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Several killed as bridge collapses in Thailand
At least four people were killed when a suspension bridge collapsed near Thailand’s ancient capital of Ayutthaya. Police said several motorcycle drivers and their [...]
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Iranian pair deny Thai bomb plot
An Iranian man whose legs were blown off during an alleged botched bomb plot last year against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok said Friday he found the explosives and was trying [...]
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China cancels top finance meet amid tensions
China has cancelled a top annual finance meeting with Japan and South Korea, officials in Tokyo and Beijing said on Friday, amid simmering diplomatic tensions. An official [...]
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First Japan tsunami debris confirmed in California
A Japanese fishing boat that washed across the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami has been confirmed as the first piece of debris to reach the coast of California, officials [...]
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H7N9 bird flu spreads to southern China
China’s deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to a province in the country’s south, the government said on Friday, marking the second announcement in two [...]
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Philippines accuses China of ‘de facto occupation’
The Philippines on Friday accused Beijing of engaging in the “de facto occupation” of a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, following a face-off that began [...]
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Dengue Fever on the Rise in Singapore
A diminutive pest is threatening Singapore with an outsized bite, bringing this city-state to the cusp of its worst-ever tropical disease outbreak. The aedes mosquito, the [...]
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S. Korea decides on pullout from joint industrial zone
South Korea said Friday it had decided to withdraw all remaining staff from its joint industrial complex with North Korea for their own safety, after Pyongyang shunned an [...]
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Japan Executes 2 Inmates; 5 Put to Death This Year
Japan has hanged two inmates convicted of murder, its fourth and fifth executions this year. The Justice Ministry said the executions were carried out early Friday in Tokyo. [...]
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Philippines mayor injured in ambush as gunmen kill 13
Gunmen killed 13 people in an ambush on a Philippine mayor, police said Friday, in the deadliest of a string of violent incidents that have marred campaigning for May [...]
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China finds new bird flu case in eastern Fujian province – Xinhua
Chinese authorities discovered on Friday the first case of a new strain of bird flu in the eastern province of Fujian, signalling the spread of the virus which has killed 23 [...]
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Malaysia Bans Chicken Imports From China
Malaysia has banned all imported chicken from China and is urging its own poultry farmers to beware of bird flu after Taiwan reported a case of the deadly strain, the first [...]
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N Korea’s epic drama: stage now set for next act
If North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric threatening the United States and South Korea with nuclear war was aimed at dragging Washington to the negotiating table, it has [...]
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N. Korea silent on S. Korea ultimatum
South Korea said Friday it had received no response from North Korea to its ultimatum to open talks about a joint industrial zone that has fallen victim to soaring military [...]
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China to pay huge price if it does not stop skirmishes with neighbours
Recent incursions by the Chinese army into Indian territory in the Depsang region of Ladakh neither signify anything nor prove nothing. In fact, they are all contained. But [...]
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