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Sashimi trend helps edge Pacific bluefin tuna towards extinction
AFP, Published on 17/11/2014
» SYDNEY - The Pacific bluefin tuna, a fish used in sushi and sashimi dishes, is at risk of extinction as the global food market places "unsustainable pressure" on the species and others, a conservation body warned Monday.
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Japan CO2 emissions hit record yearly high: official
AFP, Published on 17/11/2014
» TOKYO - Japan's carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high in the year to March due to the nation's reliance on fossil fuels following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, an official said Monday.
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Cabinet endorses protest curbs
AFP, Published on 18/11/2014
» The cabinet Tuesday endorsed a bill to regulate protests, including banning the occupation of state buildings, after years of political turmoil marked by repeated rounds of demonstrations.
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Thailand-bound drug mules nabbed
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» Colombian police arrested 11 gang members suspected of using human mules to smuggle narcotics to Thailand and other Asian countries.
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Prawit: Elections likely delayed to 2016
AFP, Published on 27/11/2014
» Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Thursday that elections would likely be delayed until 2016, after military officials recently ruled out lifting martial law any time soon.
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South death sentences condemned
AFP, Published on 28/11/2014
» Human rights groups Friday condemned the Thai authorities for sentencing five alleged Muslim separatists to death, saying the punishment would do little to promote peace in the violence-racked south.
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Floating football pitch keeps Koh Panyee's tourism blues at bay
AFP, Published on 28/11/2014
» With stunning limestone cliffs towering over stilt houses and surrounded by azure waters, the island of Panyee is a typical Thai paradise. But it's not Mother Nature drawing tourists here — it's a floating football pitch.
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Thailand, Malaysia set peace-talks conditions
AFP, Published on 02/12/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - The Thai and Malaysian premiers agreed Monday that stalled talks on ending southern Thailand's deadly Muslim insurrection could only resume once all rebel attacks cease and its various insurgent groups come to the table as one.
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Koh Tao witnesses 'scared to testify'
AFP, Published on 04/12/2014
» A lawyer for two Myanmar migrants accused of murdering a pair of British holidaymakers on Thursday said key witnesses are too afraid to come forward, hampering his clients' defence as they prepare to enter a plea.
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Koh Tao victims' families call evidence 'convincing'
AFP, Published on 06/12/2014
» LONDON - The families of two Britons murdered on Koh Tao say the evidence against the two Myanmar migrants accused of the crime is convincing, in statements supportive of a much-criticised police investigation.
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