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‘Nam tok moo’, most popular in EU, US
Online Reporters, Published on 23/07/2014
» Nam tok moo, or spicy sliced grilled pork, has become the most popular dish in Thai restaurants in the European Union and the United States, according to the latest survey by the National Food Institute (NFI).
Chiang Mai to 'select' local councillors
Online Reporters, Published on 23/07/2014
» Chiang Mai will be the first province to select the members of local administrations on Aug 4, as required by the National Council for Peace and Order's announcement No 85/2557, according to provincial governor Suriya Prasartbandhit.
Indonesia election heads to court
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» JAKARTA - The ex-general who lost Indonesia's closely-fought presidential election will challenge the result in the Constitutional Court, a spokesman said Wednesday, after his team alleged that the winner Joko Widodo engaged in massive vote fraud.
Italy arrests five over migrant 'massacre' at sea
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» ROME - Italian police have arrested five migrants accused of the grisly murder of scores of fellow would-be refugees when fighting broke out on a boat making the treacherous crossing to Europe, local media reported.
Italy's cruise ship wreck begins final voyage
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Italy's once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise liner embarked on its last voyage on Wednesday, as tug boats began towing it from island wreck site to scrapyard grave in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history.
Bolt, Farah headline stellar line-up at Commonwealth Games
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and middle-distance king Mo Farah headline a stellar track and field line-up at the Commonwealth Games which start in Glasgow on Wednesday.
McKenzie sticks with familiar squad for Rugby Championship
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» SYDNEY - Ewen McKenzie Wednesday named a 32-man Australian squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship with few surprises, sticking with the group that is enjoying a seven-match winning streak.
Aussies hoping to rule the pool after Olympic flop
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» GLASGOW - Australia expect a glut of gold medals when the swimming action at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow gets underway on Thursday and bury the misery of their 2012 Olympic campaign.
S. Korean police slammed over ferry tycoon's body
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» SEOUL - South Korea's police force was pilloried as doltish and incompetent Wednesday after announcing that a body found six weeks ago was that of a fugitive tycoon at the heart of a months-long manhunt.
MH17 has strong echoes of 1983 Korean tragedy
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» SEOUL - The downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine has stirred memories of a 1983 incident when a Korean passenger jet was shot down by Soviet fighters in what then US president Ronald Reagan called a mid-air "massacre".