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- Four shot dead in Thai south
- Urgent action needed to save Mekong dolphins: WWF
- Perol, diesel main items of smuggling
- Research firms raise MAHB's earnings forecast
- Singapore to elect new president Aug 27
- Advertising director to apply for open apology on minister's defamation suit
- MAS, AirAsia to feel impact of MAHB's charges hike
- AirAsia charges RM10 check-in fee from Sept 21
- First full post-disaster reactor restart in Japan
- China remodels ancient Silk Road city
- Russia re-enters race to become caviar king
- China awash with counterfeit vintage wine
- Australian court rules sperm donor not parent
- S. Koreans file class action suit against Apple
- Indian PM slams hunger striker's tactics
- Leaked "rape" report sparks new Strauss-Kahn furore
- China's likely next premier emerges from shadows in Hong Kong
- VIDEO: Swiss warn of recession
- Flexible strategy
- Anti-graft activist heaps pressure on Indian govt
| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:37 AM PDT Gunmen have shot and killed four people, including an elderly school bus driver, in separate attacks across the violence-plagued Thai south, police said Wednesday.
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| Urgent action needed to save Mekong dolphins: WWF Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:33 AM PDT The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) calls for an urgent action to protect the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population in the Mekong River, WWF's new research said.
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| Perol, diesel main items of smuggling Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:32 AM PDT Petrol and diesel are still the main items being smuggled out through the Malaysia-Thailand border as their prices in Thailand are almost twice of that in Malaysia.
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| Research firms raise MAHB's earnings forecast Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:31 AM PDT Research firms have raised Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd's (MAHB) earnings forecasts for the next few years following the latter's announcement of implementing new international passenger service charge (PSC) and aircraft landing and parking charges at airports operated by the group effective Sept 15.
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| Singapore to elect new president Aug 27 Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:30 AM PDT Singaporeans will go to the polls to elect their new president on Aug 27, following a four-cornered fight involving candidates with the surname Tan, who are eyeing the republic's highest public office.
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| Advertising director to apply for open apology on minister's defamation suit Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:29 AM PDT The High Court here today set Sept 15 for Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen to be in court to hear an application for open apology by a director of an advertising agency, who allegedly defamed her.
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| MAS, AirAsia to feel impact of MAHB's charges hike Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:29 AM PDT Both Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia, are expected to see a direct impact on earnings from the higher aircraft parking and landing charges, announced by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) on Tuesday.
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| AirAsia charges RM10 check-in fee from Sept 21 Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT No frills airline, AirAsia Bhd, will charge a RM10 check-in fee per passenger for all flights whose bookings are made from Sept 21 onwards to check in via conventional check-in counters.
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| First full post-disaster reactor restart in Japan Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:09 AM PDT Japan on Wednesday neared the first full resumption of commercial operations of an atomic reactor since the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked the Fukushima nuclear accident.
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| China remodels ancient Silk Road city Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:48 PM PDT (China-AFP) - Chinese authorities are turning Kashgar into a modern metropolis, re-modelling the ancient Silk Road city in a bid to make it an economic powerhouse, to the dismay of some members of the mainly Muslim Uighur minority there who feel left behind. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Russia re-enters race to become caviar king Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:47 PM PDT (Russia-AFP) - Russia has returned to the caviar market. The country stopped exporting the black eggs from sturgeon for 9 years because the Caspian sea fish was facing extinction. Now Russia has turned to fish farming to regain its place at the top of the world's caviar tree. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| China awash with counterfeit vintage wine Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:46 PM PDT Long known for its fake designer handbags, China is now battling a flood of counterfeit vintage wine amid a growing zest for bottles from famed wineries as a sign of social standing. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Australian court rules sperm donor not parent Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:41 PM PDT An Australian court on Wednesday ruled that the name of a man who donated sperm to two lesbians should be removed from their child's birth certificate because he was not legally her parent.
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| S. Koreans file class action suit against Apple Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:36 PM PDT More than 20,000 South Korean iPhone users filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against US technology giant Apple for alleged privacy violations over the collection of location data, a law firm said.
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| Indian PM slams hunger striker's tactics Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:27 PM PDT Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday slammed a hunger strike campaign by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare as "totally misconceived" and deliberately confrontational.
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| Leaked "rape" report sparks new Strauss-Kahn furore Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:18 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opposing lawyers disputed the meaning of a medical report that said "rape" caused injuries sustained by the woman who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault. 
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| China's likely next premier emerges from shadows in Hong Kong Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:18 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bearing gifts for the people of Hong Kong, the man tipped to be China's next premier is wooing the southern financial boomtown this week in a political warm-up lap to assuming power from popular Premier Wen Jiabao. 
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| VIDEO: Swiss warn of recession Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:46 PM PDT Swiss government ministers meet later on Wednesday to discuss the continued strength of the franc.
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| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:54 PM PDT If they fail to implement the reform because of malicious confrontations, the people would then judge who is actually playing politics.
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| Anti-graft activist heaps pressure on Indian govt Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT The Indian government was locked in a high-stakes battle of wills Wednesday with a veteran anti-corruption activist after his arrest ahead of a planned hunger strike sparked nationwide protests.
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