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Cambodia erects memorial for Khmer Rouge mass victims
Kyodo News, Published on 26/03/2015
» Cambodia erected Thursday a memorial for the victims of the Khmer Rouge, appeasing the anger of survivors who have been waiting for such move for more than three decades after the fall of the regime in 1979.
China to join Asean meeting on South China Sea
Published on 26/03/2015
» BEIJING — China announced Thursday it will participate in a multilateral meeting next week to discuss issues related to conduct in the South China Sea.
The clean-up act
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/03/2015
» "Being a street sweeper is an honourable job, despite what society tells you," Sinuan Cha-ngak told the Bangkok Post. Here, in her own words, are some of the things she said about her job.
Pro-rebel forces seize Yemen's Aden airport: witnesses
AFP, Published on 26/03/2015
» ADEN - A Yemeni army brigade linked to Shiite rebels seized Aden's airport Wednesday as anti-government fighters advanced on the southern city where President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has taken refuge, witnesses said.
Ghani: IS terror threat squeezing Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 26/03/2015
» WASHINGTON - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani warned Wednesday that Islamist extremists will soon "come knocking on our door," and stressed to US lawmakers that the region must unite in a battle against them.
One Direction's Malik quits the band
AFP, Published on 26/03/2015
» LONDON - Zayn Malik has left British boy band One Direction but the group will continue without him, they said Wednesday, in news set to break the hearts of millions of teenage girls worldwide.
Pozzovivo takes stage as Rolland moves into overall lead
AFP, Published on 26/03/2015
» GIRONA (SPAIN) - Italian Domenico Pozzovivo won the third stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Wednesday as France's Pierre Rolland took the overall lead.
IAAF to fight Russian doping punishments
AFP, Published on 26/03/2015
» MONACO - The IAAF said Wednesday it is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the "selective" punishments handed out by the Russian athletics federation against six athetes found guilty of doping.
Yelp expands Asian presence with Taiwan launch
AFP, Published on 26/03/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Yelp launched Wednesday in Taiwan, in an expansion of the Asian presence of the popular consumer business review service.
US charges ex-Taliban POW with desertion
AFP, Published on 26/03/2015
» WASHINGTON - The US soldier who was held by insurgents for five years after disappearing from his post in Afghanistan has been charged with desertion and "misbehavior before the enemy", officials said Wednesday.