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Asian shares mixed, Tokyo surges
AFP, Published on 18/02/2014
» HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, but Tokyo surged 3.13% after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) expanded its lending scheme to stimulate borrowing, while...
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Airport staff protest bond-buying plan
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 18/02/2014
» Around 500 Airports of Thailand (AoT) employees dressed in black on Tuesday amid rumours that the agency plans to buy government bonds to help the caretaker government...
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Maze strikes double gold with giant slalom win in Sochi
AFP, Published on 18/02/2014
» Slovenia's Tina Maze bagged her second alpine skiing gold of the Sochi Olympics on Tuesday when she won a thrilling women's giant slalom from Austrian arch-rival...
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Ai Weiwei brushes off painter's smashing of $1m vase
AFP, Published on 18/02/2014
» Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei Tuesday shrugged off the smashing of a $1 million Han dynasty vase that was part of his exhibition at a Miami museum, saying...
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Sony PS4 console sales top 5 mn worldwide
AFP, Published on 18/02/2014
» Sony on Monday appeared to be winning the latest battle in a long-running videogame console war.
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Worried Prayuth cancels trip to South
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 18/02/2014
» Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has cancelled his inspection trip to the southern border provinces tomorrow and will send his deputy instead due to the increasingly...
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PM Yingluck: Rice scheme corruption charges
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/02/2014
» Impeachment possible on rice scheme corruption. NACC to call PM Yingluck to hear charges Feb 27. PM defends rice scheme on TV.
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Gilchrist to join Warne in Lord's bicentenary match
AFP, Published on 18/02/2014
» Adam Gilchrist will be behind the stumps to fellow Australia great Shane Warne one more time after his involvement in the Lord's bicentenary match was confirmed...
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Gray gets Scotland recall for Italy Six Nations
AFP, Published on 18/02/2014
» Scotland have recalled lock Richie Gray for their potential wooden spoon decider against Italy in Rome on Saturday.
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Chinese love affair with gold beats Indian demand
AFP, Published on 18/02/2014
» China overtook India as the biggest consumer of gold in the world last year, ramping up its demand by 32.0 percent from the 2012 level, the World Gold Council...