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Film set in Kumamoto aims to draw Thai tourists
Published on 06/11/2015
» A romantic comedy filmed in Kumamoto is being screened at theaters in Bangkok with an eye on drawing Thai tourists to the southwestern Japanese prefecture.
Japan promotes high-speed rail in Malaysia
Published on 06/11/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii has pitched his country's shinkansen bullet train system in his meeting with Malaysian regulators in Kuala Lumpur.
Why Thailand must protect its international reserves
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/11/2015
» In 1997 Thailand quickly lost foreign currency reserves & plunged into crisis. Riskier assets would put reserves at risk.
Syria jihadists capture regime town along vital road
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» BEIRUT - Jihadists on Thursday seized a key town along a vital road in Syria's central Hama province, where regime forces are struggling to gain ground despite a month of Russian air strikes.
Castro visits Mexico to relaunch ties
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» MéRIDA (MEXICO) - Raul Castro heads to Mexico on Thursday in the first visit by a Cuban president in 13 years, cementing a diplomatic renewal following tensions between his brother Fidel and conservative governments.
Germany may prosecute VW over emission lies
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» FRANKFURT - German prosecutors on Thursday launched an investigation into new allegations that Volkswagen lied about the carbon dioxide emissions of up to 800,000 cars, as the auto giant sinks ever deeper into a massive pollution-cheating scandal.
Iran: Death to American consumer goods
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» TEHRAN - Iran is banning the entry of US consumer goods, the commerce and industry minister said Thursday, as the country prepares for a lifting of economic sanctions.
Berlin moves to protect its Wall from souvenir-hunters
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» BERLIN - A quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city said Thursday it would build a barrier to protect the longest surviving stretch from a sharp rise in vandalism.
Mourinho fails in appeal against suspended stadium ban
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» LONDON - Troubled Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho failed in his appeal against a suspended stadium ban on Thursday.
Rossi starts last in Valencia as CAS dismiss appeal
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» MADRID - Valentino Rossi's world title hopes were dealt a potentially fatal blow on Thursday when the Italian lost his appeal over being relegated to the back of the grid for Sunday's season-ending Valencia Grand Prix.