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First Cambodia genocide trial aims to expose starvation, disease, executions
Associated Press, Published on 17/10/2014
» PHNOM PENH — The first trial on charges of genocide against Cambodia's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime opened Friday with a prosecutor saying it will show that Cambodians were enslaved in inhumane conditions that led to the deaths of 1.7 million people from starvation, disease and execution.
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Updated: Brits urge UK probe of Koh Tao case
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/10/2014
» 100,000 plus people have signed online petition for independent UK investigation into Koh Tao murder case. 100,000 signatures means that issue can be debated in British House of Commons.
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Nepal vows warning system after deadly Himalayan snowstorm
AFP, Published on 17/10/2014
» Nepal's prime minister has pledged to set up a weather warning system after a major Himalayan snowstorm killed 32 people at the height of the trekking season, 17 of them tourists.
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Google shares hit as profit dips
AFP, Published on 17/10/2014
» SAN FRANCISCO - The rise of smartphone use to access the Internet, and slowing clicks on ads, cut into profits by Google in the third quarter, the company has revealed.
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Misery continues for Asia's golf major winner Yang
AFP, Published on 17/10/2014
» HONG KONG - South Korea's Y.E. Yang fears he will never regain the form that saw him crowned Asia's first major champion, as his miserable season continued in Hong Kong Friday.
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Dutchman on huge laundering charges
Online Reporters, Published on 17/10/2014
» A Dutchman and his Thai wife on Friday pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges involving several million euros brought against them by public prosecutors.
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Thai soap operas trigger outcry over romanticising rape
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/10/2014
» The recent real-life rape & murder of a 13-year-old girl on an overnight train has focused national outrage on TV soaps that some say encourage — rape.
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Kremlin dismisses EU hopes of Ukraine progress
AFP, Published on 17/10/2014
» European leaders expressed hope Friday of solving the bloody Ukraine conflict following "positive" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, only for the Kremlin to berate them as out of touch with reality.
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Pistorius prosecution calls for 10-year jail term
AFP, Published on 17/10/2014
» Oscar Pistorius should be jailed for at least 10 years for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the prosecution said Friday as the star sprinter's sensational trial approached its climax.
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Rolls-Royce cuts forecasts on Russian sanctions
AFP, Published on 17/10/2014
» LONDON - Rolls-Royce, the British maker of engines, announced on Friday that it was slashing its earnings forecasts partly as result of Western trade sanctions against Russia, causing a share price collapse.
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