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Campaign launched to promote Chinese hybrid rice in Pakistan

ByAPDWriterMuhammadSohailISLAMABAD,Sept.18(APD)-ThePakistanAgricultureResearchCouncil(PARC)incollaborationwithahybridriceseedsresearchorganizationfromChinahasin

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Thailand has no plan to revoke passports of former PM Yingluck, minister

ThailandhasnoimmediateplantorevokethepassportsofformerprimeministerYingluckShinawatra,theforeignministersaidonTuesday,aftershefledthecountrylastweekaheadofacour

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Yingluck's commerce minister sentenced to 42-year jail term

ByAPDWriterChenJiabaoBANKGOK,Aug25(APD)--TheSupremeCourtofThailandonFridayhassentencedtheformercommerceministerinYingluckShinawatra'sgovernmentinvolvingaricetra

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Thailand awaits verdict that could send former PM to prison

FriendsandfoesalikeofformerThaiPrimeMinisterYingluckShinawatraareanxiouslyawaitingaverdictFridaybytheSupremeCourtonchargesshewascriminallynegligentinimplementin

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Fate of Yingluck pending with countdown for trial of rice scheme

ByAPDWriterChenJiabao(TranslatedbyMaQian)Thailand’sSupremeCourtisscheduledtodeliveronAugust25itsrulingagainstformerPrimeMinisterYingluckShinawatraonachargeofcri

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Spice and all things rice: Lagos pays homage to jollof

InNigeria,jollofriceisn'tjustatastyWestAfricandish--it'sanationalobsession.DozensoftopchefsgatheredattheweekendforLagos'inauguraljolloffestival,showcasingtheirp

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23 killed in Thailand flooding, damage estimated at $300 mln

Atleast23peoplehavebeenkilledinwidespreadfloodinginThailand,withafurtheronemillionaffected.Authoritieshavedeclared10ofthecountry's77provincesdisasterzonesasthec

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Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.

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Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

Thailand'sformerprimeministerYingluckShinawatradeliveredatearfulclosingstatementtoaBangkokcourtonTuesday,sayingshedidnotactdishonestlyinamulti-billiondollarrice

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Rich village yearns for lost farm glory

After walking out of his spacious villa, Mei Zhenhua drives his Audi 6 to the rice farm in Huaxi village, known as China's wealthiest village.

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Former Thai PM Yingluck questions junta move to freeze bank accounts

Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday questioned a move by Thailand's military government to freeze her assets in relation to a $1 billion fine it imposed over her government's rice buying scheme.

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Former Thai PM Yingluck questions junta move to freeze bank accounts

FormerPrimeMinisterYingluckShinawatraonTuesdayquestionedamovebyThailand'smilitarygovernmenttofreezeherassetsinrelationtoa$1billionfineitimposedoverhergovernment

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Myanmar's private sector to build agronomy service center with China

TwoMyanmarprivateorganizationshavesignedamemorandumofunderstanding(MoU)withChina'sCITICConstructiontoimplementanagronomicsservicecenterproject,MyanmarNewsAgency

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Trial of Thailand's Yingluck fails to break Shinawatra machine

As the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over an extravagant rice subsidy program winds to a close, her rural supporters are resisting attempts by the ruling junta to silence her family's political machine.

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Trial of Thailand's Yingluck fails to break Shinawatra machine

AsthetrialofformerThaiPrimeMinisterYingluckShinawatraoveranextravagantricesubsidyprogramwindstoaclose,herruralsupportersareresistingattemptsbytherulingjuntatosi

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87-year-old Yuan Longping gives a fluent English speech to the world

Onceweheard“ProfessorYuanLongping”,thefirstthingshowninourmindmaybethatheistheFatherofHybridRice.However,haveyouheardthisChinesescientistspeakEnglishbefore?OnJu

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Yingluck attends hearing on criminal charges in Bangkok

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) receives flowers from a supporter before attending a hearing on criminal charges stemming from her government's rice pledging scheme at the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions in Bangkok, Thailand, July 7, 2017.