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| Defence asks Thai court for more time in British backpacker murders | |  By Prapan Chankaew KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Reuters) - Lawyers for two Myanmar migrant workers accused of killing two British tourists on a Thai island appealed for more time on Thursday to prove they were scapegoats innocent of the brutal, high-profile murders. Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, both in their 20s, were beaten to death a year ago on the southern holiday island of Koh Tao, causing outrage in Britain. Lawyers are trying to convince the judge that Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun were framed by police under pressure to solve a case that has caught international attention and hurt Thailand's image as a tourism haven.
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| Women's veils a sign of backwardness, says official in China's Xinjiang | | | By Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING (Reuters) - The custom of women wearing face veils is not a tradition of minority people in China's western area of Xinjiang or in any Muslim country, but is a symbol of extremism and backwardness instead, a senior regional official said on Thursday. Energy-rich Xinjiang, visited this week by British finance minister George Osborne on a rare trip by a Western official, is strategically located on the borders of Central Asia. China has great plans for the region in its new Silk Road strategy. |
| China to prosecute former deputy sports minister for graft | | | A former deputy sports minister who once sat on China's Olympics committee will be prosecuted for graft after an investigation found he abused his position and took bribes, the Communist Party's corruption watchdog said on Thursday. Corruption in international sports is in focus because of a U.S. and Swiss probe into world football body FIFA. China, which is aggressively seeking to stamp out graft in Party and government ranks, has also sought to eject corrupt elements from its sports establishment, especially within soccer, which has been hit by match-fixing scandals. |
| Swiss authorities ask FIFA for access to suspended general secretary's emails | |  By Mark Hosenball ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's Attorney General Michael Lauber has formally asked FIFA to give investigators access to the email accounts of the global football organisation's suspended General Secretary Jerome Valcke. "The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has requested FIFA to get access to all email accounts of Jerome Valcke," a spokesman for the office said in an email. "These email accounts are under seal by FIFA so far.
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| Colombia, FARC rebels vow to end 50-year war within six months | |  By Nelson Acosta and Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the top FARC rebel commander pledged on Wednesday to end their 50-year war within the next six months, sealing their pact with a handshake likely to stand as a lasting image in the South American nation. Santos and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko, also agreed the leftist guerrillas would lay down arms within 60 days of signing the deal, which now has an official deadline of March 23, 2016. Some FARC units have formed an alliance with drug cartels, exchanging protection for money.
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| Argentina halts rice 'impregnated with cocaine' en route to Europe | | | By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine customs agents found about 30 kg (66 lbs) of cocaine hidden in a way they had never seen before when drug-sniffing dogs found the drug had been absorbed into grains of rice headed for Europe via Africa, an official said on Wednesday. The bust underscores the role Argentina has come to play as a shipping point for cocaine produced in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia, destined for Africa and then smuggled north to the lucrative markets of Europe. In this case, imaginative drug runners soaked rice in water that had been mixed with cocaine, Guillermo Gonzalez, chief of narcotic investigations for Argentina's customs agency told Reuters. |
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