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Regime must get its head out of the sand
News, Nopporn Wong-Anan, Published on 30/09/2016
» Ostriches bury their heads in the sand when they're scared or threatened, the myth goes. But in reality, it's an optical illusion, according to National Geographic Kids.
PM mulls 'Operation Mekong' ban
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 28/09/2016
» A Hong Kong-Chinese action film re-enacting the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in 2011 by a notorious Myanmar drug kingpin will be banned from being screened in Thailand if it is found to "damage" the country, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Tuesday.
Philippine militants got ransom for Norwegian, say analysts
AFP, Published on 19/09/2016
» MANILA - A notorious kidnapping-for-ransom gang in the strife-torn southern Philippines enjoyed another lucrative payday when it released a Norwegian hostage after a year in captivity, analysts said Monday.
Women, children 'tainted' by Boko Haram become Nigeria outcasts
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» MAIDUGURI (NIGERIA) - Starving and alone, five-year-old Umar was left for dead in a camp for internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria.
Israel locks down flashpoint Hebron after deadly attacks
AFP, Published on 02/07/2016
» HEBRON (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli troops locked down the occupied West Bank's most populous city Hebron and surrounding villages on Saturday after two Israelis were killed in Palestinian attacks nearby.
Former child soldier follows new path as country seeks peace
News, Published on 29/04/2016
» Melida was only nine when guerrilla fighters lured her away with the promise of food as she played on the floor. For the next seven years she was held hostage by the rebels, forced to become a child soldier.
Timeline of Abu Sayyaf militant group in Philippines
AFP, Published on 26/04/2016
» MANILA - The Abu Sayyaf Islamic militant group has terrorised the southern Philippines and nearby areas with a trail of bombings, kidnappings and beheadings since the 1990s.
Mexican army makes rare apology over woman's torture
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» MEXICO CITY - The Mexican army made a rare public apology on Saturday over a scandal in which two soldiers and a policewoman tortured a terrified woman in a video that went viral.
Women seen as effective suicide bombers
News, Tobin Harshaw, Published on 12/04/2016
» On a list of history's most notorious assassins, alongside John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and Gavrilo Princip, the name Thenmozhi Rajaratnam would probably draw mostly blank stares. But in her way, the Tamil Tiger terrorist -- who blew up herself, the Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi and 13 others in May 1991 -- has perhaps had the largest lasting influence.
Nine dead as Philippine troops clash with kidnappers
AFP, Published on 30/12/2015
» MANILA - Philippine security forces clashed with al-Qaeda-linked gunmen believed to be holding foreign hostages on Wednesday, leaving one soldier and eight of the gunmen dead, the military said.