Afghans seek exit strategy as war drags on
In Kabul and across Afghanistan, business and political leaders fear 2014 instability will trigger a mass emigration. Wealthy Afghans buy abroad homes, move assets, and seek visas while officials report rising overseas transfers and record asylum applications, including 36 600 in 2012.
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Pigs Dumped in River Signal China’s Food Safety Failures
In Zhejiang and Shanghai areas farmers say slumping pork prices, rising costs, and a crackdown on illegal pig trade left them with dead stock. More than 14,000 pig corpses floated in the Huangpu River, raising fears of tainted drinking water and highlighting gaps between policy rhetoric and rural reality. Farmers complain officials at higher levels may not grasp on the ground conditions.
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