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'Top online pirate' arrested in Poland, charged in US
AFP, Published on 21/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - A Ukrainian alleged to be the ringleader of the world's biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content.
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Myanmar boom set to bring 7.5m visitors a year
AFP, Published on 03/08/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar is hoping to lure 7.5 million tourists a year by 2019, an official said Tuesday, as the impoverished former junta-ruled nation emerges as one of Southeast Asia's hot destinations.
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Japan's 'Little Tiger' treads samurai path to Muay Thai fame
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» TOKYO - A pint-sized Japanese woman with a humble, Zen-like philosophy is taking kickboxing by storm, battering rivals to become a world champion in the violent Thai martial art.
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'Happy Birthday' free for all
AFP, Published on 29/06/2016
» LOS ANGELES - A US federal judge on Monday signed off on a settlement that puts the song <i>Happy Birthday</i> out of copyright reach and into the public domain.
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Thais master Scrabble without English
AFP, Published on 01/07/2016
» Komol Panyasophonlert struggles to string an English sentence together, but the 31-year-old Thai computer programmer is still hoping to be crowned champion of the wordsmith's favourite boardgame, Scrabble, this week.
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Levi's jeans and Dr Martens boots become haute couture
AFP, Published on 02/07/2016
» PARIS - It's something that was just not done -- until now.
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Patriarchal India under pressure over marital rape
AFP, Published on 31/05/2016
» NEW DELHI - Almost immediately after Deepti's wedding at a traditional ceremony in the Indian capital, the horrific abuse began -- behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband.
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Pele sells his memories for $5 million
AFP, Published on 10/06/2016
» LONDON - The three-day sale of memorabilia belonging to world football icon Pele ended in London on Thursday with the artefacts sold for the princely total of £3.4million (about 176 million baht, $5 million, 4.4 million euros).
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Suu Kyi visits troubled Myanmar diaspora in Thailand
AFP, Published on 23/06/2016
» Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi arrives Thursday in Thailand where she is expected to be garlanded by her adoring compatriots, hundreds of thousands of whom have sought work and sanctuary from war across the border.
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Brexit: A sign of anti-elite revolt
AFP, Published on 25/06/2016
» PARIS - It was Britain's poorer and less-educated citizens -- angry at not having shared in the economic benefits of a new world order -- who pushed it out of the European Union, in a vote that threatens elites, analysts say.
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