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A man stands next to a burnt out bus after a blast in Ankara on March 13

At least 27 killed in car bomb explosion in Turkish capital

(From AFP) A car bomb ripped through a busy square in central Ankara Sunday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 75, officials said, the latest in a spate of attacks to hit Turkey. Ambulances rushed to the scene on Kizilay square, a key commercial and transport hub close to the city's embassy area, where the blast reduced several vehicles including a ...
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Bangladesh bank says hackers tried to steal $951 million

(From Reuters) Bangladesh's central bank confirmed on Sunday that cyber criminals tried to withdraw $951 million from its U.S. bank account, as the country’s finance minister said he first got to know of one of the biggest bank heists in history ...
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China’s Anbang to acquire Strategic Hotels for $6.5 billion: source

(From Reuters) China's Anbang Insurance Group has agreed to acquire Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc for around $6.5 billion, as the owner of New York's iconic Waldorf Astoria expands its U.S. hotel portfolio, a person briefed on the matter said Saturday. The ...
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Myanmar central bank buys dollars to ‘reduce panic’

(From the Myanmar Times) The Central Bank has bought over US$40 million dollars from private lenders in just five days to “reduce panic and prevent volatility”, a Central Bank official told The Myanmar Times, while banks this week once again imposed ...
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Perng Fai-nan Taiwan's central bank governor

Taiwan will struggle to hit economic forecast says central banker

Here's one more thing Taiwan doesn't want to share with China: slowing economic growth. Perng Fai-nan, Taiwan's central bank governor said Thursday that the island will have a hard time hitting its economic growth forecast this year. The less-than-upbeat assessment follows ...
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Iraqi soldiers gather at the frontline in the al-Anbar desert

IS pull-out of Iraqi town suggests manpower crisis

(From AFP) The Islamic State group on Sunday pulled its fighters out of Rutba, a desert town in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, an army ...
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North Korea denies cyber attacks on South Korea officials

(From Reuters) North Korea on Sunday denied that it conducted cyber attacks against officials from rival South Korea, calling the South's accusation that it did so ...
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Then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (L) shakes hands with freed Irish priest Michael Sinnott at the Villamor Airbase in Manila in 2009

Filipino kidnapper of Australian ex-soldier, Irish priest shot dead

(From AFP) 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 ...
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Reporter Linton Besser (left) and camera operator Louie Eroglu (right) were detained in the city of Kuching

Australian journalists held for trying to question Malaysia PM

(From AFP) Two Australian journalists were arrested and barred from leaving Malaysia after attempting to question Prime Minister Najib Razak about a corruption scandal, national broadcaster ...
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Nepalese migrant worker Sunita Magar (L), who was trafficked to Syria, sits with her mother (R) and father (back) at their home in Dhadhing district, some 100 km west of Kathmandu

Nepali and Bangladeshi women sold into sexual slavery in Syria

(From AFP) Nepali villager Sunita Magar thought she was heading to a safe factory job in Kuwait, but only when she landed in Damascus did she ...
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Islamic State using birth control to keep supply of sex slaves: NY Times

(From Reuters) The Islamic State is using several forms of contraception to maintain its supply of sex slaves, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing ...
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(From Star 2) At a time when consumers are holding tighter to their pockets, beauty brands are doing the opposite. The brand new Spasia Institut at Parkson in Suria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was recently unveiled to a packed audience of ... Read More
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The countdown begins for the Hong Kong Film Festival. The star-studded event, organized by Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, will begin on March 21 and conclude on April 4. Movie directors such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Bela Tarr, Lav Diaz, Tsai ... Read More
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(From Reuters) Pakistan's Interior Ministry has cleared the national cricket team to travel to India for the World Twenty20, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday. "The interior minister has given permission to send the Pakistan cricket team to play the ... Read More
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(From Digital Trends) Virtual reality is transforming travel. Now, you can walk through a hotel room in Beijing or Hong Kong even before you book, or enjoy the sandy beaches of Thailand even without being there. All this can be done at ... Read More