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Nearly 1,000 protest against China chemical plant
Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets of the Chinese city of Kunming on Thursday in a renewed protest against a proposed chemical plant, media reports said, with Internet [...]
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Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh’s low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after forcing many thousands into emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded [...]
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Malaysian couple jailed for starving maid to death
A court on Thursday sentenced a Malaysian couple to 24 years in jail for starving their Cambodian maid to death, one of many such abuse cases straining ties between the [...]
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Indonesia FM seeks new Asia treaty to curb conflict
Indonesia’s foreign minister called for a new treaty spanning across Asia to help build trust, warning of the potential for conflict in the fast-changing region if [...]
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Indonesia holds terror suspects, seizes bomb material
Indonesian police on Thursday arrested two men with alleged links to a terror network targeted in recent raids and seized bomb-making material, machetes and swords, an [...]
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Coin toss decides Philippine election contest
A coin toss has decided the lucky winner of mayor for a small Philippine town, after rival candidates were tied at the end of the vote count, an election official said [...]
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Singapore presses embezzlement case against church leaders
Prosecutors Thursday pressed their case against leaders of a Singapore-based Christian church accused of embezzling millions of dollars to finance the singing career of the [...]
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US stresses coordination after Japan PM’s aide visits N Korea
A US envoy for North Korea sidestepped questions on Thursday on the nature of a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan’s prime minister, but said all sides [...]
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S. Korea calls Japan visit to N. Korea ‘unhelpful’
South Korea Thursday criticised an “unhelpful” visit to North Korea by a senior aide to Japan’s prime minister, saying it weakened the united front needed [...]
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The Kim regime is despotic, deadly and deeply rational. It will not
Western politicians like to grandstand about North Korea, calling its leaders “mad”, “rogue” or “tinpot” (The Economist has been known to [...]
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Tycoon says Australia treating mining firms as ATMs
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart on Friday accused the government of using the mining industry as an ATM, warning of an unhealthy reliance on the sector and [...]
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China president takes charge of sweeping economic reform plans
Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalise the economy, sources close to the government said, shunning policy stimulus [...]
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Japanese Reactor Is Said to Stand on a Fault Line
Seismologists said Wednesday that a nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, in western Japan, stands above an active seismic fault, a finding that could lead to the first permanent [...]
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Indonesia says poor training caused Bali sea crash
Indonesian authorities blamed poor training for a crash in which a rookie pilot undershot the runway and landed in the sea off the resort island of Bali last month, according [...]
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HK official under fire for rape remarks
Hong Kong’s security minister came under fire Wednesday for saying that women should “not drink too much” if they wanted to avoid being raped. Secretary for [...]
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