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Don't be afraid
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/06/2015
» "Young Asean Teacher" has some musical advice on how to get rid of an annoying "allergy" (โรคภูมิแพ้) which causes a fear of talking to foreigners.
Bangkok Governor returns to city, keeps his job (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/06/2015
» Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra returned early from the Netherlands yesterday and immediately made a vigorous defence of his city's flood drainage efforts.
Greece's Tsipras to meet Merkel, Hollande on EU summit sidelines: Germany
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» BRUSSELS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the sidelines of a European Union summit, an official German spokesperson said on Wednesday.
EU, Latin America pledge deeper ties at summit
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» BRUSSELS - EU leaders vowed to complete normalisation talks with Cuba and offered funds for Colombia once peace is achieved as they opened a summit with their Latin American counterparts in Brussels on Wednesday.
Cuban author wins top Spanish prize for literature
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» MADRID - Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura, whose crime novels explore Havana's grubby underside, was on Wednesday awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias award for literature.
McClaren named Newcastle head coach
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» LONDON - Former England manager Steve McClaren has been appointed as the new head coach of Newcastle United on an initial three-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.
Pro-Tibet activists try to disrupt Chinese Olympic bid pitch
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» LAUSANNE - Pro-Tibet protesters tried to disrupt a presentation in Lausanne Wednesday for Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Computer worm enabled spying on Iran talks
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» WASHINGTON - A computer worm designed to gather foreign intelligence and widely linked to Israel was used to spy on negotiations with Iran on curtailing its nuclear program, security researchers said Wednesday.
Greece's Tsipras in last-ditch talks with European leaders
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» BRUSSELS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held last-ditch talks with European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday to seek a breakthrough that could stop Athens going bankrupt by the end of the month.
Low- and hi-tech solutions emerge for urban heat peril
AFP, Published on 11/06/2015
» BONN - Climatologists call it the "urban heat island" effect -- when a heatwave transforms a city into a furnace where citizens swelter, suffer or even die.