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China Southern to buy 10 Airbus planes worth $2.27 bn
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» BEIJING - China Southern Airlines announced Wednesday it would buy 10 aircraft worth a total $2.27 billion from European aerospace giant Airbus, as a Chinese boom in air travel defies slowing economic growth.
Senior Malaysian cop gets 100 years for rape
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - A high-ranking Malaysian policeman was on Wednesday sentenced to 100 years in prison and 15 strokes of the cane for raping and sodomising a 13-year-old girl in a hotel.
SET rises 12.84 to 1,274.50 points
Online Reporters, Published on 23/12/2015
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index rose 12.84 points, or 1.02%, to close at 1,274.50 points today.
Iraq forces in final push to retake Ramadi
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces closed in on the Islamic State group's last redoubts in central Ramadi Wednesday to retake the city they lost in May and further shrink the jihadists' "caliphate".
Britain 3rd quarter growth estimate cut to 0.4%
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» LONDON - Revised figures show Britain's economy grew more slowly in the third quarter than previously estimated.
Steve Smith named cricketer of the year
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» DUBAI - Australia captain Steve Smith has been named ICC cricketer of the year for 2015, the sport's Dubai-based governing body revealed on Wednesday.
Frenchman who decapitated boss kills himself in jail
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» PARIS - A Frenchman who killed his boss and pinned his severed head to a fence at an industrial gas factory has committed suicide in his jail cell, prison authorities said Wednesday.
Shooting inside Delhi courtroom kills policeman
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» NEW DELHI - An armed gang opened fire inside an Indian courtroom Wednesday, killing a policeman and sending the judge scurrying for cover, as a suspect was being brought up from the cells.
Don Mueang domestic passengers proceed to Terminal 2
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 23/12/2015
» Airports of Thailand Plc has advised all domestic passengers using Don Mueang airport to check in for their flights from Thursday at the renovated Terminal 2 building, which is scheduled for a partial opening.
Spain's Ciudadanos calls talks with conservatives, Socialists
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» MADRID - The leader of new Spanish centre-right party Ciudadanos, Albert Rivera, on Wednesday called for talks to form a pact with the conservative Popular Party and the Socialists to enable a stable government following inconclusive elections.