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Fugitive Thai millionaire protests his innocence
AFP, Published on 07/12/2014
» BANGKOK - A fugitive Thai millionaire wanted on charges including lest majeste broke cover to protest his innocence Sunday in a graft probe that seen dozens arrested and more sought.
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Elephant ivory poaching 'out of control'
AFP, Published on 09/12/2014
» NAIROBI - The slaughter of Africa's elephants and the illegal trade in ivory in China are "out of control", conservationists said Tuesday, with wild elephants potentially disappearing within a generation.
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AirAsia confirms 55 A330Neos order
AFP, Published on 15/12/2014
» Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia X confirmed Monday its order of 55 long-haul A330Neo passenger planes from Airbus at a list price of $15 billion, in what is the biggest single order for the line of aircraft.
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Swedish website targets sex tourists
AFP, Published on 16/12/2014
» Swedish police launched an Internet site on Tuesday to help crack down on Swedes travelling abroad for sex with minors.
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Test-tube bid to save near-extinct rhino
AFP, Published on 19/12/2014
» LOS ANGELES - So how exactly do you save an almost extinct rhinoceros? Turns out, a test tube baby rhino could be the solution, being sought by experts on three continents. But it won't be easy.
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Myanmar migrants haunted by memory of tsunami missing in Thailand
AFP, Published on 21/12/2014
» BAN NAM KHEM, PHANGNGA - A decade after towering waves wrenched her newborn baby from her arms, Mi Htay remains haunted by memories of the children she lost in the tsunami whose bodies, like hundreds of other Myanmar migrants in Thailand, were never identified.
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NATO ends its 13-year Afghan war, but insurgency boils
AFP, Published on 28/12/2014
» NATO formally ended its war in Afghanistan on Sunday, holding a low-key ceremony in Kabul after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence.
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Bodies, debris found as AirAsia plane believed found in sea
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared at an end Tuesday as wreckage and bodies were spotted at sea off Indonesia, prompting raw scenes of emotion from sobbing relatives of the 162 people aboard.
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China firms fined $26m for pollution
AFP, Published on 31/12/2014
» BEIJING - Six Chinese companies have been fined $26 million for discharging tens of thousands of tonnes of waste chemicals into rivers, state media said, the biggest such penalty ever in China.
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Theatre group in junta crosshairs for 'defaming' Thai royals
AFP, Published on 05/01/2015
» Forced overseas to avoid arrest for defaming the Thai monarchy, members of a theatre group say the ruling junta has mired the kingdom in a witch-hunt as it ramps up prosecutions under the country's notorious lese majeste laws.
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