Singapore activist ban "authoritarian" : Wolfowitz
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz   aid on Friday that Singapore had damaged its own reputation by   imposing "authoritarian" restrictions on the entry of activists   for the World Bank/IMF meetings.
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Singaporean leader Lee Hsien Loong criticized Taiwan because he was under &quot;tremendous pressure&quot; to patch up relations with Beijing, Taiwan&#39;s foreign minister said Monday _ a day after Lee warned he wouldn&#39;t support the island if it sparked a war with China
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A Chinese author who was briefly  detained by police overnight along with two other intellectuals  said Tuesday the authorities appeared to be trying to build a  case against him as part of a crackdown on government critics.
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A Singapore opposition leader, who   was surrounded by police in a prolonged downtown stand-off over   the right to protest, said on Sunday that he would refuse to   move until Tuesday's formal start of the IMF-World Bank   meetings.
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Playing down a funding row with   Britain, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Friday defended   his controversial anti-corruption campaign, saying the bank   could not tolerate misuse of its funds to poor countries.
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Singapore&#39;s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned Taiwan against moving toward independence, saying he supports the &quot;one China&quot; policy.
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Singapore&#39;s new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced an easing of restrictions on free speech in the tightly controlled island nation on Sunday.
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World Bank head James Wolfensohn has backed Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s political shake-up criticised by many Western nations as limiting democracy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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A media-generated "overheated" atmosphere forced Paul Wolfowitz to leave the World Bank, he says.
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ALMATY, Jan 7  A ban on one of Kazakhstan's main opposition parties is part of a new clampdown on dissent in the authoritarian oil-rich Central Asian state to prevent a Ukrainian-style ''orange ...
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Singapore has drawn sharp criticism   from the World Bank chief and non-governmental groups after it   banned about 20 activists from entering the country for next   week's IMF-World Bank meetings.
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Singapore police stopped an   opposition politician from leading a protest march past the   venue for the annual IMF-World Bank meetings on Saturday, again   highlighting the city-state's restrictions on freedom of   speech.
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World Bank president Paul D. WolfowitzÂs fight against corruption in poor countries has drawn criticism for its aggressive approach.
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Singapore detained two animal rights  activists who were planning a naked demonstration outside a  fast-food restaurant and will deport them Friday, one of the  pair told Reuters.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 16 -- The chiefs of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government on Friday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of anti-poverty and environmental organizations. They accused Singapore of...
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SINGAPORE&#39;S new leader tried to mend fences with China today, saying the city-state would back Beijing if Taipei &quot;provoked&quot; armed conflict across the Taiwan Strait.