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Thailand's 'popcorn gunman' says he was hired by protest movement Masked shooter says he was paid US$9 a day to act as movement's guard PUBLISHED : Thursday, 20 March, 2014, 10:21pm UPDATED : Friday, 21 March, 2014, 12:30am Agence France-Presse in Bangkok The gunman fires his M16 assault...

Leading Korea skating official resigns after Sochi flop By Narae Kim SEOUL Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:29am GMT (Reuters) - The powerful vice chairman of the Korean Skating Union (KSU), Jeon Myung-gyu, resigned on Monday as South Korea moved to put a disappointing Sochi Olympics behind it and start...

Dutch player accuses team of cheating in World T20 Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:59am GMT (Reuters) - Netherlands cricketer Tim Gruijters has accused team management of cheating by forcing him out on medical grounds so they could bring in Tom Cooper as a last-minute replacement for the World Twenty20...

Thai troops accused of killing 15 Cambodians who crossed over to log PUBLISHED : Friday, 14 March, 2014, 10:15pm UPDATED : Friday, 14 March, 2014, 10:15pm Agence France-Presse in Phnom Penh Twelve loggers were shot dead on March 5, 2014. Photo: EPA Cambodia's military yesterday accused...

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A staff member with Malaysia Airlines hands out visa application forms to relatives of passengers boarding on the missing Malaysian Airline flight to help them go to Malaysia at Lido hotel near the capital airport in Beijing, China, March 9, 2014. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong) A volunteer helps a...

A policewoman of the exit-entry administration under Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau guides relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysian Airline flight to fill in application forms for passports at Lido hotel near the capital airport in Beijing, China, March 9, 2014. (Xinhua/Li...

Technicians refuel a helicopter after searching for the missing Malaysian jet at Ca Mau Airport in Ca Mau province, Vietnam, March 9, 2014. Vietnamese search and rescue helicopters on Sunday morning found oil slicks stretching 80 meters in waters 150 km off the coast of Vietnam's southernmost...

Photo taken on March 9, 2014 shows an aerial view of an oil slick seen from a Vietnamese military helicopter at the search area for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight about 300 kilometers southwest of Ca Mau Cape, Vietnam, March 9, 2014. Vietnam's military sent two helicopters from Ca Mau...

Members of amedical contingent check medical supplies on board of Chinese navy arship "Jinggangshan" at Zhanjiang Port of south China's Guangdong Province, March 8, 2014. Upon the approval of the Central Military ommission, the amphibious landing ship "Jinggangshan", loaded with life-saving...

A helicopter is examined on the deck of China's patrol vessel "Haixun 31" before departing from the port in Sanya, south China's island of Hainan Province, March 9, 2014. "Haixun 31", the largest patrol vessel in South China Sea, left here on Sunday afternoon for search and rescue mission for...

A family member shows a photo of Firman Chandra Siregar, one of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passengers who comes from Indonesia, in Medan, Indonesia, March 8, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing B777-200, lost communication and radar signal on its flight from Malaysia's...

Passport of Fujian man who is still in China. Photo: SCMP The passenger travelling on the forged mainland passport was listed on the airline manifest as Zhao Qiwei, but Fujian police said the true holder of the passport was still in the province and had never travelled abroad, Xinhua reported.

Chinese students hold up a signed banner calling for more help for relatives of victims from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 plane, in Beijing on March 10, 2014. Malaysia said a missing airliner carrying 239 people may have inexplicably turned back as authorities launched a terror...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Imaginechina/REX (3634177a) A helicopter prepares to land on the deck of maritime inspection vessel, the Haixun 31, of the China Maritime Safety Administration (China MSA) before it leaves for the South China Sea to search for the missing Boeing 777-200 plane of...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Imaginechina/REX (3634187a) A family member of a passenger aboard the Boeing 777-200 plane of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 weeps as she is surrounded by reporters at Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing, China Malaysian Airlines jet vanishes above Vietnam - 08 Mar 2014...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Li Xin/REX (3634192b) A policeman of the exit-entry administration under Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau gives an introduction on how to fill in a passport application form to relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysian Airline flight at Lido hotel near...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Zhao Yingquan/REX (3634189b) The rescue vessel 'South China Sea Rescue 101' heads towards the possible crash site of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Malaysian Airlines jet vanishes above Vietnam - 10 Mar 2014 China's rescue vessels "South China Sea Rescue 115"...