Officials say 10 Afghan civilians killed in separate attacks
Kabul - Six civilians including four children were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, and unknown gunmen also killed four people including two women, officials said. The bomb struck a private vehicle in Shakarkali area of Khost...
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Vietnam nuclear plants to be approved despite concerns
Hanoi - Vietnam's National Assembly will likely vote to approve two projected nuclear power plants Wednesday, a deputy said, despite concerns over safety and costs. It is not worth building nuclear power plants at this time, because the country is n...
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EXTRA: Death toll hits 39 in political violence in Philippines
Manila - The death toll in election-related violence in the southern Philippines reached 39 Tuesday after police recovered more bodies from a shallow grave, police said. Fifteen bodies were found in the grave in a hilly area in Salman village in Ampa...
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China executes two over tainted milk powder
Beijing - China executed two people on Tuesday after convicting them of producing and selling tainted milk powder that made tens of thousands of infants ill nationwide, state media said. A court in the northern city of Shijiazhuang said Zhang Yujun w...
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Thai cabinet invokes security law for weekend protests
Bangkok - The Thai cabinet approved Tuesday the use of the Internal Security Act that permits the military to crack down on planned protests in Bangkok if they get out of hand. Thousands of supporters of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawa...
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US envoy says Obama administration committed to defend Taiwan
Taipei - A senior US envoy on Tuesday assured Taipei that the United States is still committed to help defend Taiwan. Raymond Burghardt, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan and the highest-ranking US official handling Taiwan ties, gave the a...
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Massacre highlights lawlessness in the Philippines - Feature
Manila - The murder of at least 24 unarmed civilians in the southern Philippines has underscored the worsening state of lawlessness in the country under the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The carnage was unmatched in brutality and r...
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Two children die at controversial Nepal religious gathering
Kathmandu - At least two children died of suffocation Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered in southern Nepal for a controversial religious gathering involving large scale animal sacrifice, media reports said. Nearly half a million pe...
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Philippines declares emergency rule after massacre - Update
Manila - The Philippines Tuesday declared emergency rule and dispatched additional security forces to a southern province where gunmen killed at least 24 people in the worst-ever election-related violence in the country. President Gloria Macapagal Ar...
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