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Thailand snubs forced-labour pact
Reuters, Published on 12/06/2014
» GENEVA - Perpetrators of forced labour, which affects an estimated 21 million people globally, will be punished in most countries under a UN treaty clinched on Wednesday, despite being snubbed by Thailand and nearly all Gulf countries.
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Nolberto Solano to help Hua Hin FC
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2015
» Former Newcastle United midfielder Nolberto Solano has agreed to become the new manager of Thai regional side Hua Hin FC, local media reported.
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Apple Watch goes on sale in Asia
Reuters, Published on 24/04/2015
» TOKYO — The Apple Watch launched globally on Friday with a small queue of Japanese tech addicts lining up in Tokyo for Apple Inc's first wearable gadget, but there was no sign of the excitement usually attached to the company's product rollouts.
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Nine await mass execution in Indonesia, as hopes for reprieve fade
Reuters, Published on 28/04/2015
» CILACAP, INDONESIA — Nine drug traffickers met their families for what could be the final time at an Indonesian maximum-security prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected international pleas for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed, possibly within hours.
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Tensions rise after 'weak' response to Nepal quake
Reuters, Published on 29/04/2015
» KATHMANDU – Nepali officials conceded they had made mistakes in their initial response to a massive earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 people, as survivors stranded in remote villages and towns waited for aid and relief to arrive on Wednesday.
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Myanmar navy holds 700 migrants offshore for 3rd day
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2015
» YANGON – More than 700 migrants found packed aboard an overcrowded boat in the Andaman Sea were still being held offshore by Myanmar's navy on Monday, more than three days after the converted fishing vessel was intercepted off the country's coast.
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17 CCTV cameras tracked Koh Tao backpackers' final hours
Reuters, Published on 22/07/2015
» KOH SAMUI — The final hours of two British backpackers killed on Koh Tao last year were tracked by more than a dozen security cameras, a court was told during the resumption of the trial of two Myanmar men accused of their murder.
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US grants Myanmar trade sanctions relief
Business, Reuters, Published on 09/12/2015
» WASHINGTON — The United States is temporarily easing trade restrictions on Myanmar by allowing all shipments to go through its ports and airports for six months, an effort to boost the Southeast Asian country's opposition party after its landmark election win in November.
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Asean militant attacks give urgency to US-led bomb training
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2016
» CHA'AM -- A major Asian city is rocked by a car bomb as VIPs arrive for a summit. Nearby, a man on a motorbike detonates his suicide vest. People gather, emergency crews arrive -- then a third explosion rips through the crowd.
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Human trafficking trial opens amid fears for witnesses
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2016
» The trial of 92 suspected human traffickers, arrested after the discovery of shallow graves of migrants in a southern jungle, began in Bangkok on Tuesday and the attorney-general's office said it would be over within a year amid fears about the safety of witnesses.
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