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Burundi president, opposition to hold talks: UN chief
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» BUJUMBURA (BURUNDI) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and the opposition agreed Tuesday to hold talks to end a 10-month-old political crisis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
Greece protests at exclusion from Austria migrant summit
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» ATHENS - Greece on Tuesday protested to Austria for being left out of a planned Balkans migration mini-summit to be held this week, the foreign ministry said.
Honda chief moved on after disastrous season
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» BARCELONA - Honda's chief motorsport officer Yasuisha Arai will be replaced by Yusuke Hasegawa as the head of the Japanese giant's Formula One activities after a disastrous return to the sport last season.
Indonesia foils bid to smuggle baby turtles to China
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 4,000 protected baby turtles worth tens of thousands of dollars to China, customs officials said Tuesday.
Myanmar army chief sees no quick change to constitution
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2016
» YANGON -- Less than a week after a third transition meeting between Myanmar's commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the powerful army chief has pushed back against any quick changes to the constitution.
Govt OKs B93bn in loans for drought-hit farmers
Online Reporters, Published on 23/02/2016
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved 93 billion baht in loan packages largely aimed at helping farmers survive drought and improve productivity.
Over 100,000 migrants have 'crossed Mediterranean to Europe in 2016'
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» GENEVA - More than 100,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Greece and Italy so far this year, and 413 have lost their lives trying, the International Organisation for Migration said Tuesday.
'Indiana Jones' cinematographer Slocombe dies at 103
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» LONDON - British cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, who filmed the Nazi invasion of Poland and went on to work with Steven Spielberg on the "Indiana Jones" films, has died at the age of 103, his daughter told AFP.
Ex-Maldives leader asks for more prison leave
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» COLOMBO - Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has requested two more months' leave from prison after travelling to London for urgent medical treatment, the honeymoon island nation's government said Tuesday.
Bill Gates backs FBI in iPhone spat: report
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» PARIS - Microsoft founder Bill Gates is backing the FBI in its standoff with Apple over unlocking an iPhone in the probe of last year's deadly San Bernardino attacks, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.