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...visitor to Hanoi University earlier this month might have been forgiven for thinking the tree-shaded campus was preparing for a riot. Moments after a school bell rang out, a tall metal barricade was rolled into place. Dozens of police and uniformed security officials assumed positions at the entrances to the campus, and students were searched for cell phones and other forbidden objects as they entered their classrooms...
...told developer Emaar Properties to go for 160 stories rather than the planned 90, this former backwater of Bedouin and Persian Gulf traders is rapidly being transformed into the Middle East's Hong Kong - a glitzy global hub for doing business, having fun and ... well, constructing a lot of tall buildings...
...visitor to Hanoi University this month might be forgiven for thinking the tree-shaded campus was preparing for a riot. Moments after a school bell rings out, there is a grating sound as a tall, metal barricade is rolled into place. Dozens of police and uniformed security officials assume positions guarding the entrances to the campus, and students are searched for mobile phones and other forbidden objects as they enter classroom...
...different at the beginning, in 1983, when a political ingenue met a tall, handsome Labour-supporting journalist. "Tony was wearing this absolutely terrible beige suit," Campbell says. "I introduced myself and he was just magnetic. This will sound ridiculous, but within a minute we were talking about what Labour needed...
...pistols, and with a dog handler as backup, approach the house. A large, angry Polynesian man clad in a singlet and long baggy trousers opens the door. "Hey, you need a warrant," he yells as the officers walk into his house. "Not for this," says another officer. Another man, tall and thin, emerges and glares at the police, swearing, then starts head-butting the support pole of the garage...