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Filipino kidnapper of Australian ex-soldier, Irish priest slain
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» The leader of a southern Philippine gang behind the kidnapping of an Australian ex-soldier and an Irish priest was shot dead by security forces on Sunday, the military said.
Trafficked Nepali, Bangladeshi women trapped in Syria
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» MURALI BHANJYANG (NEPAL) - Nepali villager Sunita Magar thought she was heading to a safe factory job in Kuwait, but only when she landed in Damascus did she realise "something had gone very wrong".
Massive anti-government protests set to shake Brazil
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» BRASíLIA - More than a million people are expected to flood Brazil's streets Sunday in massive anti-government protests calling for President Dilma Rousseff's ouster over a corruption scandal and the crumbling economy.
Brazil uses dammed lake surface for floating solar panels
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» PRESIDENTE FIGUEIREDO (BRAZIL) - Two decades ago, a section of the Amazon rainforest was flooded for a dam that currently produces little electricity. Engineers now see that artificial lake as an ideal surface for floating solar panels.
China to establish international maritime judicial centre
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» BEIJING - China will establish an international maritime judicial centre, a report from the country's top court said Sunday, as it seeks to shore up territorial claims to the South and East China Sea at the centre of a growing regional dispute.
S.Africa, Nigeria: African giants battle for econmic supremacy
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» JOHANNESBURG - When South Africa's President Jacob Zuma visited Nigeria last week he was on a delicate mission to mend rifts between the continent's two economic powerhouses.
Kirwa wins Nagoya Women's Marathon as Noguchi's Rio dream dashed
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» TOKYO - Bahrain's Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa won the Nagoya Women's Marathon for the second year in succession on Sunday as Japanese runners jostled for Olympic spots behind her.
Fiji roar into Vancouver Sevens quarter-finals
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» MONTREAL - World Rugby Sevens Series leaders Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand were perfect in pool play to book quarter-final berths at the Vancouver Sevens, where Scotland, Samoa and Wales also advanced.
Coming to a hotel near you: the robot humanoid receptionist
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» BERLIN - In a hotel not in a galaxy far, far away, a robot bids you welcome as you pull into the driveway.
B1.4m price cut for Mercedes-AMG A45
Richard Leu, Published on 13/03/2016
» Hot hatch gets tweaked looks, more power, better acceleration and lower price in Thailand.