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Vietnam amends unpopular social-insurance law
Associated Press, Published on 23/06/2015
» HANOI — Vietnam's National Assembly has backtracked on a controversial social-insurance law that sparked massive protests earlier this year.
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Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala dies at 80
Reuters, Published on 23/06/2015
» KOLKATA — Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of her Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas, died on Tuesday at age 80.
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Decrepit Manila trains issuing excuse slips to late riders
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» The Philippine capital's decrepit train network will start issuing certificates of delay to tens of thousands who are late for work because of daily breakdowns, the government said Tuesday.
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Ex-Bangkok police chief caught with gun at Narita airport
Published on 23/06/2015
» <b><font color="red">UPDATE</b></font> Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thoopkrachang, a former Metropolitan Police chief, has been detained by Japanese authorities at Tokyo's Narita International Airport for having a gun and ammunition in his possession.
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SET closes down 0.83 to 1,503.23
Online Reporters, Published on 23/06/2015
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index fell 0.83 points or 0.06% to 1,503.23 on Tuesday.
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S. Korea 'comfort women' seek $20 mn lawsuit in US
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» SEOUL - South Korea's ageing victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery said Tuesday they would file a $20 million lawsuit next month at a US court to seek financial compensation from Tokyo.
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World Bank announces $500m for quake-hit Nepal
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» KATHMANDU - The World Bank announced Tuesday it will provide up to $500 million for reconstruction in quake-devastated Nepal which is preparing to host a major conference to increase donations.
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Star S. Korean author apologises over plagiarism scandal
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» SEOUL - An internationally celebrated South Korean novelist has apologised over a plagiarism scandal that has shocked her country and prompted a publisher to stop printing one of her books, a report said Tuesday.
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Rosetta comet-chasing mission extended to September 2016
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» PARIS - The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Tuesday that its historic comet-chasing mission Rosetta had been extended until the end of September 2016.
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Probe after GM jellyfish-lamb sold as meat in France
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» PARIS - French authorities are looking into how a lamb genetically modified with jellyfish protein was sold as meat to an unknown customer, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday.
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