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Japan 'Speed King' Nishioka hangs up gloves
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» Japan's former World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka announced his retirement Tuesday, a month after losing a world title bout to Nonito Donaire of the Philippines.
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Australia marathon fire victims to get payouts
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» Two women who were horribly burned by a wildfire during an ultra-marathon in remote Western Australia will each receive payments of Aus$450,000 (US$468,090), the state government said Tuesday.
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Head of Windows unit leaves Microsoft
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» Microsoft announced that the head of its Windows unit is leaving in a management shake-up that comes just weeks after the release of a new generation of the computer operating software.
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Palestinians begin work to open Arafat grave
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» The Palestinians began work on Tuesday to open the grave of iconic leader Yasser Arafat ahead of an exhumation of his body for a murder probe, a source close to his family told AFP.
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Vodafone slumps to pound sterling2 bn loss on Spain, Italy woes
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» Mobile phone giant Vodafone on Tuesday revealed it had slumped into a net loss of almost pound sterling2 bn during its first half on massive writedowns linked to indebted eurozone countries Spain and Italy.
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Suu Kyi urges India support for democracy in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday urged the people of India to help her country secure democracy as she paid her first visit for 25 years.
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N.Korea carries out tests for missiles: think tank
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» North Korea has conducted motor tests to improve its long-range missiles after a failed launch in April, a US think tank said Monday after reviewing new satellite images.
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Myanmar quake leaves 38 dead or missing: Red Cross
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» A powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar at the weekend has left 38 people dead or missing, the Red Cross said Tuesday as a new tremor rattled the government's showpiece capital Naypyidaw.
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France recognises new Syria coalition as fighting rages
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» France recognised the newly formed opposition National Coalition on Tuesday as the sole representative of the Syrian people, the first Western country to do so, and said the question of arming them must now be reviewed.
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World energy agency slashes 2012, 2013 forecasts
AFP, Published on 13/11/2012
» Hit by the shocks of hurricane Sandy and recession in much of Europe, the International Energy Agency has reduced its world oil demand forecasts for 2012 and 2013, it said on Tuesday.
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