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Time 'running out' for Thailand's dwindling hornbills
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2019
» Conservationists warn that time is running out for Thailand's dwindling population of helmeted hornbills, thanks to poaching of the exotic birds for the ivory-like casques atop their big yellow beaks.
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King Power’s Vichai struck gold in business and football
Associated Press, Published on 29/10/2018
» Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed in a car park next to the soccer club's stadium, was known to fans as a smiling, benevolent man who gave away free beers and hot dogs on his birthday and brought his Leicester City Football Club its fairytale English Premier League title in 2016. He was 60.
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Saudi Arabia to allow movie theatres after decades of ban
Associated Press, Published on 11/12/2017
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it will allow movie theatres to open in the conservative kingdom next year, for the first time in more than 35 years, in the latest social push by the country's young crown prince.
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Famed conductor Dutoit accused of sexual misconduct
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2017
» SAN FRANCISCO: Three opera singers and a classical musician say that world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit sexually assaulted them - physically restraining them, forcing his body against theirs, sometimes thrusting his tongue into their mouths, and in one case, sticking one of their hands down his pants.
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How do airlines decide who gets a seat upgrade on flights?
Business, Associated Press, Published on 03/11/2017
» NEW YORK: Ever wonder how airlines decide who gets a seat upgrade on flights? Airlines say it's strictly by the book: Loyal customers are rewarded based on their status in frequent flyer programmes.
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H-bomb or not, experts say N. Korea near its nuclear goal
Associated Press, Published on 07/09/2017
» TOKYO -- North Korea's latest nuclear test was part theatre, part propaganda and maybe even part fake. But experts say it was also a major display of something very real: Pyongyang's mastery of much of the know-how it needs to reach its goal of becoming a full-fledged nuclear state.
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US agents foil Chinese, spirit family out of Thailand
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2017
» BEIJING - Stuck in a Bangkok jail with a deportation order against her, Chen Guiqiu waited with dread over what seemed certain to come next. A Thai immigration official showed her surveillance video of the jail entrance, where more than a dozen Chinese security agents were waiting.
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Don Rickles dies: 'king of zing' and insults
Associated Press, Published on 07/04/2017
» NEW YORK - He was only kidding.
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Mexico spared worst of Patricia's wrath
Associated Press, Published on 24/10/2015
» PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO — Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia pushed rapidly inland over mountainous western Mexico on Saturday, weakening to a tropical storm while dumping torrential rains that authorities warned could cause deadly floods and mudslides.
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Police: Suspect may have escaped
Associated Press, Published on 23/08/2015
» Almost a week on since the deadly Bangkok bomb attack, national police chief Somyot Pumpunmuang said investigators need some luck to catch those behind it, and they have already left the country.
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