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Ancelotti laughs off Mourinho job swap
AFP, Published on 08/12/2012
» Paris Saint Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti on Friday laughed off rumours that he and Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho could swap jobs.
Is the Nobel Peace Prize losing some of its prestige?
AFP, Published on 08/12/2012
» Often described as the most prestigious award in the world, the Nobel Peace Prize risks losing some of its lustre because of the prize committee's unexpected and controversial choices of late, some observers warn.
Takahashi, Asada put Japan top at figure skating GP finals
AFP, Published on 08/12/2012
» Former world champions Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada put Japan top after the opening day of the ISU Grand Prix figure skating series finals being staged in 2014 Winter Olympics host city Sochi on Friday.
UN has 'major concern' over Myanmar displaced
AFP, Published on 08/12/2012
» A top UN envoy Friday raised concerns about the plight of hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by unrest in Myanmar, after visiting camps in the country's conflict-hit west and north.
Royal hoax DJs 'will not return' amid anger over death
AFP, Published on 08/12/2012
» Two Australian radio presenters who duped a nurse at a London hospital which treated Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine have been taken off air as they face public fury after the woman was found dead.
Mo Yan Nobel lecture derided by China dissidents
AFP, Published on 08/12/2012
» Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan was assailed Saturday in the Chinese dissident community as a "prostitute" following his Nobel lecture, but the speech was acclaimed in the communist state's media.
Abhisit gears up to battle murder rap
News, Published on 08/12/2012
» Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva says he would be ready to accept the death sentence if it was handed down to him as a result of the investigation into his government's crackdown on red-shirt protesters in 2010.
King makes merit, visits memorial site
News, Published on 08/12/2012
» His Majesty the King left hospital Friday to attend a merit-making ceremony at Wat Anongkharam temple and to visit a memorial park in Bangkok dedicated to the late Princess Mother.
40 armed men steal rifles in outpost raid
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/12/2012
» About 40 armed men in military-style uniforms yesterday raided a village defence volunteers' outpost in Pattani's Kapho district and stole five assault rifles.
Pheu Thai set to kill charter rewrite bill
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/12/2012
» The ruling Pheu Thai Party plans to kill off its own charter amendment bill to head off a new round of political conflict and avoid risking dissolution, a party source said Friday.