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Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing
Published on 18/08/2016
» ISTANBUL/DOHA - A Qatar Airways aircraft made an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Thursday after its landing gear failed to retract on take-off, an airport official said.
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Cambodia targets 300,000 Japanese tourists by 2020
Published on 18/08/2016
» Cambodia plans to attract up to 300,000 Japanese tourists to the country by 2020, as direct flights connect Phnom Penh with Tokyo early next month, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said.
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Is Texas about to execute for murder a man who killed no one?
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» WASHINGTON - Jeffery Wood did not fire the gun that killed a Texas store clerk during a robbery gone wrong, nor did he even witness the shooting. But that didn't stop the most active death penalty state from scheduling his execution next week.
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Russian mufti calls for genital mutilation of all women
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» MOSCOW - A senior Muslim cleric in Russia has prompted controversy by urging universal female genital mutilation after a rights group released a report on the practice in the country's North Caucasus region.
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Volvo and Uber form driverless car venture
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» STOCKHOLM - Sweden-based manufacturer Volvo Cars said on Thursday it would team up with ride-sharing service Uber in a $300 million (265 million euro) joint venture to develop driverless automobiles.
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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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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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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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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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New painkiller could replace morphine: study
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» PARIS - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a synthetic drug that appears to neutralise pain as effectively as morphine but without the side-effects that make opioids so dangerous and addictive.
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