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Ariya chases Ko's ranking top spot
AFP, Published on 01/09/2016
» TORONTO - A smiling Ariya Jutanugarn has set her sights on Lydia Ko's world No.1 ranking as the in-form Thai star chases her sixth win of the season at the Manulife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, starting on Thursday.
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China's 'Mistress hunters' on a mission
AFP, Published on 08/09/2016
» BEIJING - Don't get mad, get your opponent to surrender voluntarily: when Mrs Wang discovered her husband had been cheating on her for several years, she called in an elite team of Chinese "mistress hunters".
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Sukanya: Gold medal 'redemption' for 2-year ban
AFP, Published on 09/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Sukanya Srisurat said her Olympic gold Monday was redemption for serving a two-year-ban for doping offences as Thailand finished one-two in the women's 58kg to lead the weightlifting medals table.
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Indonesia declares, 'no room' for gays
AFP, Published on 11/08/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesia said on Thursday there was "no room" for the gay community in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, as activists blasted officials for an unprecedented series of LGBT attacks.
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Ariya, Pornanong carry Thai hopes in women's golf
AFP, Published on 16/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's Miriam Nagl will hit the first Olympic golf shot by a woman since 1900 on Wednesday while world number one Lydia Ko begins her quest for gold in the final group.
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Sick throng Indian capital's new, high-tech clinics
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» NEW DELHI - For asthma sufferer Mohan Lal, regular visits to the Indian capital's hospitals were a nightmare of waiting in endless queues in sweltering corridors that swarm with mosquitoes.
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Bitcoin not money, US judge rules in victory for backers
AFP, Published on 06/08/2016
» NEW YORK - Bitcoin, a Florida judge says, is not real money. Ironically, that could provide a boost to use of the crypto-currency which has remained in the shadows of the financial system.
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'Mosque-mobile' makes praying easier in gridlocked Jakarta
AFP, Published on 05/07/2016
» JAKARTA - As the call to prayer rang out across the Indonesian capital, Sutikno faced a dilemma -- the devout Muslim needed to set off through Jakarta's notorious traffic to pick up his wife but did not want to miss out on worshipping.
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Being overweight, obese cuts lifespan by one to 10 years: study
AFP, Published on 14/07/2016
» PARIS - Being overweight shaves about a year off one's life expectancy, a price which soars to about 10 years for the severely obese, a large-scale study reported Thursday.
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MH17 families steel for legal fight on second anniversary
AFP, Published on 14/07/2016
» THE HAGUE - The families of the 298 people who died when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine are steeling themselves for a slew of bitter legal battles, on the eve of the tragedy's second anniversary.
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