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Film set in Kumamoto aims to draw Thai tourists
Published on 06/11/2015
» A romantic comedy filmed in Kumamoto is being screened at theaters in Bangkok with an eye on drawing Thai tourists to the southwestern Japanese prefecture.
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Japan promotes high-speed rail in Malaysia
Published on 06/11/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii has pitched his country's shinkansen bullet train system in his meeting...
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Why Thailand must protect its international reserves
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/11/2015
» In 1997 Thailand quickly lost foreign currency reserves & plunged into crisis. Riskier assets would put reserves at risk.
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Syria jihadists capture regime town along vital road
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» BEIRUT - Jihadists on Thursday seized a key town along a vital road in Syria's central Hama province, where regime forces are struggling to gain ground despite...
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Castro visits Mexico to relaunch ties
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» MéRIDA (MEXICO) - Raul Castro heads to Mexico on Thursday in the first visit by a Cuban president in 13 years, cementing a diplomatic renewal following tensions...
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Germany may prosecute VW over emission lies
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» FRANKFURT - German prosecutors on Thursday launched an investigation into new allegations that Volkswagen lied about the carbon dioxide emissions of up to 800,000...
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Iran: Death to American consumer goods
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» TEHRAN - Iran is banning the entry of US consumer goods, the commerce and industry minister said Thursday, as the country prepares for a lifting of economic sanctions....
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Berlin moves to protect its Wall from souvenir-hunters
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» BERLIN - A quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city said Thursday it would build a barrier to protect the longest surviving stretch from a...
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Mourinho fails in appeal against suspended stadium ban
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» LONDON - Troubled Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho failed in his appeal against a suspended stadium ban on Thursday.
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Rossi starts last in Valencia as CAS dismiss appeal
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» MADRID - Valentino Rossi's world title hopes were dealt a potentially fatal blow on Thursday when the Italian lost his appeal over being relegated to the back...