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Brownlee brothers go head to head in Commonwealth medal push
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» GLASGOW - The Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonathan, are betting on an intense sibling rivalry in their drive for a top-of-the-podium finish in the triathlon at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
Ex-Pheu Thai MP faces lese majeste
Online Reporters, Published on 23/07/2014
» An arrest warrant has been issued for former Pheu Thai executive and red-shirt co-leader Col Apiwan Wiriyachai for an alleged lese majeste offence committed at a political rally.
Japan faces 'comfort women' issue
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/07/2014
» Japan has failed to atone sufficiently for its actions in World War II, said a former foreign minister who wrote an apology over the use of wartime “comfort women.”
Mountains jersey tactic helps Majka to second stage win
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Rafal Majka won his second stage of the 2014 Tour de France on Wednesday and also extended his lead in the King of the Mountains standings.
Scottish police stop Sri Lankan motorway cyclists
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» GLASGOW - Police on Wednesday pulled over four cyclists from Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games team after spotting them riding on one of Scotland's busiest motorways, the M74.
Pakistani, Indian top diplomats to meet in August
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» ISLAMABAD - The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India are set to meet in Islamabad next month in the neighbouring countries' latest attempt at improving ties.
No evidence of tampering with MH17 voice recorder: probe
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» THE HAGUE - Dutch lead investigators into the shooting down over Ukraine of flight MH17 said Wednesday that data from the cockpit voice recorder was intact and had not been tampered with.
42 dead in Nigeria attacks targeting ex-dictator, cleric
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Two bombings in a key Nigerian city targeting a prominent cleric and a former head-of-state killed at least 42 people on Wednesday, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists.
World airlines shun Israel for second day
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Major airlines shunned Israel for a second day on Wednesday amid fears that rocket fire from Gaza could endanger flights into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport.
Feed probe after Queen's Gold Cup winner fails drug test
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» LONDON - A horse-feed firm launched an investigation on Wednesday into the failed drugs test of Estimate, the Gold Cup winner owned by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.