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Death by hazing

A 17-year-old student already suffering from leukaemia died during a college hazing outing, apparently after upper classmen forced him to drink alcohol and pushed his face into the sand.

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TV soap opera
Regulators gave Channel 3 special permission to continue analogue broadcasts, infuriating all the other channels, who had to cease on Monday.
Fear of failure
A former Nida rector and Bangkok Shutdown protester says bureaucrats in the new cabinet can follow the regulations, but have no skill sets.
Fashionably scammed
Hundreds of parents bought their expensive way into a fashion show, thinking their girls were going to be on the catwalk, but claim they were cheated.

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New electric furnace gets tepid review

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Unity can’t be forged if you have no say

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The wounds of Beslan

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