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Ex-prostitutes drop civil action against DSK in pimping trial
AFP, Published on 17/02/2015
» LILLE (FRANCE) - Two ex-prostitutes on Monday dropped a civil suit against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn who is standing trial for pimping in France, their lawyer said.
New Czech tennis hope Pliskova takes another step forward
AFP, Published on 16/02/2015
» DUBAI - Czech talent Karolina Pliskova, 22, gave a further hint of an exciting future to come as she got the better of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Dubai Open on Monday.
IAAF closes on Russia doping sanctions
AFP, Published on 16/02/2015
» International athletics chiefs will start action against Russian athletes caught in doping scandals within three months and said Monday they want a coach at the centre of the scandal kicked out of the sport.
21 targeted in NACC's G2G rice probe
King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/02/2015
» Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom is among 21 people targeted in an investigative report forwarded to prosecutors by the National Anti-Corruption Commission over allegedly corrupt government-to-government rice deals consummated by the Yingluck Shinawatra government.
Jakarta court says Budi not suspect
dpa, Published on 16/02/2015
» JAKARTA — An Indonesian court on Monday ruled invalid a decision by the country's anti-corruption agency to name the sole nominee for the post of police chief as a suspect in a graft case.
Australians to be sent to Indonesia execution site this week
AFP, Published on 16/02/2015
» JAKARTA - Two Australian drug traffickers will be transferred this week to an Indonesian high-security prison before their execution by firing squad, with several other foreigners to follow, the attorney-general's office said Monday.
Policeman denies rape charge
Online Reporters, Published on 16/02/2015
» A Sai Mai police officer accused of attempted rape by a university student reported to Lat Phrao police early Monday to acknowledge three charges brought against him.
DSK trial revives question of world's oldest profession
AFP, Published on 16/02/2015
» LILLE (FRANCE) - In 19th century France, where prostitution was seen as a societal necessity by Napoleon, French men would take their sons to a legal bordello to be initiated into matters of the flesh by a professional.
Prayut rules out talks with Thaksin
Online Reporters, Published on 16/02/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Monday spurned a call by a member of the National Reform Council for him to talk with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in order to achieve national reconciliation, claiming the law doesn’t allow it.
S. Korea finally gets a new prime minister
AFP, Published on 16/02/2015
» SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye finally got a new prime minister on her third attempt Monday, despite claims by opposition lawmakers that her nominee was morally unfit for the office.