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Rocket's Lazada gets $100 million in bid to be Southeast Asia's Amazon
Reuters(Reuters) - Lazada, the Southeast Asian online retail company founded by Germany's Rocket Internet Gmbh, has secured another $100 million from investors in its bid to lift the region from its status as an e-commerce backwater. While online shopping is...Tags: Malaysia, Germany, Vietnam, Asia, E-Commerce Industry
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Director Costa-Gavras: European cinema could not survive without state protection
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Filmmaking could not exist in Europe without the support of governments, veteran director Costa-Gavras told an audience at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Monday night. At the same time, the Greek director of such...Tags: France, French Literature, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), University of Paris, Capital (movie)
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CORRECTED-HIGHLIGHTS-Q2 ThomsonReuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey - by economy
Reuters(Corrects final paragraph to show Singapore's previous reading was 61, not 63) SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Optimism among Asia's top companies gathered momentum in the second quarter despite lingering concerns about the global economy and rising costs,...Tags: Toshiba Corporation, Macroeconomics, Economy, Business and Finance, Thailand, Malaysia
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Singapore's air turns 'hazardous' as Indonesian fires rage
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels late on Wednesday as smoke from slash-and-burn land clearing in Indonesia enveloped the city-state, inflaming tensions between the Southeast Asian neighbors. Singapore, a...Tags: Indonesia, Malaysia, Environmental Pollution, Singapore, Standards
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Time to stop arguing about climate change, World Bank says
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The world should stop arguing about whether humans are causing climate change and start taking action to stop dangerous temperature rises, the president of the World Bank said on Wednesday. Jim Yong Kim said there was 97 to 98...Tags: Weather, World Bank Group, Environmental Issues, Politics, Conservation
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Small global warming rise would have 'alarming' impact -World Bank
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Much of Bangkok could flood within the next two decades if global warming stays on its current trajectory, as sea levels rise and cyclones intensify, the World Bank said in a new report on Wednesday. The flooding of 40...Tags: Weather, World Bank Group, Environmental Issues, Politics, Pakistan
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Singapore pressures Indonesia to identify firms behind haze
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's worst air pollution in 16 years sparked diplomatic tension on Tuesday, as the city-state urged Indonesia to provide data on company names and concession maps to enable it to act against plantation firms that allow slash-...Tags: Malaysia, Environmental Pollution, Standards, Political Corruption, Environmental Issues
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FBI names former USC professor to list of most wanted fugitives
A former USC professor was named Monday to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list after he was indicted for sex crimes against children abroad, FBI officials said. Walter Lee Williams, 64, became the 500th person named to the list, officials said....Tags: Justice System, Anthropology, FBI, Prosecution, Philippines
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USC 'fully cooperating' in FBI probe of ex-professor, school says
USC is "fully cooperating" with federal authorities investigating an ex-professor accused of child sex crimes who was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, university officials said. In a statement issued Tuesday, USC confirmed that Walter Lee Williams,...Tags: Justice System, Colleges and Universities, FBI, Philippines, Prosecution
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Ex-USC teacher on FBI Most Wanted list for alleged child sex crimes
A former USC professor was named Monday to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list after he was indicted for sex crimes against children abroad, FBI officials said. Walter Lee Williams became the 500th person to make the FBI's top list, officials said....
Tags: Justice System, Sex Crimes, FBI, Prosecution, Police Investigations
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FEATURE-Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
ReutersBy Paul Carsten and Pairat Temphairojana UDON THANI, Thailand, June 17(Reuters) - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in...Tags: Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Laos, Prices, Yingluck Shinawatra
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Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
ReutersUDON THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in the Thai economy beyond the bright lights of...Tags: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand, Laos, Prices, Vietnam
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