Hanging was a form of punishment during British colonial times, and Singapore kept it on the books once it became independent in 1965. During the 1970s, as part of a global "War on Drugs," the city-state controversially made drug trafficking a

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“Despite the best that has been done by everyone...the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest.” That, of course, was the understatement of the

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Today, a new prime minister takes power in Cambodia for the first time in decades. Hun Sen, in charge since 1985, making him one of the world’s longest-serving heads of government, has resigned to make way for his eldest son Hun Manet to take o

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