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Longtime US justice Sandra Day O'Connor: the power of moderation
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve as a justice on the US Supreme Court, wielded enormous influence as the key centrist on a sharply divided...
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Pioneering US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor dead at 93
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Retired US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the nation's highest court and a noted pragmatist in an age of...
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Wilders vote win confirmed, coalition talks tricky
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» THE HAGUE - Geert Wilders' stunning election win was confirmed officially on Friday but the far-right Dutch leader faces an uphill battle to forge a coalition...
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Author denies naming UK royals in 'racism' row
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» LONDON - The author at the centre of renewed racism claims against Britain's royal family has denied naming members alleged to have asked about the skin colour...
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Give formula for peace a chance, Zelensky says
News, Published on 01/12/2023
» Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is stepping up calls for China to join the Ukrainian Peace Formula more forcefully for a true and just peace.
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Shane MacGowan, folk-punk Pogues frontman, dies aged 65
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» DUBLIN - Shane MacGowan, songwriter and lead singer of Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, died early on Thursday at the age of 65 after a long illness, his widow...
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Four more Thais set free, 17 fly home
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/12/2023
» Four more Thai workers taken hostage by Hamas in Israel were released during the fifth round of handovers on Wednesday evening, while 17 Thai nationals who had...
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Power rate hike plan 'shocks' Srettha
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 01/12/2023
» Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin will hold a discussion with relevant agencies after news emerged that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)...
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Ex-NACC exec still in hot water over asset brouhaha
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/12/2023
» The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal filed by Prayat Puangjumpa, a former deputy secretary-general of the National Counter-Corruption Commission (NACC),...
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Thailand's semi-democracy returns
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 01/12/2023
» The appointment of Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha as privy councillor has neatly bookended Thai politics over the past decade. It coincides with the 10-year anniversary...