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Fatal bombing
A bomb disposal team examines two pickup trucks badly damaged in a bomb blast in Yala’s Than To district on January 24. One police officer was killed and four others were injured in the blast.
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Dirty water
A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia’s capital city stained blue-green and smelling like liquorice.
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Soulful star
Close your eyes when listening to Peerapat Thenwong’s rendition of a Marvin Gaye classic and you’ll find it hard to believe the singer was born in Si Racha. Peerapat, widely known as Be Peerapat, has a voice with a deep, husky tone, unusual for a Thai male singer.
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Cold comfort
In her latest single, “Let It Go,” Demi Lovato feels liberated after going through a bad experience. Now that the past is behind her, she can let it go and forge ahead.
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Lovely Laos
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a landlocked Southeast Asian country that borders with Thailand. Between the two countries runs the Mekong River, along which are some beautiful frontier Lao towns such as Huay Xai, which is just across the river from northern Chiang Rai province.
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Fast ferries
Ferries race past the Opera House at the annual Harbour Ferry Boat Race during Australia Day celebrations in Sydney, Australia on January 26. — AP
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