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New York Times, Published on 13/08/2018
» The Buddha, in his laughing incarnation, is often depicted with a jolly smile and a giant, quivering belly. That model of plenitude seems ever more apt in Thailand, where the waistlines of the country’s Buddhist monks have expanded so much that health officials have issued a nationwide warning.
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/08/2018
» A Myanmar violinist missing for over 10 days was found in a hospital in Bangkok on Monday, where he was receiving treatment for a broken arm.
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader said Monday there would be neither war nor negotiations with the United States, and that the country's problems were the result of government mismanagement more than renewed sanctions.
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 13/08/2018
» KANCHANABURI: The headless body of a man was found floating in the Kwai Noi River in Sai Yok district on Monday.
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» KABUL - At least 100 security forces have been killed in the ongoing struggle to push the Taliban from the embattled Afghan city of Ghazni, a government minister said Monday, four days after the fighting began.
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the United States of seeking to stab Turkey "in the back" over a diplomatic row sparked by the detention of an American pastor that has sent the lira into a tailspin.
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» KABUL - At least 100 Afghan security personnel have been killed as troops backed by US airpower struggled to push the Taliban from embattled Ghazni city, officials said Monday, while residents reported food and medicine shortages four days after fighting began.
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» ISTANBUL - Turkey's lira has bled value against the dollar, leaving the country under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing its most serious economic challenge since a financial crisis in 2001.
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» PARIS - Much of the Turkish lira's plight may be homegrown, but it shares some key vulnerabilities with other emerging countries whose currencies are now also plunging as fear of contagion spreads, analysts say.
AFP, Published on 13/08/2018
» ST. LOUIS - US Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk unveiled the first eight members of his squad Monday and heaped praise upon Tiger Woods as a potential captain's pick to fill out the lineup.