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Thai spirit houses
Published on 14/09/2015
» A new video explaining Thai spirit houses to foreigners is getting many views on our website. It’s a good listening exercise and I’ve provide a transcript to make the text easier to understand. The accent is Australian, incidentally.
Tudor Pelagos
Published on 14/09/2015
» The modern adventure is a new neo-romantic vision of our relationship with nature, marked by the desire for outdoor experiences in which aesthetics play an important role. This trend originates from the simultaneous need for activity and the desire to take calculated risks against the backdrop of the great outdoors.
Germany puts in border controls
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» BRUSSELS - The EU said Germany's reinstatement of temporary border controls on Sunday "underlines the urgency" of the need for European Union member states to share the burden of accepting tens of thousands of refugees.
Hingis and Mirza win US Open women's doubles title
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» NEW YORK - Wimbledon champions Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza captured their second consecutive Grand Slam women's doubles crown Sunday, defeating Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final.
Georges de Paris, tailor to US presidents, dead at 81
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» WASHINGTON - Georges de Paris, a French tailor who came to America and ended up broke and homeless before resurrecting his career, making suits for US presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama, died Sunday at the age of 81.
Dyer sends Leicester second, Mason saves Spurs
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» LONDON - Nathan Dyer scored a brave 89th-minute winner as Leicester City stormed back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and claim second place in the Premier League on Sunday.
Werder leave it late to down Hoffenheim
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» BERLIN - Werder Bremen scored two goals in injury time to earn a 3-1 win at Hoffenheim on Sunday.
Serie A stalemates put Inter in sight of top spot
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» MILAN - Inter Milan will go top of Serie A with victory in Sunday's derby against AC Milan after all four afternoon fixtures in Italy's top flight finished in stalemate.
Pau stun Toulouse in turgid affair
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» PARIS - Second division champions Pau moved off the foot of the Top 14 table with a hard-fought 9-6 win over giants Toulouse on Sunday.
Norway's Boasson Hagen wins Tour of Britain
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» LONDON - Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed victory in the Tour of Britain on Sunday after the eighth and final stage was awarded to Italian Elia Viviani.