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Boston bombing trial opens with jury selection
AFP, Published on 05/01/2015
» The long-awaited trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began Monday with jury selection, 20 months after the shocking attack that killed three at the city's signature race.
Theatre group in junta crosshairs for 'defaming' Thai royals
AFP, Published on 05/01/2015
» Forced overseas to avoid arrest for defaming the Thai monarchy, members of a theatre group say the ruling junta has mired the kingdom in a witch-hunt as it ramps up prosecutions under the country's notorious lese majeste laws.
Bangladesh PM accuses rival of anarchy, year after polls
AFP, Published on 05/01/2015
» Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused her besieged opposition rival of trying to trigger anarchy Monday as security forces clamped down on protests on the first anniversary of her controversial re-election.
Suspected killer on trial in China wrongful execution case
AFP, Published on 05/01/2015
» A man who confessed to murdering a woman in China 18 years ago went on trial Monday, three weeks after a court cleared a teenager who was wrongfully executed for the crime.
Trial begins for 'Black Widow' killings
Published on 05/01/2015
» Trial proceedings began Monday for a Thai couple accused of murdering a 79-year-old Japanese man in September last year.
NACC delays reds probe
News, Published on 05/01/2015
» The investigation into the military crackdowns on red-shirt protesters in 2010 faces delay after new evidence was uncovered, said the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
Year off to good start for graft-fighters
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/01/2015
» After pushing aside our headaches, trials and tribulations to enjoy the week-long New Year holiday break, it is now time to get back into the real world.
High-tech licensing fails to dent road toll
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 05/01/2015
» The year began with the usual spike in holiday traffic crashes, leading policy-makers and activists into a fresh debate over road safety.
The assassin as hero
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/01/2015
» Every country needs heroes, men, women and teachers to hold up and be proud of, for children to emulate, to celebrate their feats. Extolled in books and movies, if not so heroic in real life, legends are built around them. If they don't exist, create them.
Deep South 11-year toll hits 4,000
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/01/2015
» Almost 4,000 victims have been killed in 16,969 violent incidents in the deep South over the past 11 years since the southern violence erupted, figures show.