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Taiwan threatens to hold naval drill near Philippines
Taiwan stepped up pressure on Manila Tuesday, saying it would conduct a naval drill in waters near the Philippines if Manila did not officially apologise for the killing of a [...]
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The month of May and two bloody political crises in Thailand
Any Thai who marks the anniversaries of the May 1992 “mobile phone mob” uprising and May 2010 red-shirt uprising with the same solemn sincerity should be [...]
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Boat with 150 Rohingya Muslims capsizes off Burma: UN
A boat carrying up to 150 Rohingya Muslims fleeing a cyclone has capsized off Myanmar’s coast, the UN said on Tuesday, as the storm threatened to strike flood-prone [...]
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Philippine leader urges calm over Taiwan shooting
Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for calm Monday amid an escalating dispute with Taiwan over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman in a confrontation with the Filipino [...]
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Taiwanese fishermen burn Filipino flags in protest
Angry Taiwanese fishermen burned Filipino flags in protest Monday after the Philippine coastguard fired on a Taiwan fishing boat killing a crew member. Philippine President [...]
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‘Peaceful’ election season in Philippines ends with violence
An estimated 76 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in local and senatorial elections in the Philippines, election officials said Monday. The Philippine National Police [...]
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Indonesia’s military-police clashes spark worries – The Business Times
A recent spike in the number of violent clashes between Indonesian soldiers and police and high-profile cases where senior police and military officials resist civilian [...]
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China reports three new bird flu deaths, toll hits 35
Three more people have died in China from the new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus, raising the death toll to 35 while the total number of infections rose to 130, state media [...]
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Burma president to make landmark US visit: state TV
Myanmar’s president will soon make the first state visit to the United States by a leader of the former pariah nation in almost half a century, state television [...]
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Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127
Bangladeshi salvage workers on Monday neared the end of their search for victims of the collapse of a factory building, scouring the basement of the complex that crumbled in [...]
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On May 13, Utusan calls for Malay political unity
Utusan Malaysia ran a series of stories today, repeating calls for both Umno and PAS to unite for the sake of the Malay race and Islam after the recent general election where [...]
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Taiwan threatens sanctions over Philippines shooting
Taiwan Sunday dispatched four coastguard and naval vessels to beef up patrols in waters near the Philippines following public outrage over the shooting of a Taiwanese [...]
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Body of fisherman killed by Philippine coast guard back to Taiwan
The body of a Taiwanese fisherman, killed in a shooting incident by Philippine coast guard on the sea, was taken back to Taiwan early Saturday morning. The body was taken [...]
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Five killed, reporter kidnapped in Philippines
Five people were killed in separate ambushes in the volatile southern Philippines, police and the military said Sunday, and a radio reporter was kidnapped by armed men on the [...]
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Indonesia intercepts asylum-seeker boat in Bali
Indonesian police on Sunday said they had intercepted a wooden boat carrying around 80 asylum-seekers from the Middle East, believed to be heading to Australia from the [...]
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