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One dead, 50 feared trapped in S.Africa mall collapse
AFP, Published on 19/11/2013
» Hundreds of rescuers worked into the night searching for survivors in the rubble of a half-built mall that collapsed near the South African city of Durban Tuesday, killing one person and injuring dozens.
JPMorgan agrees record $13 bn deal for mortgage misdeeds
AFP, Published on 19/11/2013
» JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a record $13 billion settlement over mislabeled mortgage securities that federal and state authorities said stoked the financial crisis, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets
AFP, Published on 19/11/2013
» At nine o'clock in the morning in a garden shed behind a house in Amsterdam, a handful of alcoholics are getting ready to clean the surrounding streets, beer and cigarette in hand.
Suicide attack kills seven Taliban militants in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 19/11/2013
» A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle carrying Taliban militants in Pakistan's troubled northwest Tuesday, killing at least seven insurgents including a local commander, officials said.
Pheu Thai, House leaders raise pressure on court
News, Published on 19/11/2013
» The Pheu Thai Party says it will not accept the Constitution Court's ruling on Wednesday on the proposed charter amendment to alter the make-up of the Senate, whichever way it goes.
Senate backs govt version of borrowing bill Section 3
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/11/2013
» The Senate on Monday night voted to maintain the government's version of Section 3 of the two-trillion-baht borrowing bill.
Tarit threatens whistle-blowers
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/11/2013
» Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tarit Pengdith has threatened to take legal action against people who blow whistles at their political opponents.
Former foes now fighting together
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/11/2013
» Under a canvas shelter, current and former vocational students are resting on the mattress-covered ground.
Suthep announces push to impeach pro-amnesty MPs
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/11/2013
» Former Surat Thani MP Suthep Thaugsuban yesterday officially notified Senate Speaker Nikom Wairatpanich of his intention to file a petition for the impeachment of 310 MPs who voted to pass the amnesty bill which was later rejected by the Senate.
Somsak to give word on fate of censure bid
News, Published on 19/11/2013
» House speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont will announce today whether the Democrat Party's censure motion will be included on the House agenda.