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India ends incentives for mild hybrid cars to fight air pollution
Published on 03/04/2017
» NEW DELHI - In a bid to curb air pollution, the Indian government has decided to withdraw incentives initially offered to mild hybrid vehicles under a scheme meant to promote electric and full hybrid models.
Vietnamese girl murdered in Japan buried in hometown funeral
Published on 03/04/2017
» HANOI - A murdered 9-year-old Vietnamese girl, whose body was recently found near a drainage ditch in eastern Japan, was buried Monday at a cemetery in her hometown in northern Vietnam, with about 600 family and friends attending the funeral.
Warhol's 'Mao' auctioned for $12.6m
Published on 03/04/2017
» HONG KONG - An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong was sold on Chinese soil Sunday for US$12.6 million (433 million baht) - much less than the US$15 million it expected to fetch.
PM Modi to Kashmir youth: Tourism over terrorism
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2017
» SRINAGAR - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the youth of Kashmir on Sunday to choose tourism and development over terrorism, shortly after inaugurating a 37.2 billion rupee ($574 million) highway tunnel in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.
9 die in China blast caused by illegal explosives
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2017
» BEIJING - An explosion in northern China's Shanxi province on Saturday evening killed at least nine and injured six, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Arsenal held 2-2 by Man City
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2017
» LONDON - Arsenal twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Manchester City in a tense Premier League encounter on Sunday and stay seven points behind the fourth-placed visitors.
Youth musical opposes Duterte's deadly drugs war
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2017
» MANILA - A Philippine youth theatre club staged a musical at a Manila park on Sunday, challenging President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs.
Separatist plan gets govt rebuke
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 03/04/2017
» Authorities have dismissed as nonsense a fresh move by some members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist movement seeking to "declare independence" from Thailand in 15 years.
Army opens probe into soldier's death
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2017
» The army has ordered a probe into the death of a 22-year-old private in the southern province of Surat Thani as his family suspects he was brutally beaten in a local army prison.
Military leader wears two hats
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 03/04/2017
» It is hard to imagine how a fan of soap operas who often chills out in front of the television at night can wake up the next morning to help lead soldiers in the fight against the southern insurgency.