Alex Richardson

Position: Chief Sub-Editor
I work on the Asia Desk in Singapore, editing general and political news stories from across the region. Before coming to Asia I was Reuters Northern Ireland correspondent.

Articles

China vows to punish H1N1 death cover-ups November 20, 07:14am EST 

(Adds comment from WHO, paragraphs 6-7, 9-10) By Huang Yan and Lucy Hornby BEIJING, Nov 20 (Reuters) - China has promised severe punishment for officials caught concealing deaths from H1N1 swine flu after a medical expert said suspect cases may have been ...  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Bombs and tipping points: Pakistan and Northern Ireland

Will the indiscrimate killing of civilians eventually destroy support for Pakistani Taliban.  Full Article | Comments [21] 

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More U.S. troops for Afghanistan

President Barack Obama is sending 17,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to fight a growing insurgency, but will they make a difference? America and its allies have far fewer boots on the ground in Afghanistan ...  Full Article | Comments [67]