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Fear and isolation for Myanmar's remaining Rohingya
AFP, Published on 05/04/2018
» MRAUK U, Myanmar: By the twisted standards of Myanmar's Rakhine state, Abdullah is one of its more fortunate Rohingya residents.
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Ivanka and North Korean general to attend Olympic closing
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» SEOUL - US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka will come face-to-face with a top North Korean general at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony in the South this weekend, it emerged Thursday.
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VietJetAir buys 63 A320s in Singapore
AFP, Published on 11/02/2014
» SINGAPORE - Fledgling carrier VietJetAir on Tuesday ordered 63 Airbus A320 jets with a list price of US$6.4 billion (211 billion baht) in a massive expansion programme that underscores Asia's central role in the future of world aviation.
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Toyota still top dog in auto sales
AFP, Published on 23/01/2014
» TOKYO - Toyota sold a record 9.98 million vehicles last year, it said Thursday, outpacing rivals General Motors and Volkswagen to maintain its title of world's biggest automaker.
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Brit kickboxer gets 25yrs for murder
AFP, Published on 28/11/2013
» The Criminal Court sentenced a British kickboxer to 25 years in prison Thursday for the murder of a former US Marine following a bar fight on the island of Phuket.
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Philippines growth hits 7.5%
AFP, Published on 29/08/2013
» MANILA - The Philippines economy expanded 7.5% in the April-June quarter, the government said Thursday, as higher public and consumer spending helped it defy an Asian slowdown.
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Court halts shark culling in New Caledonia
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» NOUMEA - A court in New Caledonia on Thursday ordered the authorities to stop hunting sharks, saying multiple culls were a "disproportionate" response to any danger to swimmers.
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'Competitive animal' Nadal back for one last hurrah
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» SYDNEY - More than two decades after bursting on the scene, the sun is setting on Rafael Nadal's storied career with the Spanish gladiator hoping his creaking body can hold up long enough to see out the season.
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Jailed, unseated, exiled: Hong Kong opposition party shuts its doors
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» HONG KONG - Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party's founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.
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Explosion, blaze at Guinea fuel depot leave eight dead
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» CONAKRY - Eight people have been killed after a powerful explosion at the main fuel depot in Guinea followed by a fire that rocked the centre of the capital Conakry early on Monday.
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