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Thai villagers paddle a boat past a giant “leaning” Buddha statue as floodwaters inundate an ancient temple in Ayutthaya province, north of the capital Bangkok, on Monday More than 250 Thais have died after two months of heavy rainfall have inundated large swathes of the country and hit provinces on the northern outskirts of the capital particularly hard. AFP


World’s oldest car sells at auction for $4.6 m

Steam-powered, built in France in 1884:

A steam-powered car considered the oldest vehicle in the world still running has sold at auction in the United States for more than $4.6 million. The De Dion-Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout, nicknamed “La Marquise,” which was built in France in 1884, sold for more than twice its estimate at auction Friday in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

 

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UN Chief appeals for universal access to energy

‘I studied by candlelight’:

UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who himself studied by candlelight as a child, pleaded Monday for universal access to clean energy, a privilege denied more than half the world population. “We need energy not only to be universal, we need it to be clean and sustainable as well,” he said at an energy conference in Oslo.

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Defying chinese anger and White House warnings:

China currency bill set to clear US Senate

Defying Chinese anger and White House warnings, the US Senate was set Tuesday to approve legislation to punish China for alleged currency manipulation widely blamed here for costing American jobs. The proposal, powered by a tide of US voter frustration at a sour economy and high unemployment ahead of November 2012 elections, envisions retaliatory duties on Chinese exports if the yuan’s value is unfairly “misaligned.”

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