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China to build airport in Nepal's scenic Pokhara
Published on 13/04/2016
» KATHMANDU — The construction of Nepal's second international airport, to be both funded and built by China, began in the western resort town of Pokhara on Wednesday with the laying of foundation stones, officials said.
Ayutthaya gets a water park for one day
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/04/2016
» Families in several districts of Ayutthaya had their own Songkran water park today.
Twin talents
Published on 13/04/2016
» (From Student Weekly) Home is a safe place where we can escape life’s drama, but in the upcoming ghost movie, Take Me Home: Sook San Wan Kab Baan, home can be a house of horrors.
Rousseff accuses VP of treachery in Brazil 'coup'
AFP, Published on 13/04/2016
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff branded her vice president a traitor Tuesday and said he was a conspirator in a "coup" using impeachment proceedings to bring down a popularly elected government.
European showing at Masters encourages Clarke
AFP, Published on 13/04/2016
» LONDON - European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke said Tuesday he was delighted by the "wonderful" showing of the continent's top golfers at the Masters.
Taylor could have been 'fantastic' for England: Hussain
AFP, Published on 13/04/2016
» LONDON - Former captain Nasser Hussain said James Taylor was on the brink of becoming a "fantastic England player" after the Nottinghamshire batsman was forced into retirement on Tuesday because of a heart condition.
Racing skipper Szarzewski to miss European Cup semi
AFP, Published on 13/04/2016
» PARIS - Racing 92 hooker and captain Dimitri Szarzewski will miss the European Champions Cup semi-final against Leicester later this month with a knee injury.
Merkel stresses value of free speech in Erdogan satire spat
AFP, Published on 13/04/2016
» BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday spoke about the importance of free speech as Berlin weighs a Turkish request to prosecute a German TV satirist who crudely insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
VW managers in hot seat over bonus payments
AFP, Published on 13/04/2016
» FRANKFURT - Public debate is raging in Germany this week over whether top executives at Volkswagen should be paid generous bonuses as the carmaker struggles to stem further fallout from its massive engine-rigging scandal.
PSG in tactical gamble, Toure benched by City
AFP, Published on 13/04/2016
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc sprang a major tactical surprise by deploying an untested 3-4-1-2 formation for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Manchester City.