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Japan's largest drugstore chooses Bangkok for international launch
Kyodo News, Published on 27/10/2015
» Japan's largest drugstore operator, Matsumotokiyoshi, will open a store in Bangkok this week, its first abroad, and a second by the end of the year, the head of the company's new Thai joint venture said Tuesday.
Support materials: Online/Offline, you can read the Bangkok Post
Published on 27/10/2015
» Support materials and updates, including audio files and digital vocabulary flashcards, in support of Terry Fredrickson's book "Online/Offline, you can read the news — and improve your English at the same time".
Tragic new album by late Roy Orbison due out
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» NEW YORK - Roy Orbison, the legendary rockabilly singer whose life was marked by tragedy, has a new album coming out nearly 30 years after his death.
Kenyan duo to defend New York marathon titles
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» NAIROBI - Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany will return to New York on Sunday to defend their marathon titles, hoping victory will help secure them places in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
New WTA boss vows 'fundamental' calendar changes
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» SINGAPORE - Newly appointed Women's Tennis Assocation (WTA) chief executive Steve Simon Monday vowed "fundamental changes" to the sport's gruelling schedule following a rash of injuries among top players.
12 schoolgirls killed in post-quake Afghan stampede
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» KABUL - At least a dozen schoolgirls were trampled to death in the remote northern Afghan province of Takhar, in the most horrifying tragedy to emerge so far from a quake that rocked parts of South Asia Monday, killing at least 180 people.
Myanmar trains controversial 'election police' in Rangoon
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» YANGON - In a makeshift classroom in downtown Rangoon, rows of uniformed men listened to lessons on election security Monday as they prepared to join Myanmar's controversial 40,000-strong special polling day police force.
China's richest man 'doubled fortune in 12 months': Forbes
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» BEIJING - China's richest man saw his fortune balloon by nearly $17 billion -- a sum larger than the GDP of Iceland -- in the past year, business magazine Forbes said Monday.
China travel firms in share-swap deal: Bloomberg
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» BEIJING - Two of China's largest online travel firms have agreed to a share swap and partnership deal to create the country's biggest Internet travel service, Bloomberg News reported Monday.
Beckenbauer admits to 2006 World Cup bid 'mistake'
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» BERLIN - German football legend Franz Beckenbauer admitted making a "mistake" in the bidding process to host the 2006 World Cup but on Monday denied that votes were bought.