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Ill Tiger shows progress but settles for 70
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» ORLANDO - An ill Tiger Woods made his first eagle in 16 months on his way to a two-under par 70 in Friday's rain-hit second round of the Hero World Challenge.
Adrian, Ledecky nab more US short-course gold
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» GREENSBORO (UNITED STATES) - Olympic 100m freestyle gold medallist Nathan Adrian won the 200-yard freestyle at the USA Swimming's Winter Nationals.
Chinese man extradited to US on nuclear smuggling charges
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» BOSTON - A Chinese man accused of smuggling "highly sensitive" parts for nuclear production to Iran was extradited to Boston on Friday where he will face federal charges.
NZ drug accused held in Bali a dating scam victim: family
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» WELLINGTON - A New Zealand man who faces the death penalty if convicted of drugs charges in Indonesia appears to be the victim of an online dating scam, according to his family Saturday.
Hackers threaten Sony staff in new email
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» LOS ANGELES - Sony Pictures staff received a threatening email claiming to be from the hackers who breached the entertainment giant's computer network, reportedly with warnings that they and their families were "in danger."
53,000 fled Myanmar, Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» GENEVA - About 53,000 people left Bangladesh and Myanmar on treacherous smuggling boats bound for Thailand and Malaysia this year, about 540 of them dying on the journey, the UN refugee agency said Friday.
UN Security Council to meet on North Korea rights record
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The UN Security Council will meet this month on North Korea's rights record following calls to refer Pyongyang to face crimes against humanity charges, a spokesman said Friday.
Koh Tao victims' families call evidence 'convincing'
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» LONDON - The families of two Britons murdered on Koh Tao say the evidence against the two Myanmar migrants accused of the crime is convincing, in statements supportive of a much-criticised police investigation.
Steve Jobs gives posthumous testimony in Apple trial
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» NEW YORK - Three years after the tech world mourned his passing, Apple mastermind Steve Jobs was back from the dead giving posthumous testimony in a video at a US antitrust trial.
Two Thais win titles in beauty contests
Online Reporters, Published on 06/12/2014
» A Thai woman has been crowned Miss Intercontinental 2014 for the first time in Madgeburg, Germany on Thursday while another won the first runner-up title in another international pageant in Warsaw, Poland, the following day.