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Japan's 'sacred' rice farms rotting from inside
AFP, Published on 19/10/2014
» RYUGASAKI (JAPAN) - Shuichi Yokota may be the future of Japan's struggling rice industry.
With new entrants, streaming TV sees watershed moment
AFP, Published on 19/10/2014
» WASHINGTON - For years, the notion of on-demand, anywhere television has been slowly disrupting the traditional pay TV industry. Now it seems that streaming video has hit a watershed moment.
Golovkin KOs Rubio to keep middleweight crown
AFP, Published on 19/10/2014
» LOS ANGELES - World Boxing Association middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin stopped Mexico's Marco Antonio Rubio in the second round Saturday to keep his title, taking his 18th consecutive knockout triumph in emphatic fashion.
Unbeaten Walters KOs Donaire for title
AFP, Published on 19/10/2014
» LOS ANGELES - Undefeated Jamaican Nicholas Walters knocked out Filipino star Nonito Donaire with one second remaining in the sixth round Saturday to win the World Boxing Association featherweight title.
4,000 take part in Mount Fuji eruption drill
AFP, Published on 19/10/2014
» TOKYO - Nearly 4,000 people took part Sunday in a mass evacuation drill to test responses to a possible eruption of Japan's highest peak Mount Fuji, weeks after a nearby volcano blew its top and killed at least 56.
Most trekkers rescued from blizzard
dpa, Published on 19/10/2014
» KATHMANDU - Nearly all of the trekkers missing in a blizzard that killed at least 39 in Nepal have been rescued, authorities said on Sunday.
Large turnout for Apiwan's cremation
Online Reporters, Published on 19/10/2014
» A large number of people turned up at Wat Bang Phai in Nonthaburi's Bang Bua Thong district to attend the cremation of former deputy House speaker Apiwan Wiriyachai, reports said.
People oppose bribe scheme: Poll
Online Reporters, Published on 19/10/2014
» Most people oppose the scheme to give traffic police 10,000 baht each time they arrest someone who tries to bribe them, according to survey released by Nida Poll on Sunday, but they support the rewarding of people with evidence that can convict an officer asking for a bribe.
Serena slams 'sexist, racist' slur from Russian boss
AFP, Published on 19/10/2014
» SINGAPORE - World number one Serena Williams lashed out at "sexist" and racist" comments from the head of Russian tennis Sunday after he jokingly called her and her sister Venus the "Williams brothers".
Top naval officer, wife killed in accident
Online Reporters, Published on 19/10/2014
» A senior naval officer and his wife were killed after a car they were travelling in skidded off the road and rammed into a large tree in Koh Kha district of Lampang province on Sunday morning, police said.