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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Four NATO oil trucks gutted in Pakistan, driver killed
Islamabad - At least four oil tankers carrying fuel for Western forces in Afghanistan were destroyed and one driver killed in south-eastern Pakistan early Tuesday, a news report said. The attack took place before dawn in Dera Allah Yar, a small town ...
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China to send pandas to Australia
Beijing - Two giant pandas were scheduled to undergo health checks on Tuesday ahead of a flight to Australia, where they will live at Adelaide Zoo for 10 years, state media said. The two pandas were scheduled to leave China on Friday after they were ...
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Cocaine seizures rocket in Hong Kong during economic downturn
Hong Kong - The amount of cocaine seized by police and customs officers in Hong Kong has almost doubled in 2009, according to government figures released Tuesday. Security secretary Ambrose Lee said 112 kilograms of cocaine had been seized in the fir...
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