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Net access seen as 'basic human right'
dpa, Published on 25/11/2014
» LOS ANGELES - Affordable internet access should be a "basic human right," according to a large majority of respondents to a global survey published Monday.
ANA flight makes emergency landing
dpa, Published on 21/11/2014
» MANILA — An All Nippon Airways flight carrying 192 people from the Philippines to Japan on Friday was forced to turn back after smoke billowed from the cockpit, the airline said.
China likely to reject Abe meeting
dpa, Published on 06/11/2014
» TOKYO — Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to hold an official meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week due to a territorial spat and the premier's visit to a controvrsial war shrine, Japanese media reported Thursday.
Thailand aids huge fake-goods seizure
dpa, Published on 06/10/2014
» Thai authorities cooperated with more than a half-dozen Asian and European countries in an operation that resulted in the seizure of more than 1.2 million forged goods and 130 million cigarettes over two weeks, the European Commission announced Monday.
Myanmar's mobile war heats up
dpa, Published on 26/09/2014
» YANGON — Norway-based telecoms giant Telenor announced Friday it would start mobile services in Myanmar's second-largest city, Mandalay, over the weekend, as it vies for market share in the country's recently opened-up mobile sector.
Thai AirAsia X launches Japan flights
dpa, Published on 01/09/2014
» Tokyo — Thai AirAsia X launched flight services between Bangkok and Japan on Monday amid an increase of Thai tourists coming to the country.
Sola Aoi takes diplomacy to China
dpa, Published on 21/08/2014
» BEIJING - In her white sneakers, Sola Aoi tiptoes through the Beijing studio as if she were wearing 20-centimetre-high heels. Every finger nail is covered with a different combination of rhinestones, glitter and plastic.
Japanese man planned to father 1,000 children
dpa, Published on 16/08/2014
» A Japanese man suspected of fathering at least 15 surrogate children in Thailand planned to sire as many as 1,000, The Japan Times reported Friday.
Myanmar tourism surges in 2014
dpa, Published on 07/08/2014
» YANGON — Tourist arrivals to Myanmar in first half of 2014 increased more than 40% compared with the same period last year, officials said Thursday.
Vietnam woman said world's oldest
dpa, Published on 23/07/2014
» HANOI — A 121-year-old Vietnamese woman has been announced as the oldest living person, local officials said Wednesday.