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China purchasing managers' business sentiment mixed
dpa, Published on 01/04/2015
» BEIJING — The mood among purchasing managers in China's manufacturing sector was mostly pessimistic in March, according to two important indicators of Chinese manufacturing activity.
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SRT executives defy ban, plan overseas junket
Online Reporters, Published on 01/04/2015
» State Railway of Thailand executives have defied a ban on overseas “study trips” during the 2015 fiscal year, organising a Songkran junket through Europe for themselves and family members.
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B8.56bn in farm debt written off
Online Reporters, Published on 01/04/2015
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to write off farmers' debts worth a total of 8.56 billion baht.
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Senior drivers strive to stay on the road
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» TOMS RIVER (UNITED STATES) - Don Robertson isn't the type to let a snowstorm on the first day of spring -- or his age -- stop him from doing his appointed rounds.
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Hard money, soft standards? Tough questions for China's new bank
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» BEIJING - China scored a diplomatic coup by enticing almost 50 countries including key US allies to join its new development bank, but analysts say authoritarian Beijing now faces a daunting task managing a multilateral institution for the first time, with members ranging from the Netherlands to Nepal.
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'Silver porn' shows fifty shades of greying Japan
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» TOKYO - Dressed in a kimono and kneeling silently on a tatami mat floor, 61-year-old Yasue Tomita looks as if she might be about to perform a Japanese tea ceremony -- instead she's debuting as a porn actress.
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Nigeria elects Buhari as president in historic vote
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» ABUJA - Challenger Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria's presidential election by 2.57 million votes, official results showed Wednesday, defeating incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in the first democratic change of power in Africa's most populous nation.
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Indonesia to rule Monday on Aussie appeal
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» JAKARTA - An Indonesian court will rule Monday on the appeals of two Australian drug smugglers facing execution, a judge said, as their lawyers insisted they had done their best to save the men.
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Stigma stalks India's leprosy sufferers as disease returns
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» NEW DELHI - Ganga Kalshetty was just two years old when India declared itself leprosy-free in 2005, giving her family hope that she would be spared the disfiguring disease and its social stigma.
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Anwar's request for Malaysian royal pardon rejected: report
AFP, Published on 01/04/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's king has rejected a royal pardon request for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who is currently serving five years in jail for sodomy, local media reported on Wednesday.
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