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Myanmar opens first biomass power plant
Published on 29/03/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar has utilised Japanese know-how to open its first biomass gasification power plant in its capital city Nay Pyi Taw.
Asian football: Iran close to World Cup, China on the bubble
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2017
» Iran took a significant step towards qualifying for next year's World Cup finals with a 1-0 win over China on Tuesday that pushed Marcello Lippi's team closer to the brink of elimination.
'Screaming, howling monster' Cyclone Debbie batters Australia
Published on 29/03/2017
» SYDNEY - Howling winds, heavy rain and huge seas pounded Australia's northeast on Tuesday, damaging homes, wrecking jetties and cutting power to thousands of people as Tropical Cyclone Debbie tore through the far north of Queensland.
'Carlos the Jackal' sentenced to life - again
Associated Press, Published on 29/03/2017
» PARIS (AP) - A French court on Tuesday convicted the man known as "Carlos the Jackal," once the world's most-wanted fugitive, of a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade and sentenced him to life in prison for the third time.
Britain poised to begin EU exit
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2017
» LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit divorce papers on Wednesday, pitching the United Kingdom into the unknown and triggering years of uncertain negotiations that will test the endurance of the European Union.
Trump scraps Obama-era climate policies
Reuters, Published on 29/03/2017
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations that his administration says is hobbling oil drillers and coal miners, a move environmental groups have vowed to take to court.
Young drink-drivers targeted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2017
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the traffic law that makes it easier to prosecute young people who drink and drive.
PM denies army seeks energy control
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2017
» The government has dismissed claims that the military will seek to control national energy resources via a national oil corporation (NOC) proposed under the new petroleum bill, and is blaming an energy activist group for pushing the controversial energy body.
Graftbusters smell rat in CCTV deal
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/03/2017
» The Office of Anti-Corruption will investigate all committees involved in a 405-million-baht closed-circuit television project for schools in Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Songkhla between 2014 and 2015.
Land law unfairly punishing the poor
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/03/2017
» Impoverished people living in forested areas are still suffering from the government's policy on suppressing forest encroachment despite the primary target being people with wealth, the People's Movement for a Just Society (P-move) said yesterday.