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Total launches gas project in Britain's Shetlands
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» LONDON - French oil and gas company Total officially launched a project off Britain's remote Shetland Islands on Monday, hailed by London as a "vote of confidence" in the flagging Scottish North Sea oil and gas industry.
Beijing Guoan's first home win eases pressure on Zaccheroni
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» SHANGHAI - Beijing Guoan eased the pressure on their under-fire coach Alberto Zaccheroni with a 2-1 victory over Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Shanghai SIPG -- their first home win of the season.
Striking Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions at Cannes
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» CANNES - Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore's retired hangmen.
Woman rushed to hospital with shark stuck to arm
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» MIAMI - A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a shark -- with the carnivorous fish still latched to her right arm, local media reported.
Cannes hotel deploys hawks to keep gulls away from rich and famous
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» CANNES (FRANCE) - The last thing rich and famous visitors to Cannes want is a cheeky seagull swooping in to nibble their peanuts or steal their steak.
Philippines' Duterte says communist leader welcome home
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» DAVAO, PHILIPPINES - The leader of the Philippines' communist insurgency will be welcome to return home after nearly three decades in exile and participate in peace talks, president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has said.
Striking Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions at Cannes
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore's retired hangmen.
Colombia nabs record-breaking eight tons of cocaine
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» BOGOTA - Colombian police have seized eight tons of cocaine from the country's main organized crime ring, the largest ever haul in the nation's history, the president said Sunday.
China media is silent 50 years after Cultural Revolution
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» BEIJING - Official Chinese media stayed largely silent about Monday's 50th anniversary of the start of the bloody Cultural Revolution, with discussion of the tumultuous decade still controlled on the mainland.
'Dead panda' scare over animal gifted to Taiwan by China
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» TAIPEI - Taipei Zoo was forced to deny reports that a giant panda gifted by China as a symbol of unity had died on Monday, in what initially appeared to be a frightening portent for cross-strait ties.