Taiwan to designate protest zone for Taipei-Beijing dialogue
Taipei - Taiwan will designate a zone for protestors to prevent them from obstructing the Taipei-Beijing dialogue to be held in Taiwan next month, an official said Wednesday. Kao Kung-lien, vice chairman of the Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF), made ...
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Death toll in Philippine political massacre at 57 - Summary
Manila - Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up three vehicles and 10 more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry in the country's troubled south, bringing the death toll to 57. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ponce, a regi...
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EXTRA: Death toll in Philippine massacre rises to 57
Manila - The death toll in a massacre linked to political rivalry in the southern Philippines reached 57 Wednesday after troops recovered more buried bodies, police said. Authorities said government forces would continue to search for victims at the ...
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China to extend detention of leading dissident
Beijing - Chinese police have applied for another two-month extension of their detention of leading dissident writer Liu Xiaobo despite international appeals for his release, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Lawyer Mo Shaoping said police in Beijing had...
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Indonesia demotes chief of detectives amid corruption scandal
Jakarta - Indonesia's chief of detectives was removed from his post amid allegations of involvement in a conspiracy to frame two senior anti-corruption officials, media reports said Wednesday. Susno Duadji's demotion at the National Police came one d...
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Death toll in Philippine political massacre at 52 - Update
Manila - Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up two vehicles and five more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry in the country's troubled south, bringing the death toll to 52. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ponce, a regi...
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Taipei airport baggage handlers caught stealing from luggage
Taipei - Three baggage handlers at the Taipei international airport were arrested for stealing cash and other valuables from passengers' luggage, airport police said Wednesday. Three baggage handlers have been detained for stealing a purse containin...
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EXTRA: Death toll in Philippine political massacre rise to 52
Manila - Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up two vehicles and five more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry, bringing the death toll to 52. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ponce, a regional military spokesman, said th...
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Philippines rules out immediate arrests in political massacre
Manila - The Philippine government on Wednesday rejected mounting calls for the immediate arrest of members of a prominent political family allegedly behind the massacre of 46 people. Presidential spokesman Cerge Remonde said investigators must build...
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