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China rolls out PR push on Muslim internments
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» BEIJING: China on Tuesday issued an ardent defence of the alleged mass internment of minorities in its far west Xinjiang region, with a regional official insisting that authorities are preventing terrorism through "vocational education" centres.
B10m contraband cigarettes seized in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/10/2018
» SONGKHLA: Customs officials have seized untaxed imported cigarettes worth about 10 million baht from a van and a pickup truck at a petrol station in Chana district on Tuesday.
Police: No evidence to back claim of Koh Tao rape
Online Reporters, Published on 16/10/2018
» Police investigators have concluded there is insufficient evidence to substantiate a young British woman's claim in UK media that she was raped on Koh Tao in Surat Thani in June.
Man found hanged in Khon Kaen police cell
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 16/10/2018
» KHON KAEN: A man was found hanged in a cell at Chum Phae police station in this northeastern province after being brought in to calm down.
Senior NACC official named as road-rage gun-pointer
Online Reporters, Published on 16/10/2018
» The man who pointed a gun at another motorist at the government complex on Chaeng Watthana Road has been identified as a high-level official of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) after a video clip of the incident went viral on social media.
Indian court gives life sentence to guru, 14 followers
Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2018
» HISAR, India: A court in northern India has sentenced a Hindu guru and 14 followers to life imprisonment in the deaths of four women and a child at his sprawling ashram.
Brexit clouds on horizon for Holyhead's lifeline port
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» HOLYHEAD (UNITED KINGDOM) - Hundreds of trucks roll off the docks at Holyhead every day, bringing goods to and from Ireland in an economic lifeline for this deprived corner of Wales, which is now threatened by Brexit.
The female car mechanic driving change in patriarchal Pakistan
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» MULTAN (PAKISTAN) - Since picking up a wrench as one of the first female car mechanics in conservative Pakistan, Uzma Nawaz has faced two common reactions: shock and surprise. And then a bit of respect.
Pompeo in Saudi for crisis talks on missing journalist
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» RIYADH: US top diplomat Mike Pompeo was in Saudi Arabia for urgent talks with King Salman Tuesday seeking answers about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, amid US media reports the kingdom may be mulling an admission he died during a botched interrogation.
'Culture shock' - China golfers backed despite rough year
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» HONG KONG - When the PGA Tour Series-China reached its climax at the weekend, the five top money-winners earned cards for America's Web.com Tour, one rung below the elite PGA Tour.