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Dutch swimmer Van Rouwendaal wins women's 10km open water gold
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands, undaunted by tainted water and crashing surf, romped to the women's 10km marathon swimming gold medal...
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Bahrain's Ruth Jebet wins women's 3000m steeplechase
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Bahrain's Kenyan-born Ruth Jebet produced an astonishing piece of front running to win gold in the Olympic women's 3000m steeplechase on Monday....
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Storm knocks down 30 poles in Samut Prakan
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 15/08/2016
» SAMUT PRAKAN - One man was seriously injured and 30 vehicles were damaged after 30 power poles were toppled by a storm in Bang Phli district on Monday.
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British Olympian Ennis-Hill calls for global doping 'clean up'
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - British heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill calls for a worldwide rethink on doping after the Rio Olympics were plagued by drugs scandals including...
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Six killed in PKK bombing near Turkey's Diyarbakir
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» DIYARBAKIR (TURKEY) - Four Turkish police officers and two civilians were killed on Monday in a car bombing outside the southeastern city of Diyarbakir blamed...
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Top-ranked teen Ko seeks gold as women's golf returns
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Top-ranked teen Lydia Ko might ruin her game if she wins the first women's Olympic golf title in 116 years, because she says she might never...
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Air strikes on north Yemen hospital kill 6
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» SANAA - Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit a hospital in a rebel-held province of northwest Yemen on Monday killing at least six people, Doctors Without Borders...
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Rosneft Q2 profit falls 33 percent
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» MOSCOW - Russian oil giant Rosneft said Monday that profits in the second quarter had tumbled by 33 percent from a year earlier on the back of low oil prices.
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Kenya's world champion Bett crashes out of Rio 400m hurdles
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Reigning world champion Nicholas Bett of Kenya crashed out of the first round of the men's 400m hurdles on Monday.
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Briton Kenny retains men's cycling sprint gold
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Jason Kenny proved he was the boss in the British team, beating room-mate Callum Skinner to retain his Olympic cycling men's sprint title in...