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Philippine economy posts 6.8% growth in 2016
Published on 26/01/2017
» MANILA - The Philippine economy grew by 6.6% from a year earlier in the fourth quarter of last year, bringing the full-year economic growth of the Southeast Asian country to 6.8%, authorities said on Thursday.
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Thousands protest European "invasion" on Australia Day
Published on 26/01/2017
» SYDNEY - Thousands of people turned out in cities across Australia on Tuesday, the country's national day, to protest a date that they say celebrates European invasion and the ongoing persecution of Aboriginal people.
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Inheritance tax takes effect in January
Online Reporters, Published on 26/01/2017
» <i>Originally published on 8 Aug 2015</i><p> The inheritance and gift taxes will take effect in January next year after the laws were published in the <i>Royal Gazette</i> on Wednesday.
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Dow hits all-time record of 20,000
Published on 26/01/2017
» NEW YORK. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday (Jan 25), resuming a rally that began in the wake of US President Donald Trump's surprise election victory.
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Manila asks US to take communist leader off terror list
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2017
» MANILA - The Philippines wants US President Donald Trump to remove the exiled leader of Philippine communists from a US terrorist list to enable him to come home for peace talks, government negotiators said on Wednesday.
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Trump: Mexico wall, refugee restrictions 'soon'
Published on 26/01/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will use his executive authority Wednesday to jump-start construction of a US-Mexico border wall, one of his signature campaign promises. He is also expected to target so-called sanctuary cities and potentially restrict the flow of refugees to the United States, according to administration officials.
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US court dismisses suit over 'forced-labour' Thai shrimp
Published on 26/01/2017
» NEW YORK - A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that superstore retailer Costco Wholesale Corp had knowingly sold frozen prawns, the farming of which involved forced labour in Thailand.
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Trump may reinstate CIA's 'black site' prisons
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2017
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is expected to order a review that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA programme to hold terrorist suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons that used interrogation techniques often condemned as torture, two US officials said on Wednesday.
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HRH awarded India's Padma Bhushan
News, Published on 26/01/2017
» Her Royal Highness Maha Chakri Sirindhorn was awarded the Padma Bhushan award by the Indian government yesterday.
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Top official accused of stealing paintings
News, Published on 26/01/2017
» A senior Commerce Ministry official accused of stealing three paintings from a hotel in Japan could face dismissal, a Foreign Ministry source says.
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