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Australian PM threatens early elections over union row
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull threatened Monday to hold early general elections in July unless the upper house agrees to pass deadlocked legislation to overhaul unions.
IMF: Vietnam’s economy at risk without reforms
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/03/2016
» Vietnam risks being vulnerable to external shocks if it does not push through reforms to strengthen its banking system and restructure state businesses, according to International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde.
Apple, US govt to face off in court over iPhone privacy
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES - The US government and Apple will face off in court on Tuesday in a closely-watched case that could have wide-reaching implications on digital security and privacy.
Searching for the last lions in Nigeria
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» YANKARI GAME RESERVE (NIGERIA) - Under a starless night sky in Yankari Game Reserve, Martial Kiki stands on the back of a battered pick-up truck searching for the last lions in Nigeria.
S. Korea says prepared for another North nuclear test
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» SEOUL - South Korea is fully prepared for North Korea to carry out a fifth nuclear test in defiance of tough UN sanctions imposed over its surprise fourth test in January, officials said Monday.
S. Korean activists to scatter millions of anti-North leaflets
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» SEOUL - South Korean activists said Monday they planned to launch millions of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, a move likely to escalate already elevated tensions on the divided peninsula.
ICC to hand down verdict against DRCongo ex-leader
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» THE HAGUE - War crimes judges deliver their verdict Monday against former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, blamed for vicious rapes and killings by his private army in neighbouring Central African Republic over a decade ago.
Indonesia's mentally ill languish in shackles
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» BREBES (INDONESIA) - In a small faith healing centre in rural Indonesia, Sulaiman chanted in a confused fashion, tugged at a chain attached to his ankle, and shifted restlessly on a hard, wooden bench.
Decision due on retrial for French rogue trader Kerviel
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» PARIS - Investigators will decide Monday on whether French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel has the right to a retrial over his conviction for gambling away 4.9 billion euros ($5.5 billion) and almost bankrupting one of Europe's biggest banks.
Money to burn? China firms seek new investors
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» SHANTOU (CHINA) - The Guangdong Yixiang Folk Culture Co. has a licence to print money -- thousands of lookalike US dollars roll off its clattering presses every minute, intended as burnt offerings for the heavenly bank accounts of Chinese ancestors.