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Bangladesh's unbanked poor hail 'revolutionary' service
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» DHAKA - For Rehana Akhter, rebuilding her life after losing her leg in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster is an uphill battle, but her struggle is eased slightly by digital technology.
Philippines takes precautions as volcano turns lively
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» MANILA - The Philippines has stockpiled food supplies in case of evacuations after a volcano emitted ash and smoke six times in recent weeks, officials said Sunday.
Suu Kyi eyes landslide election win
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» YANGON - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on her party Sunday to push for a landslide victory at crucial elections expected later this year as she celebrated her birthday with supporters.
Chinese woman pays to rescue 100 dogs from meat festival: report
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» YULIN (CHINA) - A Chinese woman has paid over $1,000 to save 100 canines from being eaten during a dog meat festival, media said Sunday, as activists have lashed out at the event labelling it cruel.
Germany, world champion in car-sharing
Published on 21/06/2015
» BERLIN — Car-sharing, pioneered in Switzerland in the 1970s, is gaining popularity across the globe as people shy away from the cost of owning and maintaining an automobile in big cities.
Fears after Islamic State group mines Syria's Palmyra
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» DAMASCUS - Islamic State group jihadists have mined the spectacular ancient ruins in Syria's Palmyra, an antiquities official and monitor said Sunday, prompting fears for the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Pope venerates mysterious Shroud of Turin
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» TURIN (ITALY) - Pope Francis prayed Sunday before the mysterious Shroud of Turin, believed by Christians to be the burial cloth of Jesus but held by sceptics to be a medieval fake.
Altice makes controversial 10bn-euro bid for Bouygues Telecom
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» PARIS - Franco-Israeli media magnate Patrick Drahi has offered over 10 billion euros ($11.3 billion) to buy out rival French mobile phone operator Bouygues Telecom in a move described as "undesirable" by the government.
Charleston massacre church reopens in triumph over 'the Devil'
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» CHARLESTON (UNITED STATES) - The church in South Carolina where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans, held Sunday its first service since the massacre, an emotional gathering celebrating the lives of those slain.
Paintings by Hitler sold at German auction for $450,000
AFP, Published on 21/06/2015
» BERLIN - Watercolour paintings and drawings by Adolf Hitler from about a century ago were sold at auction in Germany at the weekend for nearly 400,000 euros ($450,000), organisers said.