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AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» YANGON - Myanmar election authorities on Tuesday suggested postponing landmark November polls, a spokesman for Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party said, throwing doubt over the timing of the first credible elections in generations.
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» MANILA - The Philippine capital's decrepit train network will start issuing certificates of delay to tens of thousands who are late for work because of daily breakdowns, the government said Tuesday.
AFP, Published on 11/05/2015
» THITU ISLAND, SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Philippines plans to turn some disputed South China Sea islands into tourist sites to promote peace as China builds suspected military facilities on nearby reclaimed reefs, Filipino officials said Monday.
AFP, Published on 15/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil defied dire predictions to deliver one of the best World Cups in history, but with two years until the Rio Olympics, organizers are racing against the clock all over again.
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the World Cup has been a success but acknowledged the host country's football team needs reform after its humiliating elimination from the tournament.
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» BRASILIA (BRAZIL) - The BRICS group of emerging powers will launch its own development bank at a summit next week, using its growing influence to establish a counterweight to Western-dominated financial organizations.
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Wednesday he was confident Brazil's World Cup humiliation would not sour the mood ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and that the city would be ready.
AFP, Published on 04/07/2014
» An unfinished overpass being built for the World Cup crashed down on several vehicles in Brazil's southeastern city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring 22.
AFP, Published on 28/06/2014
» Asia is refusing to give up on World Cup success despite its worst performance in 24 years when the four teams did not manage a win between them.
AFP, Published on 27/06/2014
» With a goofy sales pitch, piercing vuvuzela solos and giant green and yellow hat, Brazilian entrepreneur Josimar Barbosa was wooing customers and raking in a World Cup windfall.