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  Willstrop escapes from British Open squash brink

  25 May 2013 : James Willstrop, the only player to have been denied the British Open title by a single point on two separate occasions, kept alive his dream of one day making that last shot with an extraordinary quarter-final escape on Friday night.

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  Easter Island statue erected in Japan tsunami town

  25 May 2013 : A giant statue from Chile's Easter Island on Saturday found a new home in a small tsunami-devastated Japanese town where it will become a symbol for its recovery.

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  NSC hopes for positive signs ahead of next meeting

  29 Mar 2013 : Insurgent leaders have one month to show the government that they can control southern militants by ordering them to avoid shooting civilians, says National Security Council (NSC) chief Paradorn Pattanatabut.

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  Rice accord with Bangladesh extended

  29 Mar 2013 : Commerce Ministry on Friday signed an amended memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh, extending an agreement on unfilled sales of Thai rice

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  Bank of Cyprus savers could lose up to 60%

  29 Mar 2013 : Big savers in Cyprus's largest bank face losses of up to 60 percent, far greater than originally feared under the island's controversial EU-led bailout plan, officials said on Saturday.

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  Quarter of US firms in China face data theft: lobby

  29 Mar 2013 : Over a quarter of the members of a US business lobby in China have experienced data theft, the group said on Friday, after the two powers engaged in a war of words over state-sponsored hacking attacks.

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  China calls for 'joint efforts' to reduce Korea tensions

  29 Mar 2013 : China appealed for "joint efforts" to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula Friday, after Pyongyang ordered missile units to prepare to strike the US mainland and US stealth bombers flew over South Korea.

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  A glimpse of N. Korea's plan of attack on US?

  29 Mar 2013 : North Korean state media issued two photos Friday that, either by accident or design, appeared to show plans for striking the US mainland, as well as details of the North's military strength.

• Volunteer shot in Pattani

  29 Mar 2013 : A defence volunteer was shot and critically injured in Panare district of Pattani province on Friday afternoon, police said.

• Sadist gets 50 years for violent rape

  29 Mar 2013 : The Criminal Court on Friday sentenced a man to 50 years in prison and his wife to 10 years as an accomplice for their roles in a sadistic rape of a woman who worked at their company.

• Holidays slowed February economy

  29 Mar 2013 : Fewer working days resulted in a slowdown in imports, exports and manufacturing in February, the Bank of Thailand reported on Friday.

• Brand jeans knock-off gang busted

  29 Mar 2013 : Police have arrested five people and seized equipment and fake brand jeans worth a total of at least 2 million baht, Pol Maj Gen Parinya Chansuriya, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said on Friday.

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