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35 minutes at a Trump campaign stop in Dubuque, Iowa
News, AFP, Published on 02/02/2016
» "Turn to your neighbour and tell them why you're going to caucus for Donald Trump," one of the candidate's men instructs the hundreds of people gathered in an airport hangar in the Iowa city of Dubuque.
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Canada likely to legalise, market marijuana
AFP, Published on 09/12/2015
» OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau raised eyebrows when he admitted to having dabbled in marijuana while a member of parliament, but his pledge as prime minister to legalise pot has been broadly cheered.
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China internet czar defends web policies
AFP, Published on 14/12/2015
» BEIJING - China's internet chief fiercely defended his country's strict management of the web last week, saying that censorship of content Beijing deems illegal is necessary to protect online freedoms.
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Queens of the greens - how South Korea rules women's golf
AFP, Published on 11/11/2015
» SEOUL - Other golfers beware. With an ultra-competitive domestic tour and a seemingly limitless supply of young, talented players willing to sacrifice everything for success, South Korea's dominance of world women's golf is not going away -- and if anything, it could get even stronger.
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The takeover of a media icon
AFP, Published on 30/11/2015
» HONG KONG - Chinese internet tycoon Jack Ma's mooted buyout of Hong Kong's struggling <i>South China Morning Post</i> could see the paper prosper from his Midas touch, analysts say, but also further erode its independence and with it the city's press freedoms.
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Temple fights drug addiction with horses and boxing
AFP, Published on 18/09/2015
» CHIANG RAI - Every morning in Thailand's far north, a convoy of orange-robed Buddhist monks and novices riding on horseback leave their mountain-top temple in the kingdom's notorious Golden Triangle region to collect alms.
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Alarm sounded over Myanmar's betel habit
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» Plying his trade in the seemingly eternal gridlock of Myanmar's now booming commercial hub, he is more than used to spending long days on the roads and <em>kun ja</em> — better known as betel nut or quid — is the one thing that keeps him going.
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With Asia's dating apps, love by numbers or chaperone
AFP, Published on 29/07/2015
» HONG KONG - Move over Tinder -- a crop of dating apps in smartphone-addicted Asia is offering to recruit friends for group dates or send along a chaperone to steer the course of romance.
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S.Africa's top poacher-hunting pooch flies into battle
AFP, Published on 28/07/2015
» KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (SOUTH AFRICA) - Barking and snarling in his cage, "Killer" -- South Africa's most successful poacher-catching canine -- looks ready for another helicopter mission tracking down armed hunters who slaughter rhinos for their horns.
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Smooth piste for Beijing's 2022 bid
AFP, Published on 30/07/2015
» China came of age as an Olympic power when it hosted the spectacular Beijing 2008, a display of the unlimited resources and political will some say are essential to its bid for the 2022 Winter Games.
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