said.
"This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg s personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities," the Trump campaign said."
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"Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the US, instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas," it said.
"This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg s personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities," the Trump campaign said."
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Brothers behead teen sister in Bareilly, display head - The Times of India
Brothers behead teen sister in Bareilly, display head - The Times of India: "BAREILLY: Two brothers, enraged by the affair their 17-year-old sister was carrying on with a cousin, beheaded the girl and marched around the village with the severed, bleeding head. The incident occurred at Bamani Chowki village, under the jurisdiction of Paraur police station in Shahjhanapur district on Monday.
READ ALSO: 'Girl was beheaded with motorised apparatus'
Gul Hasan, 25, and his brother Nanhey, 20, spotted their sister Phool Jahan outside the house of their cousin on Monday afternoon. The girl had also spent the night at her cousin's house. She had earlier expressed a desire to marry him. Her brothers had opposed the idea of marriage and warned her to stay away from their cousin."
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READ ALSO: 'Girl was beheaded with motorised apparatus'
Gul Hasan, 25, and his brother Nanhey, 20, spotted their sister Phool Jahan outside the house of their cousin on Monday afternoon. The girl had also spent the night at her cousin's house. She had earlier expressed a desire to marry him. Her brothers had opposed the idea of marriage and warned her to stay away from their cousin."
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