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Israel shelling kills Palestinian ahead of Gaza protests
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli shelling killed a Palestinian farmer in Gaza early on Friday, the enclave's health ministry said, just hours before the launch of mass protests along the border.
Migrants wait to get stamped, refugee-style
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/03/2018
» Migrant worker Som Nang sat waiting with his wife and their two-year-old daughter for hours on Wednesday night for his turn to register at the Labour Ministry's One Stop Service centre.
Thanathorn to hand over reins
Business, Jesus Alcocer and Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 30/03/2018
» Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit will in all likelihood hand the leadership of auto parts maker Thai Summit to his younger brother Sakulthorn, as the 39-year-old billionaire moves into the political sphere.
Colour-coded condo markets
Business, Published on 30/03/2018
» Homebuyers and developers alike have been eagerly watching the progress of the new Orange, Pink and Yellow mass-transit lines that will serve the northern and eastern parts of the capital region. Construction is under way on the Orange Line and the developers of the Yellow and Pink monorail systems have secured financing for their projects.
Yemeni missiles: Same old, same old
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/03/2018
» 'We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is -- a threat to the peace and security of the whole world," said US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley last December, trying to drum up support for stronger international sanctions against Iran, and maybe even an actual attack on the country. Here we go again.
Russia strikes back with US diplomat expulsions
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday announced a mass expulsion of US diplomats and the closure of the US consulate in Saint Petersburg in retaliation to coordinated moves by Western countries to isolate Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain.
Anger mounts over Venezuela jail fire that kills 68
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» VALENCIA (VENEZUELA) - Authorities in Venezuela faced an onslaught of national and international outrage Thursday over a blaze in a police station's jail in which 68 people died, in one of the worst disasters to hit the country's desperately overcrowded detention facilities.