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Two N. Koreans swim across sea border to S. Korea: report
AFP, Published on 14/08/2014
» SEOUL - Two North Koreans swam across the sea border with South Korea on Thursday, a report said, in a rare maritime defection across the tense boundary.
Taxi crackdown
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/08/2014
» Gone from today? Drivers rejecting passengers, using bad language, failing to take passengers to their destinations, reckless driving and refusing to use the meter.
SET up 6.72 points at opening
Online Reporters, Published on 14/08/2014
» Thai stocks opened up 0.44% at the start of trade this morning.
B509m for student-loan debt collection
Online Reporters, Published on 14/08/2014
» The Office of the Student Loan Fund has reportedly allocated 509 million baht to hire debt collectors to hunt down defaulting students and retrieve the money.
'Far fewer' stranded on Iraq mountain than feared, US says
AFP, Published on 14/08/2014
» An American assessment team found "far fewer" Yazidis trapped in northern Iraq than expected, making an evacuation mission less likely, as the flight of minority groups from advancing jihadists showed no let-up Thursday.
Despite shaky start, Gaza truce extension holds
AFP, Published on 14/08/2014
» Millions in Gaza and southern Israel on Thursday enjoyed a welcome extension to a temporary truce despite a rocky start which saw a flurry of rocket fire and air strikes.
Australia's Fairfax Media nets profit after years of losses
AFP, Published on 14/08/2014
» SYDNEY - Australian media company Fairfax reported a Aus$224.4 million (US$208.7 million) annual net profit Thursday, returning to the black after three years of losses even as print advertising revenues slid further.
Appeals court denies Sterling bid to block Clippers sale
AFP, Published on 14/08/2014
» LOS ANGELES - A California appeals court rejected Donald Sterling's last-ditch bid to scupper the sale of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.
Guinea declares emergency as W.Africa awaits Ebola drug
AFP, Published on 14/08/2014
» Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak that has killed 377 in the nation a "health emergency" and more flights from hard-hit west African countries were cancelled as the region awaited shipments of experimental vaccine.
Japanese pitcher Darvish on disabled list
AFP, Published on 14/08/2014
» ARLINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The Texas Rangers have placed Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his right elbow.