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Words behaving badly
Guru, Jarupat Buranastidporn, Published on 15/07/2016
» If the politicians and people of power here do anything well, it's finding the right euphemisms to spin "bad" terms into, well, "not so bad" terms.
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Zika epidemic 'to fizzle out' within 3 years
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MIAMI - The outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, blamed for a surge in birth defects, has likely reached its peak in Latin America and the epidemic should be over within three years, researchers said Thursday.
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Pain-loving Schippers ready for different Rio experience
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MONACO - Dutch sprint sensation Dafne Schippers predicted that the Rio Olympics would be an altogether different experience from the London edition four years ago.
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ICC wary of fixing life-bans
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» LONDON - International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson poured cold water on suggestions match-fixers should face mandatory life-bans as Pakistan's Mohammad Amir made his Test return at Lord's on Thursday.
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Pokemon Go mania sweeps Turkey, but some want it banned
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» ISTANBUL - As Pokemon Go users try to "catch 'em all" in Turkey, some want to see the hit mobile app banned in the country, accusing it of undermining Islam.
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Messaging app Line soars in stock market debut
Published on 15/07/2016
» NEW YORK - Shares in the Asian hit messaging app Line, Thailand's favourite smartphone app, surged 27% in New York Thursday and 32% on the Tokyo bourse in the markets hungry for the newest technology IPO.
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'To Hell with the mosquitoes!' - McLeod disses Zika
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MONACO - Top Jamaican hurdler Omar McLeod delivered a rallying cry Thursday for those athletes headed to the Rio Olympics and concerned about the Zika virus.
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Nadal will be ready for Rio, says Spanish Olympic chief
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MADRID - Rafael Nadal will be fit and ready for Rio, the head of the Spanish Olympic Committee insisted Thursday, even though the 14-time Grand Slam title winner is still sweating on his place in the squad.
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Tour director evokes 'exceptional circumstances' for Froome decision
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MONT VENTOUX (FRANCE) - Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme explained that "exceptional circumstances" were behind the decision to reinstate Chris Froome with the race leader's yellow jersey.
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Microsoft wins fight to protect overseas data
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft on Thursday scored a big victory on a keenly watched privacy battlefront, with a US appeals court exonerating the company for refusing to give police user data stored overseas.
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