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Suu Kyi in China with dam project on agenda
Published on 18/08/2016
» BEIJING - Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday met with China's premier, discussing a stalled dam project and the prospect of building a bridge near the countries' troubled joint-border.
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NLA backs extra senate vote if PM candidates stall
Published on 18/08/2016
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) agreed on Thursday to allow senators to vote with MPs to rule out candidates for prime minister if the proposed names list fails to get accepted, a source in the assembly said.
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Thyroid cancer 'epidemic' down to overdiagnosis: study
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» PARIS - A reported epidemic of thyroid cancer in rich countries is in fact mainly due to overdiagnosis driven by new technologies, the UN's cancer research agency said Thursday.
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Veteran Cuban boxers' knockout nostalgia
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» HAVANA - Training in the Havana heat, veteran boxer Jorge Hernandez teaches his teenage fighters to hit hard, with the knuckles, the way he used to. Not the way he sees it in the Olympics.
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UN steps up war of words with Philippines Duterte
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» MANILA - The war of words between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the United Nations escalated Thursday, with a UN envoy warning that "state actors" could be held responsible over hundreds of killings in a controversial anti-drug crackdown.
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Hua Hin bomb suspects caught on CCTV
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 18/08/2016
» HUA HIN — Police investigating the deadly bomb blasts in Hua Hin on Aug 11-12 have released CCTV pictures of three men suspected of being involved in the incidents.
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US to protest after 4x100 relay drama
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States are to seek reinstatement to the women's 4x100m relay after a dropped baton drama at the Olympics on Thursday.
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Weightlifter becomes first excluded from Rio for doping
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A Kyrgyzstan weightlifter on Thursday became the first athlete excluded from the Rio Olympics for doping, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said.
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US swimmers fought with security guard: reports
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Reports emerged Thursday that the US Olympic swimmers claiming to have been mugged in Rio in fact got into a fight with an armed gas station security guard.
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Burkini bans cause ripples in France, consternation abroad
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» PARIS - The decision by a handful of French mayors to ban the Islamic burkini swimsuit has divided the country and shocked its neighbours, with critics seeing the prohibitions as profoundly discriminatory.
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