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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) helps put a blanket on Peng Liyuan, wife of China's President Xi Jinping, as they watch watch a lights and fireworks show to celebrate Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting, at National Aquatics Center, or Water Cube, in Beijing, November 10, 2014. CHINA STRINGER NETWORK, REUTERS

BEIJING -- It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive.

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Worse still were off-color jokes that began to circulate about the real intentions of the divorced Russian president - a heartthrob among many Chinese women for his macho, man-of-action image.

That was too much for the Chinese authorities.

The incident at a performance linked to this week's Asia-Pacific summit originally was broadcast on state broadcaster CCTV and spread online as a forwarded video. But it was soon scrubbed clean from the Chinese Internet, reflecting the intense control authorities exert over any material about top leaders while also pointing to cultural differences over what's considered acceptable behavior in public.

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"China is traditionally conservative on public interaction between unrelated men and women, and the public show of consideration by Putin may provide fodder for jokes, which the big boss probably does not like," said Beijing-based historian and independent commentator Zhang Lifan.

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University students across Sydney have been paying other people to write their essays using a website called MyMaster. Lisa Visentin and Amy McNeilage report.

NSW universities are in damage control following a Fairfax Media investigation that revealed hundreds of students across the state were engaging the services of an online essay writing business.

On Wednesday, the Herald exposed an online business called MyMaster, run out of Sydney's Chinatown, that had provided more than 900 assignments to students from almost every university in NSW, turning over at least $160,000 in 2014.

Yingying Dou, who is the director of the MyMaster website, has taken the site down. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

A number of universities were holding emergency meetings when Fairfax Media called for comment this morning and most have declined requests for an interview.

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Professor Andrew Parfitt, the deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle, said the institution was "disappointed" but denied the cheating was systemic and said that there were mechanisms in place to catch offending individuals.

"I can't guarantee we can identify individual cases all the time. But we can identify across the course of a full course somebody who is systematically doing this sort of thing," he said, speaking on ABC Newcastle radio on Wednesday morning.

The MyMaster website received at least $26,410 from students at the University of Newcastle who submitted 123 requests for ghost written assignments - the second-highest number of requests from the 16 universities affected.

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CNN has said that it is suspending broadcasting in Russia in light of recent changes in Russian media legislation, which aim to tighten the control on independent news media.

A statement from CNN International parent Turner International, which is part of the Time Warner conglomerate, offered no specific timetable, but the Tass news agency reported earlier that broadcasts would cease as of December 31.

Turner International is assessing its distribution options for CNN in Russia in light of recent changes in Russian media legislation, the Turner statement had said yesterday.

We are bringing our existing distribution relationships to an end while we do that. We hope to re-enter the market in due course, and will notify our partners of any update about resuming these services.

The statement noted that the CNN Moscow bureau operation, which covers Russia for the cable news operation, was unaffected.

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The move comes with Russian President Vladimir Putin increasingly at odds with independent news media, especially over coverage of the Ukraine crisis.

A new law limits foreign ownership of media to 20 per cent, threatening some of the countrys most respected independent media outlets.

The largest media organisations in Russia are owned by the state or controlled by Putin associates.

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County commissioners acknowledged Monday that Judge George Zimmerman, justice of the peace for Precinct 4, will be retiring effective at the end of the month.

Zimmerman, 78, who did not run for re-election, is retiring for health reasons. He served for 18 years.

I have to start thinking more about me and my health, instead of the job, Zimmerman said. Ive been scheduling doctors appointments around my on-call schedule and its getting to where I cant do that anymore.

Zimmermans successor will be John Wesley Barton, who won the Republican primary in March. He garnered 61 percent of the vote against two other opponents. Commissioners plan to appoint Barton to the judges post the day after Zimmermans retirement goes into effect. He would have assumed the position in January.

Barton previously worked in the Texas Department of Public Safety.

I think hes a man of high integrity and a good Christian, Zimmerman said of Barton.

County Judge Mike Bradford said Zimmerman, or Judge Z, has fulfilled his duties with no issues from the Commissioners Courts end.

He has been a loyal public servant from the first day he arrived, Zimmerman said. We wish him nothing but the best what whatever life he chooses to pursue now.

Zimmerman offered advice to the incoming judge.

If it goes like it did the last 18 years, hes going to have double the work in 18 years than he does now, Zimmerman said.

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