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War canoe salute for Prince Charles visit to Maori King
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» WELLINGTON - Britain's Prince Charles received a rousing salute from an armada of war canoes when he visited the Maori King Tuheitia in New Zealand's central North Island on Sunday.
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Japanese events held in Bangkok
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2015
» Events to promote Japanese culture and tourism took place this weekend in various parts of Bangkok, with an eye on boosting Thai people's interest in Japan and luring tourists from Thailand.
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Thousands due to strike at Australian airports
dpa, Published on 08/11/2015
» SYDNEY - Delays are expected at Australian airports Monday as some 5,000 Immigration and Border Force workers take part in a 24-hour strike over pay and conditions, a news report said.
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EU turns to African leaders to stem migrant crisis
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» BRUSSELS - EU leaders will push their wary African counterparts to help tackle the migration crisis at a summit in Malta this week, offering them billions of euros in aid in exchange for cooperation.
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Will Lagarde face BRICS challenge as IMF term nears end?
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» WASHINGTON - As International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde's mandate enters the final stretch, emerging-market powers seem hesitant about teaming up to try to wrest the job away from Europeans.
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Detained Taiwanese activists slam Singapore clampdown
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» TAIPEI - Taiwanese activists who say they were were detained by Singapore authorities ahead of the landmark meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese leader Xi Jinping slammed their treatment as "unacceptable" Sunday.
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Modi's party trailing in key India state election
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» PATNA (INDIA) - Narendra Modi's party was trailing on Sunday in a key election in Bihar, one of India's largest and poorest states, after vote counting got underway in a crucial test for the prime minister.
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Russia, Britain ramp up efforts to return stuck Egypt tourists
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» CAIRO - Moscow and London were ramping up efforts to pull out thousands of stranded tourists from Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, after Egypt said it was too early to know whether a bomb brought down a Russian plane.
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TV operators seek silver bullet to fight online rivals
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - The major legacy television companies are struggling to find the formula to stem the loss of customers to Internet rivals like Netflix, Amazon and others.
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For Afghan women, driving a car brings both fear and freedom
AFP, Published on 08/11/2015
» KABUL - Since Rokhsar Azamee began driving the streets of Kabul last year, she has endured condescension, ridicule, and even threats to her life with some men deliberately causing "accidents" to harass her. But she will not be deterred.
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