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US box office receipts on course to set record
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» LOS ANGELES - Dinosaurs, superheroes and rappers have boosted box office receipts in the United States and worldwide, setting 2015 on course to be the biggest grossing year in movie history.
Migrant crisis threatens Europe's open border policy
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» BRUSSELS - Europe's cherished system of borderless travel is increasingly at risk as countries grapple with record numbers of refugees and migrants clamouring to enter their territory, officials and analysts say.
Malaysia PM urged to come clean on scandal at anti-graft meeting
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» PUTRAJAYA (MALAYSIA) - A global anti-corruption conference opened in Malaysia on Wednesday with a demand for the country's Prime Minister Najib Razak to come clean on a raging financial scandal.
Prawit leads security officials to China
Published on 02/09/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon left for China on Wednesday, accompanied by top security officials, for a four-day visit ending on Saturday.
Nabbed suspect admits he was at bomb scene
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/09/2015
» The suspect arrested in Sa Kaeo province has admitted to being at the Erawan shrine bombing scene but denied placing the bomb, deputy police chief Chakthip Chaijinda said on Wednesday.
Supreme Court clears former park chief in 'Billy' case
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 02/09/2015
» PHETCHABURI - The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld two lower-court decisions dismissing the case against the former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park for illegally detaining Karen rights activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen.
4,300 migrants arrive in Athens as govt holds crisis talks
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» ATHENS - The Greek government was set to hold talks Wednesday on the huge numbers of migrants landing on its shores, as 4,300 more people arrived in Athens overnight, most of them Syrian refugees.
World on track for warming 'far above' 2C target: analysts
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» BONN - Inadequate national targets for curbing climate-altering greenhouse gases meant emissions would be "far above" the level required to stave off disastrous global warming, analysts warned Wednesday.
Turkish man wanted for possessing Bangkok blast 'war materials'
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» BANGKOK - Thai police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a Turkish man over a bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people, identifying the nationality of a suspect for the first time in their probe.
'Almost all' China militants eliminated in Pakistan: president
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» BEIJING - Pakistan has eliminated "almost all" militants from China's Uighur ethnic minority on its territory, the country's president said Wednesday, as China conducts a crackdown within its own borders.