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Hold on tight
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/01/2015
» One of the first things this one-day-old common squirrel monkey at the Chiang Mai zoo is learning is to hold on tightly to its mother.
"No Japanese passengers"; Bangkok taxis react to FB complaint (updated)
Published on 21/01/2015
» Some Bangkok taxi drivers are apparently refusing to take Japanese passengers in reaction to the banning of an airport taxi driver at the centre of a Japanese man’s viral Facebook complaint. The taxi drivers' association denies any involvement, however.
Three Russian Olympic champions banned for doping offences
AFP, Published on 21/01/2015
» MOSCOW - Olympic 50 kilometre walk champion Sergei Kirdyapkin and two other Russian Olympic gold medalists were on Tuesday banned by the Russian anti-doping agency.
Canadian snipers 'take out' ISIS troops in Iraq
Published on 21/01/2015
» TORONTO - Canadian soldiers opened fire on Islamic State group extremists in Iraq over the last week in what was apparently the first ground firefight between Western troops and ISIS.
Turkey central bank cuts rate after Erdogan pressure
AFP, Published on 21/01/2015
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's central bank on Tuesday cut its main interest rate for the first time in six months, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to pressure the bank into relaxing monetary policy to boost growth.
Doha dope test may cost Brazil team three golds
AFP, Published on 21/01/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian short-course relay team may lose three gold medals after swimmer Joao Gomes failed a dope test from the December 2014 world championships, Brazilian TV reported on Tuesday.
Woman jailed for accusing ex-minister
Online Reporters, Published on 21/01/2015
» The Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to three years imprisonment and ordered her to pay one million baht compensation after finding her guilty of perjury and defamation in accusing former deputy interior minister Sombat Uthaisang of raping her.
Work starts on 2nd Mae Sot bridge
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 21/01/2015
» Construction has begun of the second Thai-Myanmar bridge across the Moei River, linking Mae Sot district in northern Tak province and Myawaddy town in Myanmar.
Ex-MP Karun jailed for defaming rival
Online Reporters, Published on 21/01/2015
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday found former Pheu Thai Bangkok MP Karun Hosakul guilty of defaming former Democrat Party MP Tankhun Jitt-itsara and sentenced him to 16 months in jail.
What's new in business news: January 21, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/01/2015
» Palm oil in biodiesel halved to relieve shortage, CP Group strategic partnership in China with Japanese trading house Itochu & export risk factors this year include currency & end of EU privileges.