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Volvo fleet geared up for 36-hour battering
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» Storms claimed their first victim of leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race with the Abu Dhabi crew forced to return to harbour after their boat was damaged smashing into a steep wave.
Maoists kidnap two Italian tourists in India
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» Maoist rebels have kidnapped two Italian tourists in eastern India, police said Sunday, in what is believed to be the first abduction of foreigners by the left-wing militants.
Grieving Copts bid farewell to Pope Shenuda
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» Thousands of grieving Coptic Christians packed St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo on Sunday to bid farewell to Pope Shenuda III, his body on a wooden throne, as the church considered a new head for the anxious community.
Button wins thrilling Melbourne Grand Prix
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» McLaren's Jenson Button won the Australian Grand Prix in a thrilling start to the season Sunday as he held off two-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel in second place.
Thirayuth: No quick solution
Online Reporters, Published on 18/03/2012
» There is no immediate way to end the ongoing conflict between Thais, but there are things that can be done to solve existing problems in the long run, well-known academic and social critic Thirayuth Boonmee says.
80% in Japan 'support nuclear phase-out'
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» Eighty percent of Japanese want to phase out the country's reliance on nuclear power and eventually eliminate it, a poll said Sunday, a year after Japan was hit by a massive nuclear disaster.
10 killed in train-minivan collision in Indonesia
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» At least 10 members of one Indonesian family were killed on Sunday, as their minivan spun out of control after colliding with a moving train and flipped over in a nearby rice field.
Thaksin meets with Hun Sen
Online Reporters, Published on 18/03/2012
» Fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra visited Cambodia on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen on a personal matter and left the country the next day, a Cambodian news agency said on Friday.
Myhrer, Rebensburg reign in World Cup finale
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» Sweden's Andre Myhrer won the season-ending men's slalom to claim the World Cup title in the discipline on Sunday as Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg defended her women's giant slalom crown.
Pakistan gunfights, airstrikes leave 50 dead
AFP, Published on 18/03/2012
» At least 51 militants and four soldiers have been killed in air strikes and clashes with Pakistani security forces in the restive northwest over the past week, officials said Sunday.