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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Brunei Brutality

    Protesters are boycotting the Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air and others with connection to the sultan of Brunei. The tiny country is only about the size of Rhode Island, but its oil wealth makes it one of the world’s five richest countries. The country just introduced new laws that impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Protesters are boycotting the Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air and others with connection to the sultan of Brunei. The tiny country is only about the size of Rhode Island, but its oil wealth makes it one of the world’s five richest countries. The country just introduced new laws that impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    3 of 5
    Mad Men, Adapting to Climate Change & Brunei Brutality
    1. 0:00Preparing Animals for Climate Change
    2. 8:43Desalination to Fight Drought?
    3. 16:28Brunei BrutalityYou’re reading this
    4. 24:38The Man Behind 'Mad Men'
    5. 41:19A History of Abuse in Hollywood
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