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New emails show breadth of Hillary Clinton's network

LISA LERER, Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) — A new batch of Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails released Friday presented a glimpse into the breadth of her personal network — a Rolodex of powerful celebrities, CEOs, political advisers and politicians that she's now tapping for her presidential campaign.



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Judge denies appeal from US inmate facing firing squad

LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press


SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge denied an appeal Friday from a Utah death row inmate who argued that his sentence of death by firing squad is cruel and unusual punishment.



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UN says 4 staffers dismissed for sending child pornography

EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press


UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Four U.N. staff members were dismissed for sending and storing child pornography on U.N. computers — and another was dismissed for using a U.N. vehicle to transport approximately 173 kilograms of marijuana, according to a U.N. report obtained Friday.



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Hawaii boxer who slipped into coma in Thailand now awake, alert

By Jim Mendoza


HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii boxer who slipped into a coma in August while training in Thailand and whose family struggled to get him back to the islands is now awake and alert, his family told Hawaii News Now.



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Boost to IUU cooperation efforts ahead of return of inspectors from EU

BANGKOK: THE CUSTOMS Department and Fisheries Department will sign a memorandum of understanding on Monday on tackling the issue of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, in order to give themselves two months to show progress before the European Union returns for another round of inspection in January.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/867064-boost-to-iuu-cooperation-efforts-ahead-of-return-of-inspectors-from-eu/

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The seers who 'foresaw' coups in Thailand


Under its Buddhist veneer is a mix of animism and astrology, boosted by political patronage


BANGKOK:-- At the corner of a wide, busy intersection in Bangkok where cars make U-turns at hair-raising speeds, Ms Somluck Kaewseenin takes her place on the sidewalk.



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Myanmar’s new nationalist party surges into election race

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Nay Zin Latt, former presidential advisor and founder of NDP, speaks at a rally on Oct. 12 in the Mon State capital Mawlamyine, where he pledged to protect Myanmar's race and Buddhist religion. (Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)

By Phyo Thiha Cho

MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar (Myanmar Now) - With just weeks before Myanmar’s landmark elections, a fleet of cars covered with stickers of the National Development Party carrying flag-waving party supporters and Buddhist monks crawled through the streets of Mawlamyine, Mon state’s capital.

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Malaysian police nab Maldives presidential assassination plot suspects

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's federal police arrested a Maldivian diplomat on Wednesday in connection with the attempted assassination of Maldives president Abdulla Yameen last month, New Straits Times reported.

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718 die in traffic accidents monthly in Vietnam for past 10 months

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HO CHI MINH CITY: Nearly 7,200 people died from traffic accidents in the ten-month period ending on Oct 15, down almost 3.9 percent year on year, the National Traffic Safety Committee said on Thursday, Tuoi Tre News reported.

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Bamboos and PVC rockets shot from Cambodian soil for Thai gamblers


“Five…four…three…two…one!” a loudspeaker blares in Thai. Seconds later, an ear-piercing swoosh sweeps across the mountains as a 10-metre-long bamboo and PVC pipe rocket takes off and rapidly climbs into the sky.



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Redshirts remember their hero Nuamthong Praiwan in ninth-year anniverary

BANGKOK: A small group of redshirt members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) this morning held a brief memorial service at the pedestrian overpass in front of Thai Rath newspapers headoffice to pay respect to their hero "Nuamthong Praiwan" who committed suicide there to protest military coup nine years ago.

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17 killed in building collapse in central China


BEIJING (AP) — A two-story building collapsed into rubble while workers were trying to prop up the second floor during renovations in central China, killing 17 construction workers and injuring 23, officials and reports said Saturday.



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Fire at Philippines market kills 15 vendors, children

JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press


MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A pre-dawn fire in the southern Philippines raced through public market stalls, killing 15 vendors, including six children, who were sleeping there to be up early for the weekend crowds, police said.



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Indonesia is burning. So why is the world looking away?




I’ve often wondered how the media would respond when eco-apocalypse struck. I pictured the news programmes producing brief, sensational reports, while failing to explain why it was happening or how it might be stopped.



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Serial car robber, 18, splashed booty on Phuket partying

PHUKET: Police have arrested an 18-year-old from Songkhla for a spate of smash-and-grab car break-ins in Phuket, with the perpetrator confessing to eight vehicle robberies within the past two months and spending his ill-gotten gains on partying and drugs.

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PM affirms careful studies being conducted on TPP agreement



BANGKOK, 30 October 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has indicated steady progress in the implementation of various trade agreements within ASEAN while saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is being heavily debated by concerned agencies.



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