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Elite South African mine rescue squad risks all to save lives
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» CARLETONVILLE (SOUTH AFRICA) - In a dark, smoke-filled mine shaft, a group of South African rescue trainees heave and gasp after crawling through a narrow steel pipe -- but commands shouted by an instructor urge them onwards.
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A-bomb survivors to attend Obama's Hiroshima memorial
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» TOKYO - Survivors of the American nuclear bombing of Hiroshima will be present when US President Barack Obama lays a wreath at ground zero this week, reports said Wednesday.
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UN chief fuels presidential speculation with S. Korea trip
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» SEOUL - Ban Ki-Moon was due to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday for a six-day visit that has fuelled speculation the UN chief is lining up a tilt at the presidency of his home country.
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Beijing lines up diplomatic battle groups over South China Sea
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» BEIJING - The disputed rocks and reefs of the South China Sea are more than an ocean away from the landlocked African nation of Niger.
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'Free' meth lands 3 behind bars in Ayutthaya
Published on 25/05/2016
» AYUTTHAYA – A plant dealer who allegedly handed out methamphetamines he discovered in a forest so people could use them to pay off personal debts has been arrested, along with two of the alleged recipients.
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London's City finance hub braces for possible Brexit
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» LONDON - With one month to go before Britain's vital in-out EU referendum, London's City finance district is busily planning ahead for a potential "Brexit".
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EU plans to free up Internet shopping, set Netflix quotas
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» BRUSSELS - The EU is set to unveil proposals Wednesday to make firms lift international barriers for Internet shoppers, and to force Netflix and Amazon to accept quotas for European movies and TV shows.
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NGOs slam Japan for investing abroad in coal
AFP, Published on 25/05/2016
» BONN - Days before Japan will host a G7 summit, NGOs slammed the Asian nation for financing coal-powered energy in developing countries, even as other countries and investors shun the climate-damaging fossil fuel.
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Japanese man arrested for child sexual abuse
Published on 25/05/2016
» CHIANG MAI -- A Japanese man was arrested when Department of Special Investigation officers raided his room at a guesthouse in downtown Chiang Mai city early on Wednesday morning.
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Bomb blast in Pattani causes minor injury
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 25/05/2016
» PATTANI -- An assistant village headman was slightly hurt by bomb explosion in Khok Pho district on Thursday morning, police said.
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