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Roberts injured as Cambridge lose Varsity match
AFP, Published on 11/12/2015
» LONDON - Wales international Jamie Roberts went off with a dead leg as Cambridge University lost 12-6 to Oxford University in the 134th Varsity match at Twickenham on Thursday.
Nehwal stuns world champion Marin
AFP, Published on 11/12/2015
» DUBAI - India's Saina Nehwal kept her Super Series finals chances alive with one of the most remarkable wins of her career on Thursday -- a 23-21, 9-21, 21-12 triumph against world champion Carolina Marin.
Tourism industry: Migrant workers paid less, work more hours
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/12/2015
» Foreigner migrant workers working as waiters, gardeners & cleaners in tourism sector often get below minimum wage & work more hours, so what incentive is there to hire Thai workers.
Japan slammed for fuelling illegal ivory trade
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» TOKYO - A conservation group slammed Japan Thursday for fuelling illegal ivory trading and smuggling through poor law enforcement.
Supreme Court orders seizure of Kamnan Sia's assets
Online Reporters, Published on 10/12/2015
» The Supreme Court has ordered the seizure of 30 million baht in assets from former Democrat Party MP Pracha “Kamnan Sia” Phothipipit, and his associates over a bid-rigging case.
Vietnam's airports operator raises $49.6m in largest IPO of year
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/12/2015
» Airports Corp of Vietnam, the sole operator of the country’s airports, raised 1.12 trillion dong (US$49.6 million) Thursday in the nation’s largest initial public offering this year.
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Tunisia's guardians of democracy
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» OSLO - The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on Thursday to four organisations that helped save Tunisia's transition to democracy through dialogue, a method the laureates are keen to see applied in Syria and Libya.
Climate change: How bad can it get?
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - Ministers in Paris have until Friday to conclude a 195-nation pact to stop Earth's climate becoming inhospitable to humans and other species.
Two arrested in Australia over terror plot
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» SYDNEY - Two people, including a 15-year-old boy, were arrested on Thursday in Sydney over a terror plot targeting a government building, with authorities expressing alarm at the age of those being radicalised.
FBI chief: California killers radicalized before they met
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» WASHINGTON - The Muslim husband and wife who killed 14 people in an attack on a year-end party in San Bernardino, California were radicalized at least two years ago, before they met online, FBI Director James Comey said.