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HK lawmakers reject Beijing-backed election plan
Associated Press, Published on 18/06/2015
» HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong government's controversial, Beijing-backed election blueprint was defeated in the legislature Thursday but the crucial vote came to a confusing anticlimax as pro-establishment lawmakers walked out just before it began.
Suspected fishing slaves found on Indonesian island nears 550
Associated Press, Published on 10/04/2015
» JAKARTA — The number of enslaved fishermen found on a remote Indonesian island has now reached nearly 550, after a fact-finding team returned for a single day to make sure no one had been left behind nearly a week after more than half of the men were removed in a dramatic rescue.
'James Bond' gets special mission
Associated Press, Published on 15/04/2015
» Daniel Craig, who won international acclaim playing James Bond, received a special mission on Tuesday when United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed the actor as the first UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards.
Russia blocks 'distorting' Hollywood thriller
Associated Press, Published on 15/04/2015
» MOSCOW — Russia's Ministry of Culture and a distributor have agreed not to release a new Hollywood movie, just a day before it was to open.
Australia's Nauru refugees to be sent to Cambodia Monday
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2015
» CANBERRA – Refugees rejected by Australia will soon fly from the Pacific atoll of Nauru to be resettled in Cambodia, the Australian government said Thursday.
UN urges faster inquiry into Billy's disappearance
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2015
» The United Nations human rights office called Thursday on Thailand to speed up an investigation into the disappearance of an ethnic-minority environmental activist who has helped villagers report illegal activity in Thailand's largest national park.
Pretties banned by Shanghai auto show
Associated Press, Published on 20/04/2015
» SHANGHAI — The Shanghai Auto Show banned scantily clad female models and automakers responded with dancers and fresh-faced young women holding tablet computers.
US ignores own law to allow imports of Thai fish caught by slaves
Associated Press, Published on 22/04/2015
» WASHINGTON — In its first report on trafficking around the world, the US criticised Thailand as a hub for labour abuse. Yet 14 years later, seafood caught by slaves on Thai boats is still slipping into the supply chains of major American stores and supermarkets.
Bird flu confirmed at US farm with 5.3 million chickens
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2015
» DES MOINES, UNITED STATES - Up to 5.3 million hens at an Iowa farm must be destroyed after the highly infectious and deadly bird flu virus was confirmed, the US Department of Agriculture said Monday.
EU to put Thailand 1 step away from fish ban
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2015
» LUXEMBOURG — The European Union is to give Thailand six months to drastically change its policies on illegal and unregulated fishing or face an EU seafood import ban by the end of the year.