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Big Chinese banana farms: Water grab & pesticide issues
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/04/2016
» Taking water from local farmers in Chiang Rai now issue, as big Chinese banana farmers banned from Laos for heavy pesticide use move to Thailand.
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Santi-Vina film selected to screen at Cannes Classics section
Published on 21/04/2016
» The recently discovered classic Thai film <em>Santi-Vina</em> has been selected to screen at the Cannes Classic section of the 69th Cannes Film Festival,...
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World Cup stadiums were not our 'problem', admits FIFA
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» DOHA - FIFA ignored any problems to do with World Cup stadium construction, including human rights, up to and including Brazil in 2014, a senior official admitted...
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Former slave Harriet Tubman to be new face of US$20 bill: official
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Celebrated former slave Harriet Tubman will replace the late president Andrew Jackson on the $20 banknote, the first time an African-American has...
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Oyonnax wing Tian handed one-year ban for referee threats
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» PARIS - Oyonnax wing Silvere Tian was on Wednesday banned until June 30, 2017 for having directed "threatening actions or words" towards referee Romain...
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IOC chief sees 'excellent' Rio Olympics despite crisis, pollution
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» ANCIENT OLYMPIA (GREECE) - The International Olympic Committee is confident that the upcoming Rio Olympics will be an "excellent games" in spite of...
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Landa takes Trentino cycling lead as Nibali struggles
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» ROME - Spaniard Mikel Landa took command of the Giro del Trentino on Wednesday as he won the epic 220km second stage from Arco to Anras in Austria.
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Family of fan killed in fall at baseball game sues Braves
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - The family of a fan who fell to his death from an upper deck at the Atlanta Braves' Turner Field last year is suing Major League Baseball and the...
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France bars beer sales at Cup final
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» PARIS - The sale of beer will not be allowed at the Stade de France for the French League Cup final on Saturday, with the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP)...
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Replica of 5,000-year-old 'Iceman' made on 3D printer
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» VIENNA - Scientists presented Wednesday a life-sized copy, made using a 3D printer, of Oetzi the mummified 5,000-year-old "iceman" found in the Alps...