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Thai Army Gets Down To Work On Economy, Stifles Dissent

Thailand's military rulers settled down to work at their Bangkok headquarters on Tuesday, firmly in charge with royal endorsement but facing small protests that the security forces have handled with restraint. Coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Monday he...

Malaysia, UK Firm Release Satellite Data On Missing MH370 Flight

Malaysia's government and British satellite firm Inmarsat on Tuesday released the data used to determine the path of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, responding to mounting calls from passengers' relatives for greater transparency. The data from satellite communications with the...

Despair And Dread Grip Syrian Refugees On Election’s Eve

A little over a week ago, Syrian refugees began to notice men going around the camps in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, asking who wanted to vote for president and taking down names. The men identified themselves as members of a Lebanese...

AstraZeneca Shares Fall After Pfizer Walks Away

Shares in AstraZeneca (AZN.L) fell 2.3 percent on Tuesday after U.S. drugmaker Pfizer (PFE.N) said it would not make a formal bid to acquire its smaller British rival. Pfizer's decision - announced on Monday during a public holiday - had...

Three Former U.S.-Based Barclays Traders Appear In UK Court

Three former Barclays traders appeared in a London court on Tuesday as Britain formally began its first criminal proceedings against U.S.-based Libor traders, part of a global investigation into alleged rigging of benchmark interest rates. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO)...

Foxconn To Buy $390 Million Stake In Taiwan Telecom Operator In 4G Push

Apple Inc supplier Foxconn Technology Group will buy a stake in Taiwanese mobile telecoms operator Asia Pacific Telecom for T$11.6 billion ($390 million) in a deal that would expand its presence in Taiwan's fledgling 4G telecoms market. Foxconn, which is...

Euro Zone Inflation Seen Well Below 2 Percent In 2014-15: Nowotny

Inflation in the euro zone will likely stay "significantly" below the European Central Bank's target this year and next, ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said in the Austrian National Bank's annual report. "But over the medium term it is...

Nigerian Defense Chief Says Abducted Girls Located

NIGERIA'S CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF AIR MARSHAL ALEX S. BADEH, CENTRE, SPEAKS DURING A DEMONSTRATION CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO RESCUE THE KIDNAPPED GIRLS OF THE GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN CHIBOK, IN ABUJA, NIGERIA Nigeria's military has located nearly 300...

OPINION: WILL NIGERIANS EVER UNITE?

There is now a unanimity of position from the usually fractious segments of the Nigerian society that Nigeria is undergoing perhaps the toughest period in her political history since after the fratricidal civil war in which over three million...

OPINION: WHEN THEY BOMBED THE CHURCHES

At first they bombed the Churches. We blamed the Muslims for it. For some, they blamed no one, but yet remained criminally quiet about it. Perhaps for some it felt alright. Then they went after the Imams. Because we...

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