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Damascus residents defiant after Western strikes
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» DAMASCUS: Hours before dawn, a string of powerful blasts jolted awake residents of the Syrian capital. Emerging onto their balconies, they watched Western strikes light up the sky over Damascus.
S.Africa lays to rest 'Mama' Winnie Mandela
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - South Africa will lay to rest anti-apartheid icon and Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie Mandela with full state honours at a stadium funeral in Soweto on Saturday.
Key quotes from Trump's address on Syria
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump late Friday announced the launch of a joint US-British-French operation targeting Syria's "criminal" regime in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack that he called a "significant escalation" in the crisis.
Moody's upgrades Spain's debt rating, citing growth
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Ratings agency Moody's on Friday raised Spain's sovereign debt rating, citing improved growth prospects and a stronger banking sector.
GM to cut more than 1,000 US jobs tied to small cars
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» NEW YORK - General Motors will cut more than 1,000 jobs in the US tied to production of sedans that are in low demand, the automaker said Friday.
Doi Suthep: Judiciary not the villain
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 14/04/2018
» It is now almost certain that officials at the Region 5 Court of Appeal in Chiang Mai will not move into the new housing project on the slope of Doi Suthep after all.
PM must end intimidation
News, Editorial, Published on 14/04/2018
» The authorities' bullying of pro-democracy activists and students for their peaceful and constitutional gatherings has become both increasingly outrageous and ominously intimidating.
Kidnapped journalist team killed in Ecuador
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» QUITO (ECUADOR) - Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno on Friday confirmed the deaths of three members of a journalist team kidnapped by renegade Colombian rebels -- and launched a retaliatory military operation in the area where they were snatched.