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04 Aug 10 | BANGKOK: Thai police arrested a 60-year-old unemployed man yesterday for allegedly sending text messages deemed insulting to the monarchy, an offence punishable by up to 15 years in jail, officials said.
04 Aug 10 | JOHANNESBURG: The 12th wife of the King of Swaziland, a former Miss Teen beauty contestant, has been placed under house arrest after she was allegedly caught with her lover, the Justice Minister.
04 Aug 10 | NAIROBI: Kenyans will vote in a referendum on a new constitution today - the first national ballot since the December 2007 presidential elections descended into violence. Pundits and opinion polls suggest a victory for the ''yes'' campaign.
04 Aug 10 | WASHINGTON: The US President, Barack Obama, has offered to stay away from the campaign trail for the US midterm elections amid a growing realisation that he may be a liability for the Democrats.
04 Aug 10 | LONDON: The President of Pakistan has arrived in England facing accusations that he is using a meeting with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, as a smokescreen to shore up his political dynasty.
04 Aug 10 | MOHIB BANDA: Standing in the rubble of what used to be his house, Gul Wali pointed to a small green canvas bag and explained why most residents of his flood-ravaged village no longer rush to where military helicopters continue ferrying aid.
03 Aug 10 | The United States has assured international negotiators it remains committed to reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years.
03 Aug 10 | Crabs, lobsters and other crustaceans represent the most common species in the world's seas, and the waters of Australia and Japan are the most diverse, according to a vast inventory of marine life published Monday.
03 Aug 10 | BP geared up for its long-awaited "static kill," hoping to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil well and take a major step towards ending the region's worst ever environmental disaster.
03 Aug 10 | Seafood from some parts of the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico has been declared safe to eat by the government, some Gulf fishermen aren't convinced.
03 Aug 10 | Lindsay Lohan has been released from jail, but she's not exactly a free woman.
03 Aug 10 | The United States is urging Iran to accept an asylum offer from Brazil for a Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
03 Aug 10 | Hardcore porn was broadcast on the Indonesian parliament's internal information service on Monday, shocking journalists and bureaucrats who rely on the screens for updates on political events.
03 Aug 10 | Two men, including a former parliamentarian, have been convicted of plotting to blow up jet fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a plan that authorities said was meant to outdo the September 11, 2001, attacks and avenge perceived US oppression of Muslims around the world.
03 Aug 10 | An unemployed book dealer who paraded as a wealthy playboy has been sentenced to eight years in prison for possessing a stolen first edition of Shakespeare's plays, a rare volume described as a "quintessentially English treasure".
03 Aug 10 | A drunk man driving a mining digger has killed at least 11 people and injured 30 more after taking his vehicle on a rampage following an argument with a customer in northern China.
03 Aug 10 | A 25-year-old Romanian woman who weighed 240 kilograms when she gave birth to a baby girl more than five months ago has died, reports say.
03 Aug 10 | The United States will end its combat mission in Iraq as scheduled on August 31 despite the recent flare-up in violence, President Barack Obama says.
03 Aug 10 | A failure of the cooling system on the International Space Station has forced astronauts to re-route power while NASA plans emergency spacewalks to fix the problem.
03 Aug 10 | JERUSALEM: Israel will expel 400 native-born children of non-Jewish foreign workers to help safeguard the country's Jewish identity.
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