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US women's basketball star Griner downplays China knife attack
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» BEIJING - US women's basketball star Brittney Griner was attacked by a knifeman after an evening training session with her Chinese team, but downplayed the incident saying she received "a little scratch".
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Thousands pay tribute to 'visionary' Australian ex-PM Whitlam
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» SYDNEY - Thousands of mourners turned out for the memorial service of former leader Gough Whitlam Wednesday, hailing him as a remarkable politician who helped shape modern Australia, including Prime Minister Tony Abbott who was booed.
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New North Korean uranium plant in operation, report says
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» Nuclear-armed North Korea has started operating a new plant inside its uranium enrichment complex, boosting its capacity to generate fuel that could be used to make atomic weapons, a report said Wednesday.
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Typhoon-shattered Philippines slowly on mend
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» DAGAMI, PHILIPPINES - Philippine communities shattered by Super Typhoon Haiyan a year ago are starting to bustle again as a mega-reconstruction effort takes root, but millions of survivors still endure brutal poverty and are dangerously exposed to the next big storm.
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Obama doing 'insipid job', China paper says ahead of visit
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» BEIJING - China's state-run media on Wednesday decried Barack Obama as a banal leader who has done an "insipid job", days ahead of a visit by the US president.
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Missing boy, father found on small atoll
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» WELLINGTON - An American man accused of kidnapping his son was found with the boy on the remote South Pacific atoll of Niue some 8,800 kilometres (5,500 miles) from home, authorities said.
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Fear stalks Hong Kong sex workers after grisly murders
AFP, Published on 05/11/2014
» Even on a weekday night, the bars of Hong Kong's Wanchai red-light district are teeming -- stern-looking "mama-sans" supervise young women in miniskirts enticing punters with calls of "Hey handsome" and "Let's party".
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Man falls to death from Pattaya condo
Online Reporters, Published on 05/11/2014
» An American man fell to his death from the 27th floor of a condominium building in Pattaya on Wednesday morning.
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2,000 police for Loy Krathong
Online Reporters, Published on 05/11/2014
» About 2,000 police will be deployed throughout Bangkok to maintain law and order and provide security for revellers on Thursday night as they celebrate the Loy Krathong festival, Metropolitan Police deputy chief Adul Narongsak said at a press conference Wednesday.
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What's new in business news: October 5, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/11/2014
» Explosion of cars on Bangkok roads & new bridges to ease traffic, AIS expansion to overcome lost TOT concession bandwidth & how businesses abuse criminal defamation laws.
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