Thai man arrested over text messages insulting royals

Thai man arrested over text messages insulting royals

Thai man arrested over text messages insulting royals

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:02 AM PDT

BANGKOK, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Thai police arrested a 60-year-old jobless man Tuesday for allegedly sending text messages deemed to be insulting to the monarchy, an offence punishable by up to 15 years in jail, officials said.

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Philippine Long Distance profits up 10%

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:01 AM PDT

MANILA, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) said Tuesday its first half net profits rose 10 percent, likely putting it on course to earn more than 41 billion pesos (907 million dollars) for the year.

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Siberia plane crash kills 11 but 4 survive: official

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT

MOSCOW, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Eleven people were killed and four injured on Tuesday when a Russian passenger plane crashed on landing in fog close an airport in the Far North of Siberia, investigators said.

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Indonesia to investigate report over people smuggling

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT

JAKARTA, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Indonesia will investigate claims that corrupt officials are colluding with people smugglers blamed for sending boatloads of asylum seekers to Australia, a spokesman said Tuesday.

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Workers in China rush to restore water to 330,000 people

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:59 AM PDT

BEIJING, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Workers in northeast China were rushing to restore water Tuesday to more than 300,000 people who have been cut off for days due to floods, state media said.

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Clashes in Pakistan's Karachi kill at least 35

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:55 AM PDT

KARACHI (Reuters) - At least 35 people have been killed in the Pakistani commercial hub of Karachi, after a member of the dominant political party in the city was shot dead, police said on Tuesday.


US, S.Korea discuss sanctions amid warning from N.Korea

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:38 PM PDT

SEOUL, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - US and South Korean officials held more talks Tuesday about tightening the sanctions screws on North Korea, as Pyongyang's military threatened to hit back at an upcoming South Korean naval exercise.

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Protesters rally in Indian Kashmir despite govt plea

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:37 PM PDT

SRINAGAR, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Protesters in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday held rallies and threw stones at police in defiance of the region's chief minister who has pleaded for recent deadly violence to end.

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Kenya's prepares for vote on constitution

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:43 PM PDT

Eighteen thousand police officers are being deployed to a potential trouble spot ahead of a vote on Kenya's constitution.


UAE envoy slams US comments on Blackberry ban

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:35 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Aug 3: The UAE ambassador to Washington described the US State Department's comments on the UAE's announcement to suspend certain BlackBerry services as "disappointing and contradict the US Government's own approach to telecommunications regulation".

Do we need to protect our dialects?

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:53 PM PDT

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 10 languages disappear each year. Sadly, vulnerable languages have been gradually excluded following the increase in national consciousness and nation-state and the implementation of policies to promote national unity.

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Three million affected by Pakistan floods - UNICEF

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:11 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The worst floods in memory in Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund said on Tuesday.


Pakistan flood victims plead for help

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:14 PM PDT

Anger is growing in north-west Pakistan as people hit by the worst floods in a generation claim the government is failing to provide enough emergency assistance.


Oil spill 'largest in US history'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:09 PM PDT

US government scientists have said around 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico before it was capped last month, making it the largest accidental oil spill in history.


Rain-triggered disasters kill 14 in northwestern China

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:22 PM PDT

LANZHOU, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (Bernama) -- A series of rain-triggered disasters have killed 14 people and left seven others missing in northwest China over the past week, local authorities said Tuesday, Xinhua reported.

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Australia holds interest rates steady at 4.50%

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:18 PM PDT

SYDNEY, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Australia held its official interest rate steady at 4.50% for a third month Tuesday in a welcome reprieve for Prime Minister Julia Gillard as she campaigns for re-election on a strong economy.

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Ancient bone find may change human history in Philippines

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:17 PM PDT

MANILA, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - Archaeologists have found a foot bone that could prove the Philippines was first settled by humans 67,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought, the National Museum said Tuesday.

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N.Korea warns of 'counter-attack' to S.Korea exercise

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:15 PM PDT

SEOUL, Tuesday 3 August 2010 (AFP) - North Korea's military Tuesday threatened a "physical counter-attack" to a South Korean naval exercise set to start this week in the Yellow Sea, the communist state's official media reported.

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Killer floods

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT

Pakistani flood survivors line up beside a damaged bridge in Medain, a town in Swat Valley.

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