Topic: Crime & Justice

Snippet: Philippine police save Chinese man in 53rd case of casino-related abductionsBian Xiaoguo’s father was sent a video of his son being tortured and asked for a ransom of US$42,500. The rash of kidnappings come as Chinese nationals flock to the Philippines to work in casinos or offshore gaming operators.

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society

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[2017-06-13 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: ProPublica

Title: How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico

Snippet: We have testimony from people who say they participated in the crime. They described some 50 trucks arriving in Allende, carrying people connected to the cartel. They broke into houses, they looted them and burned them. Afterward, they kidnapped the people who lived in those houses and took them to a ranch just outside of Allende.

Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/allende-zetas-cartel-massacre-and-the-us-dea

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[2017-02-23 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: 18th Party Congress: the challenges | South China Morning Post

Snippet: Xi Jinping warns of unrest if graft not tackledIf corruption is allowed to run wild in China then the ruling Communist Party risks major unrest and the collapse of its rule, state media on Monday quoted Vice President Xi Jinping as saying.

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/18th-party-congress/18th-party-congress-challenges

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[2016-07-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ProPublica

Title: Busted

Snippet: Amy Albritton can’t remember if her boyfriend signaled when he changed lanes late that August afternoon in 2010. But suddenly the lights on the Houston Police patrol car were flashing behind them, and Anthony Wilson was navigating Albritton’s white Chrysler Concorde to a stop in a strip-mall parking lot. It was an especially unwelcome hassle.

Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/common-roadside-drug-test-routinely-produces-false-positives

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[2016-01-06 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ProPublica

Title: The 2015 ProPublica Year in Visual Storytelling

Snippet: 2015 marked ProPublica’s most ambitious year to date in visual and interactive storytelling. From in-depth coverage of the water crisis in the West to chasing down the unsolved murder of Vietnamese journalists on U.S. soil, tackling the dismantling of workers’ comp, and crunching the numbers on complications from elective surgeries, here are some highlights from the year that was.

Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/2015-propublica-visuals-and-interactives-year-in-review

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[2014-06-02 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Israel gags famous nuclear whistleblower invited to speak at human rights conference

Snippet: A decade after his release from prison for leaking information on Israel’s nuclear weapon program, Mordechai Vanunu has been denied permission to attend a human rights conference in London.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/162988-israel-nuclear-vanuna-britain/

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