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30,000 attend funeral for Cambodia ruling party chief
Kyodo News, Published on 19/06/2015
» Cambodia on Friday held a cremation ceremony for veteran political figure Chea Sim, which was attended by more than 30,000 people.
Salty drinking water: Salinity rises sharply yesterday (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/06/2015
» Bangkok has had considerable rain this year, but the areas that supply it with water have not. The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) says the city water supply is getting saltier as a result and there was a sharp rise yesterday, forcing a temporary stop to production.
Man Utd legend Keane not guilty over 'road-rage' incident
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» LONDON - Former Manchester United star Roy Keane was found not guilty on Friday of a public order offence after a taxi driver accused him of a foul-mouthed tirade during an alleged road-rage incident.
Landslide threat to infamous Tour de France stage
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» LYON - Tour de France planners are scrambling to find a solution to a landslide threatening the 20th and penultimate stage, the feared climb to L'Alpe d'Huez, where 250,000 tonnes of dirt and rock appear ready to fall.
PM repeats rice-delay plea
Published on 19/06/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has repeated his plea to farmers to delay planting of the main rice crop because of a water shortage.
Church gunman 'deserves death'
Published on 19/06/2015
» CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — The white gunman charged with killing nine people during a shooting spree at a Charleston church should get the death penalty, South Carolina's governor said on Friday.
US church shooting suspect charged with nine murders
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» CHARLESTON (UNITED STATES) - The young white man arrested following a gun massacre in a black church in the US state of South Carolina has been charged with nine murders, city police said Friday.
Yemen peace talks collapse
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» GENEVA - Yemen's warring parties have failed to reach a deal at UN-hosted peace negotiations in Geneva that are set to wrap up Friday, Yemen's foreign minister in exile said
Global terror attacks soar in 2014, deaths up 81%: US
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» WASHINGTON - Global terror attacks soared by a third in 2014 with an 81 percent spike in the number of deaths, the United States said Friday in a grim annual report.
Iconic Paris store finally gets makeover approval
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» PARIS - French authorities gave the go-ahead Friday to renovate the iconic former Parisian department store La Samaritaine on the River Seine, ending years of legal wrangling over the historic site.