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Trial opens over Bangkok murder of French-Cambodian ex-MP
Bangkok (AFP) – An alleged gunman went on trial Tuesday in Bangkok over the murder of a Cambodian opposition politician...
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Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati claimed the women's Ballon d'Or for the third year on the trot on Monday night as Paris...
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China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, parade
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Thai woman jailed for 43 years for lese-majeste freed
Bangkok: A Thai woman who received one of the kingdom's longest ever royal insult sentences was freed from prison on...
India’s Election Commission under fire from opposition
New Delhi – The Election Commission of India, long regarded as the impartial guardian of the world's largest democracy, is...
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