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Furyk holds onto Bridgestone lead
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» Jim Furyk, who is chasing his 17th USPGA Tour title, fired an even-par 70 in the third round to maintain his lead at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
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UN weighs in on Philippine birth control debate
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» The United Nations warned that failure to pass a controversial birth control law in the Philippines could reverse gains in development goals amid stiff opposition from the powerful Catholic Church.
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Detentions as Vietnam breaks up anti-China protest
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» Vietnamese police detained at least 20 people as they broke up a protest in Hanoi against Beijing's territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea, witnesses said.
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Fukushima refugees cheer for native son in Olympics
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» A Japanese track cyclist from the no-go zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is helping unite a community scattered by last year's quake-tsunami disaster as they cheer him on in the London Olympics.
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B36m drug bust in Ubon
Online Reporters, Published on 05/08/2012
» Two men and a woman were arrested with 120,000 speed pills and 500 gramme of ya ice, or crystal methamphetamine, with a combined street value of 36 million baht in Ubon Ratchathani's Khemarat district on Sunday.
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Troubled American out to be first Queen of boxing
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» American boxer Queen Underwood will look to put behind her the misery of years of child abuse by winning the inaugural women's lightweight Olympic title when the competition gets underway on Sunday.
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Mafia cashes in as hard-up Italians flog their gold
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» Italy's traditional goldsmiths are up in arms over a boom in the poorly regulated cash-for-gold sector that is making billions for the mafia as hard-up Italians rush to sell off their bling.
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Taiwan proposes peace initiative over island row
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» Taiwan presented a peace proposal aimed at easing mounting tensions in a territorial dispute over an island chain in the East China Sea also claimed by China and Japan.
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Gay taboo turns to pride in Vietnam
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» Communist Vietnam is considering legalising same-sex marriage, which would catapult it to the fore of gay rights in Asia, where traditional values dominate many societies and sodomy is illegal in some.
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Philippine school bans Muslim hijab
AFP, Published on 05/08/2012
» A Catholic-run school in the southern Philippines has caused controversy by banning Muslim students from wearing the hijab headscarf.
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