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Malaysia cuts GDP forecast
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2013
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia slashed its growth forecast Wednesday, highlighting challenges facing Asian economies as China slows and investors anticipate a scaling back of extraordinary monetary stimulus in the United States.
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Spanish artist to share riches from botched fresco
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» An 82-year-old Spanish woman whose botched restoration of a painting of Christ made her a global laughing stock is to reap nearly half the riches from worldwide merchandising of the monkey-like image.
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Thai police seize 16 'illegal' elephants
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» Thai police said Wednesday they had seized 16 elephants from tourist destinations as part of a nationwide swoop on operators suspected of using smuggled wild pachyderms for entertainment.
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China's latest rooftop building: a temple
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» The latest rooftop architectural wonder highlighted in China is a temple that brings worshippers closer to the heavens by being on top of a 21-storey apartment block.
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Facebook chief in bid to widen global Internet access
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a campaign Wednesday with global technology giants to connect billions of people worldwide who lack access to the Internet.
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Indian state bans black magic after activist death
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» An Indian state government Wednesday passed legislation banning superstition and black magic, an official said, a day after a prominent champion of the bill was shot dead.
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WikiLeaks source Manning sentenced to 35 years
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» A military court sentenced US soldier Bradley Manning to 35 years in jail Wednesday for handing secret government documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in America's biggest-ever security breach.
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Merkel says no decision on Greek aid before 2014
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» German Chancellor Angela Merkel moved to defuse an election issue Wednesday by saying that any decision on a new aid package for debt-mired Greece would not come before next year.
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UN envoy says Myanmar failed to protect him in attack
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» The UN's rights envoy on Myanmar Wednesday slammed the nation's government for failing to protect him when his convoy came under attack in a town reeling from religious unrest.
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Pakistan blames India over latest deadly Kashmir clash
AFP, Published on 21/08/2013
» Pakistan accused Indian troops on Wednesday of killing an army officer and seriously wounding a soldier in the latest clash across the disputed border in Kashmir.
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