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France arrests on-the-run 'Pink Panther' gang member
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» French police have arrested a suspected member of the infamous Pink Panther gang of international jewel thieves who had been on the run since escaping from a Swiss prison in May.
England's gamble backfires as new boys toil
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» England's selection gamble backfired as surprise debutants Simon Kerrigan and Chris Woakes suffered a chastening introduction on the first day of the fifth Test against Australia on Wednesday.
Fish withdraws from US Open
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» American Mardy Fish announced Wednesday that he has withdrawn from the US Open because of a health problem.
Australian PM Rudd pressures election rival on cuts
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» Australia's embattled Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Wednesday used a televised forum to confront his election rival Tony Abbott on spending, demanding the opposition leader reveal where he would make cuts if elected.
Indonesia arrests four over Myanmar embassy plot
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» Indonesian police have arrested four men suspected of involvement in a failed plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, an official said Wednesday.
Eighteen dead as Indonesia bus plunges into river
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» Eighteen people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday when a bus plunged into a river as it returned from a church outing on Indonesia's main island of Java, police said.
Scientists find another flu virus in Chinese chickens
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» Scientists studying the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed more than 40 people since March said Wednesday they had discovered another H7-type virus lurking in chickens in China.
China police detain protesters at Bo trial venue
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» Protesters gathered outside a courthouse in eastern China Wednesday in hopes of taking advantage of the media frenzy surrounding the country's highest-profile case in decades, the trial of ousted politician Bo Xilai.
332 more Thais seek to flee Egypt
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 22/08/2013
» The government has decided to arrange a charter flight to evacuate another 332 Thai citizens out of strife-torn Egypt as anti-government protests spread to the outskirts of Cairo.
Thai drug smuggler gets death sentence
News, Published on 22/08/2013
» HANOI : A Thai drug smuggler has been sentenced to death in Vietnam, state media said yesterday.