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AFP, Published on 16/01/2018
» JAKARTA: At least 75 people were injured Monday when a mezzanine floor at Indonesia's stock exchange building collapsed into the lobby, police said.
AFP, Published on 03/09/2015
» GUATEMALA CITY - A judge issued an arrest warrant for Guatemala's President Otto Perez, who faces prosecution for allegedly masterminding a huge fraud scheme, a prosecutor said, a day after he was stripped of his immunity.
AFP, Published on 29/12/2014
» Two Thais accused of defaming the monarchy in a university play pleaded guilty on Monday amid an intensifying junta crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom's controversial lese majeste law.
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» JINDO (SOUTH KOREA) - When steel worker Huh Hong-Hwan heard his teenaged daughter might be trapped in a sinking ferry, he didn't hesitate.
AFP, Published on 07/07/2014
» China and Germany signed a series of trade and investment deals on Monday during a visit by Chancellor Angela Merkel, including agreements on two new Volkswagen factories and the sale of 123 Airbus helicopters.
AFP, Published on 19/06/2014
» You've chewed your nails nervously while watching a pulsating World Cup game and now it's time to savor victory -- or maybe drown your sorrows.
AFP, Published on 19/06/2014
» A time difference of up to 12 hours between China and Brazil has given Chinese wheeler-dealers a lucrative opportunity selling fake sick notes to football fans staying up all night to watch World Cup games.
AFP, Published on 19/06/2014
» The 11-hour time difference between China and Brazil has given Chinese wheeler-dealers a lucrative opportunity selling fake sick notes to football fans staying up all night to watch World Cup games.
AFP, Published on 15/06/2014
» Brazilian authorities have augmented the country's long list of public holidays during the World Cup to let the football-loving country enjoy the tournament and also cut down on traffic problems.
AFP, Published on 11/06/2014
» The protests, strikes and general malaise ahead of the World Cup in Brazil have been all the more surprising given the country's long-time love affair with football.