Archive for July, 2007

Fake aristocrat arrested in Paris (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

PARIS - An Italian conman who allegedly swindled freebies from some of Paris’s top hotels and restaurants by posing as a rich aristocrat has been arrested, police said on Tuesday.

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University challenge (TheFA.com)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

GRAEME DELL COLUMN: Graeme is in Bangkok for the World University Games - here’s his first column from Thailand.

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In This Truck, The Time Has Melted Away (Washington Post)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Thirty years is a long time to be selling ice cream.

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Educator, community leader Wynanne Downer dies at 60: Corner Broook mourns death of Wynanne Downer (Corner Brook The Western Star)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

City councillor Wynanne Downer, known for her leadership and willingness to fight for any cause she believed in, has lost her own battle with cancer.

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Italian film legend Antionioni dies aged 94 (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

ROME - Director Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the last great figures in Italian cinema, has died at the age of 94, ANSA news agency reported Tuesday quoting his family.

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Lightning victim a genuine adventurer (Denver Post)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

The Denver runner who died from a lightning strike Friday was an architectural engineer, a project manager for Mortensen Construction Co. and an avid cross-country runner, rock climber and swimmer.

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Penang Set To Be Regional Logistics Hub For Both NCER & IMT-GT (Bernama)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

BUTTERWORTH, July 31 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today that Penang Port will be promoted as the primary port for both the Northern Corridor and the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) by expanding its capacity to handle the expected increase in container traffic as well as the larger container vessels.

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Asian Tourists Love to Click and Go (BusinessWeek)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Expect huge growth in the region’s tourism through the end of the decade, thanks to rising incomes and the popularity of travel booking sites

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FC picks Thailand to open biggest plant outside of Japan (Bangkok Post)

Monday, July 30th, 2007

The Japanese cosmetics and skin-care manufacturer FC Laboratories Co Ltd is preparing to open a regional production base in September in Thailand, the biggest one outside Japan.

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To-Sit eyes Beijing in time for Olympics (Bangkok Post)

Monday, July 30th, 2007

To-Sit Restaurant, a contemporary Thai restaurant operator, is preparing to expand into China, Asean countries and the Middle East, according to managing director Tosit Visalset.

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