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Divisions run deep in politically fractured Thailand
AFP, Published on 18/12/2013
» The last time Thai activist Kanthoop saw her father he brushed past her like she was "invisible", a microcosm of bitter political divisions that have wracked Thailand and repeatedly spilled into unrest.
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Bangladesh PM, opposition leader hold election crisis talks
AFP, Published on 26/10/2013
» Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina invited opposition leader Khaleda Zia to dinner as they held rare talks Saturday in a bid to defuse a mounting crisis over forthcoming parliamentary elections.
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Georgia PM ally revels in big win at presidential poll
AFP, Published on 28/10/2013
» An ally of billionaire Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Monday basked in an overwhelming win at presidential polls in the ex-Soviet state to replace larger-than-life moderniser Mikheil Saakashvili after a decade in power.
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Sochi becomes focus for gay rights activists ahead of Olympics
AFP, Published on 28/10/2013
» To the surprise and displeasure of the Kremlin, the Winter Olympics in Sochi have become a rallying cause for the gay rights movement after Russia adopted a law slammed around the world as homophobic.
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Ex-Murdoch aides on trial over British phone-hacking scandal
AFP, Published on 28/10/2013
» The first trial in the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World opened Monday with the tycoon's key aide Rebekah Brooks in the dock alongside the British prime minister's former media chief Andy Coulson.
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Xinjiang 'suspects' named after Tiananmen crash
AFP, Published on 29/10/2013
» Chinese police have named two suspects from the restive Xinjiang region after a car crash on Beijing's Tiananmen Square killed five people, state-run media said Tuesday, as analysts said the incident looked like a premeditated attack.
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Malaysian leader strengthens hand in party polls
AFP, Published on 20/10/2013
» Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak strengthened his hand in ruling-party elections, but analysts said questions remain over his stop-start plans for reforms amid resistance from conservatives.
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Perez puzzle as McLaren face 33-year low
AFP, Published on 19/10/2013
» McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh has left the Formula One paddock in puzzled suspense by defending Mexican driver Sergio Perez as the storied team face a 33-year low.
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NASA lifts ban on Chinese scientists
AFP, Published on 21/10/2013
» NASA has reversed a decision to ban six Chinese scientists from a space conference, Chinese state media said, after prominent US astronomers vowed to boycott the meeting in a row over academic freedom.
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Precocious US political predictor looks to next venture
AFP, Published on 19/10/2013
» Rock star statistician Nate Silver, who made numbers cool by giving near-perfect predictions of US votes in 2008 and 2012, will soon relaunch his website in a new home, just in time for the next election cycle.
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