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Verizon says it is buying AOL for $4.4 bn
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» NEW YORK - Verizon said Tuesday it is buying AOL for about $4.4 billion in a deal that will give the US telecoms giant increased digital content and advertising platform space.
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Taiwan lifts water rationing as drought eases
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» TAIPEI - Taiwan lifted water rationing in some major cities on Tuesday after recent heavy rains caused by powerful Typhoon Noul helped ease its worst drought in over a decade.
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'Worrying' rise in binge drinking among youths, women
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» PARIS - Binge drinking is emerging as a major hazard for the young in some countries, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Tuesday in its first probe into alcohol abuse.
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Afghan drug users nearly double
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» KABUL - The number of drug users in Afghanistan soared to a record high of three million last year, almost doubling over a two-year period in the world's leading producer of opium, officials said Tuesday.
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Australia slashes foreign aid budget
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» CANBERRA - Australia has slashed its foreign aid budget by almost A$1 billion (27 billion baht) with Asian and African countries bearing the brunt, according to budget papers released Tuesday.
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Ginger 'fanatic plotted Prince Charles murder to make Harry king'
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» LONDON - A right-wing fanatic who felt marginalised because of his ginger hair plotted the assassination of Prince Charles in the hope that his red-haired son Harry would become king, a British court heard Tuesday.
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Bangladesh detains ship with 116 Malaysia-bound migrants
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» DHAKA - A joint patrol team of Bangladesh coast guards and navy detained a trawler in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday after it was cast adrift with 116 Malaysia-bound illegal migrants on board, a coast guard commander said.
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WHO works on plan to tackle disease outbreaks after Ebola fiasco
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization, reeling under stinging criticism for its late response to the worst ever Ebola outbreak, on Tuesday said it was creating a blueprint to handle future disease outbreaks.
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Myanmar student protesters go on trial
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» THARRAWADDY (MYANMAR) - Dozens of Myanmar education activists Tuesday went on trial in a case that has sparked international alarm and raised fears of a return to junta-era tactics in the slowly reforming nation.
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Pakistani defector 'was key in Bin Laden operation'
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» ISLAMABAD - Two former senior Pakistani military officials told AFP Tuesday that a defector from Pakistani intelligence assisted the US in its hunt for Osama Bin Laden but denied the two countries had officially worked together.
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