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Three dead in new Bangladesh war crimes protests
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Bangladesh police on Saturday opened fire at Islamists protesting the conviction for war crimes of one of their leaders, killing three people outside the port city of Chittagong.
Tourism and jumbo smuggling linked
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Smuggling the world's largest land animal across an international border sounds like a mammoth undertaking, but activists say that does not stop traffickers supplying Asian elephants to Thai tourist attractions.
Study the past before using ISA, say experts
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/03/2013
» The government needs to study the hard lessons learned from the use of special laws in the southern border provinces before it considers expanding the use of the Internal Security Act (ISA), say experts.
Yala bomb kills two rangers
Online Reporters, Published on 02/03/2013
» Two military rangers were killed and 11 other people, including rangers and civilians, were wounded when a motorcycle bomb went off in Yala on Saturday.
Pheu Thai, Democrats race to the finish
Online Reporters, Published on 02/03/2013
» The ruling Pheu Thai and opposition Democrat parties campaigned frenetically for their Bangkok governor candidates on Saturday as voters prepared to deliver their verdict on Sunday.
Ahead of CITES, pressure to ban Thai ivory trade
Associated Press, Published on 02/03/2013
» You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate statuettes of the Hindu deity Ganesh for more than US$1,000 apiece, to tiny tusk pendants worth less than $10.
Record-breaking Maze wins Garmisch downhill
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Tina Maze won the women's downhill here on Saturday to break Hermann Maier's 13-year-old record for the most World Cup points collected in a season.
Bullet train derails in Japan: operator
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» A Japanese bullet train carrying about 130 passengers and crew derailed in heavy snow in northern Japan Saturday, although there were no reports of injuries, the rail operator said.
Ariya contending in Singapore
Published on 02/03/2013
» SINGAPORE — Stacy Lewis had to share the lead with Na Yeon Choi at the HSBC Women's Champions after the Korean birdied the 18th hole in a rain-delayed third round on Saturday at the LPGA HSBC Women's Champions event.
Rodman: Kim Jong-Un awesome
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Former NBA star Dennis Rodman lauded North Korea's new ruler as an "awesome kid" and his father and grandfather as "great leaders" at the end of his basketball diplomacy mission to Pyongyang.