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3 Chinese ships in disputed island waters: Japan
Three Chinese government ships were in waters around islands at the centre of a dispute with Tokyo on Monday, the day after China issued a rebuke to the US over comments seen [...]
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With UN gone, Timor faces up to economic challenges
East Timor is striking out on its own after 13 years of UN protection, facing the daunting challenge of how to retool its economy and ease its dependence on energy to tunnel [...]
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US, China agree on N Korea sanctions deal
The United States and China have made a deal under which the UN Security Council will expand existing sanctions against North Korea for staging a ballistic missile test, [...]
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Burma rebels accuse army of flouting ceasefire
Kachin ethnic minority rebels in war-torn northern Myanmar accused the military of launching a fresh attack Sunday, just days after a ceasefire pledge by the country’s [...]
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Islamists executed 9 Japanese in Algeria: witnesses
Twelve bodies being held at a morgue in Algeria’s In Amenas hospital, where victims of a bloody hostage crisis were taken, are Japanese, a hospital source said on [...]
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39 Filipinos return from Algeria after siege
Dozens of Filipinos arrived home Sunday after being sent home by their employer in Algeria due to security fears following an Islamic militant attack at a remote gas plant. [...]
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China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with US island remarks
China said it was “strongly dissatisfied” Sunday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo’s [...]
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Foreigners can take own phones to N Korea: report
Foreigners visiting North Korea can now take their own mobile phones into the country, Chinese state media reported Sunday, citing an employee with the operator of the [...]
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Malaysian prime minister to make rare visit to Gaza
Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will visit Gaza this week, an official said Sunday, in what would be a rare visit by a foreign leader to the impoverished Palestinian [...]
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2nd Tibetan self-immolates in China in a week: groups
A young Tibetan in southwestern China has died after setting himself on fire, rights groups have reported, marking the second self-immolation protest in a week and lifting [...]
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China plans emergency measures to control Beijing air pollution
Beijing is to unveil unprecedented new rules governing how China’s capital reacts to hazardous air pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said, as deteriorating air [...]
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Burma Spitfire hunter still optimistic
An archaeologist involved in a search for dozens of rare Spitfire planes said to have been buried in Myanmar played down doubts Friday about the existence of the rumoured [...]
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Vietnam and Cambodia hit back at landmark Laos dam
Vietnam urged Laos to halt construction of a $3.5 billion hydropower dam pending further study, environmental activists said on Friday after a meeting of the Mekong River [...]
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Clinton warns China on island dispute with Japan
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning Friday to China not to challenge Japan’s control of disputed islands as Tokyo’s new government vowed [...]
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US, China agree on N Korea sanctions deal
The United States and China have made a deal under which the UN Security Council will expand existing sanctions against North Korea for staging a ballistic missile test, [...]
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