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Glittering year for Myanmar's golden pagoda
AFP, Published on 28/04/2015
» As he smooths a gold plaque on the glistening flank of Myanmar's most prestigious Buddhist pagoda, a merchant pays his ancestors the highest honour -- and contributes to a bumper year of donations to re-gild the sacred site.
MUFG set to book 1-trillion-yen profit
Kyodo News, Published on 28/04/2015
» Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc is expected to become the first Japanese bank to post a group net profit exceeding 1 trillion yen (273.66 billion baht or $8.4 billion) when it reports results for past financial year to March 31, sources close to the matter said on Monday.
Italy looks to Milan Expo for taste of recovery
AFP, Published on 28/04/2015
» MILAN - Italy is having a party, the whole world is invited and, yes, there will be food; lots of it.
Eyes on the prize: China cracks down on art, literary awards
AFP, Published on 28/04/2015
» BEIJING - First went the fancy banquets, then the lavish gift-giving. Now, China's ruling Communist Party has set its sights on a new target in its anti-corruption drive: art and literary prizes.
SET down 15.50 to 1,533.33 at noon
Online Reporters, Published on 28/04/2015
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index fell 15.50 points or 1% to 1,533.33 at midday on Tuesday.
8 workers die, 18 critically hurt in crash
Online Reporters, Published on 28/04/2015
» At least eight Myanmar workers died and 18 others were critically injured when a pickup truck packed with factory employees hit a concrete barrier in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district on Monday night, police said.
Congested Nepalese sky delays rescuers
Published on 28/04/2015
» A Thai Airways International (THAI) flight carrying rescue personnel and journalists to earthquake stricken Nepal was forced to return to Bangkok on Tuesday after being unable to land at heavily congested Kathmandu airport.
Pacquiao sees fist of God delivering win over Mayweather
AFP, Published on 28/04/2015
» MANILA - Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao is confident he can beat American arch-rival Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on Saturday with the power of God, after abandoning a life he said was packed with sin condemning him to hell.
Two stolen rifles found in Narathiwat
Waedao Harai, Published on 28/04/2015
» Army rangers recovered two assault rifles stolen from the military, a Tavor and an M16, in a search at a rubber plantation in Chanae district of Narathiwat province on Monday.
South Korea's Park 'regrets' bribery scandal
AFP, Published on 28/04/2015
» SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye expressed "regret" Tuesday over a bruising bribery scandal that implicated some of her closest aides and forced her prime minister to resign.