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China Daily | Updated: 2014-10-18 08:44

THAILAND

King's recovery continues

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is continuing his recovery in a hospital following surgery to remove his gallbladder earlier this month, the palace said in a statement on Friday.

Bhumibol's health is a subject of keen public concern.

ARGENTINA

Comsat launched

Argentina launched its first domestically built communications satellite on Thursday. The ARSAT-1 satellite is the first to be constructed with local technology in Latin America. It was built by a crew of about 500 scientists over seven years at a cost of $250 million.

PHILIPPINES

Militants free German hostages

Al Qaida-linked Islamist militants freed two Germans hostage on Friday in the southern Philippines, a rebel spokesman said. The German man and woman were seized in April when their yacht had mechanical problems while sailing from the Philippines to the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah.

Reuters - AFP - Xinhua

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