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Malaysia in Borneo Standoff with Armed Intruders
Members of the Malaysian defence forces rehearse for the 78th Army Day parade in Kuala Lumpur March 5, 2011. (Photo: Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian security forces have surrounded armed intruders on...
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China Rejects Philippine UN Mediation Effort
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Rights Group Seeks Asean’s Help on Lao Activist
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Tibetan Monks Self-immolate in Anti-China Protest
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Rights Group Urges Probe into Thai Activist Death
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Philippines to Accuse Police, Soldiers in Killings Motivated by Corruption
Dozens of police—not pictured—will face legal action in the Philippines after a January attack killed 13 people at a checkpoint in Quezon Province. (Photo: Reuters) MANILA, Philippines — Philippine...
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Burma Police Used Phosphorus at Mine Protest, Official Report Confirms
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Khmer Rouge Founder Ieng Sary Dies While on Trial
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Philippine Top Court Halts Contraceptives Law
A protester displays inflated condoms during a protest in front of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines headquarters in Manila in 2010, to promote the use of condoms in response to the...
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32 Burmese Refugees Die in Fire at Thai Camp
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Filipino Militants Free Australian Hostage
US military servicemen assist freed Australian national Warren Richard Rodwell after he gets off a helicopter inside a military camp in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, on Saturday. (Photo:...
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Govt Seems Helpless to Stem the Booming Shan Drug Trade
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Anti-Muslim Violence Spreads to Two More Central Burma Towns
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China Says Its Flares Didn’t Hit Vietnamese Boats
Chinese navy personnel stand at attention on the Chinese military vessel Zheng He in the Ecuadorian seaport of Guayaquil on July 13, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)1 BEIJING — China said its navy fired flares...
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Burma Sets Curfews to Curb Spread of Violence
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Burma Forces Fire Warning Shots to Break Up Anti-Muslim Mobs
A Muslim man talks with a Buddhist monk on Sunday at a school that temporarily houses Muslim refugees who were driven out of Meikhtila town during riots last week. (Photo: Steve Tickner / The...
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Thai Authorities, Muslim Rebels Launch Peace Talks
A woman pushes her bicycle through a checkpoint manned by Thai security forces in the troubled southern province of Yala on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters / Surapan Boonthanom) KUALA LUMPUR — Thai...
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Liverpool Beats Villa 2-1, Man U Maintains Title Surge with Win
Aston Villa’s Joe Bennett challenges Liverpool’s Luis Suarez (L) during their English Premier League football match at Villa Park in Birmingham on Sunday. (Photo: Reuters) Steven Gerrard’s penalty...
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Slim Chance of Life After Tibet Mudslide Buries 83
Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a landslide in a mining area in Maizhokunggar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, on March 30, 2013, after a massive landslide buried 83 workers, Xinhua News...
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Burma Says Govt Not to Blame for Religious Riots
Destroyed furniture and belongings are seen in a market in Sitkwin on March 29. Since 42 people were killed in violence that erupted in Meikhtila town on March 20, unrest led by hardline Buddhists has...
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