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Three charged over Australia's largest meth seizure
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2019
» CANBERRA: Three people have been charged with drug offences over Australia's largest seizure of methamphetamine, which had been smuggled to Melbourne from Bangkok in stereo speakers.
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Korean court orders easing of abortion ban
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2019
» SEOUL: In a major reversal, South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the easing of the country's decades-long ban on abortions, one of the strictest in the developed world.
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Anupong: Rescue success hinges on drainage
Associated Press, Published on 26/06/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Intensive efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for three days hinge on pumping out water so that navy divers have headroom to operate, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday.
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Woman rescued from Indonesia landslide after 13 hours
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» JAKARTA: Rescuers in Indonesia pulled a woman alive from a car trapped by a landslide for 13 hours as torrential rains caused havoc in parts of the capital and neighbouring West Java, killing at least five people.
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'Shape of Water' dominates Oscar nominations
Associated Press, Published on 24/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Guillermo del Toro's lavish monster romance <i>The Shape of Water</i> fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman nominated for best director and <i>Mudbound</i> director of photography Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman nominated for best cinematography in nominations announced Tuesday for the 90th annual Academy Awards.
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US parents starved kids until they stopped growing
Associated Press, Published on 19/01/2018
» RIVERSIDE, California: A California couple tortured a dozen of their children for years, starving them to the point their growth was stunted, chaining them to their beds for months at a time and forbidding them from showering more than once a year or using the toilet, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
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UN: World population to reach 9.8 billion in 2050
Associated Press, Published on 22/06/2017
» UNITED NATIONS - India's population is expected to surpass China's in about seven years and Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States and become the third most populous country in the world shortly before 2050, a UN report said on Wednesday, while Thailand - along with the US, the UK, Germany, Brazil, China, Russia, Japan and Vietnam - is a "low fertility country".
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IS claims concert bombing
Associated Press, Published on 23/05/2017
» MANCHESTER - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that left 22 people dead and sparked a stampede of young concertgoers, some still wearing the American pop star's trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons.
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UK police shoot 1, arrest 6 others in counter-terror raids
Associated Press, Published on 28/04/2017
» LONDON -- British counter-terror police have shot a woman and arrested six people in raids in London and southeastern England. A senior officer said Friday the arrests disrupted an active terrorist plot.
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Romance novellas by women challenge tradition
News, Associated Press, Published on 19/08/2016
» Nestled among vegetables, plastic kettles and hand-dyed fabric in market stalls are the signs of a feminist revolution: Piles of poorly printed books by women that advocate forcefully against conservative Muslim traditions such as child marriage and quick divorce.
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