Woman detained after man found dead in Malaysian flat
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police have detained an Indonesian woman who was found in the same flat as a man who was brutally killed and had his genitals severed, news reports said Thursday. The victim, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, was foun...
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Hong Kong police probe Facebook group planning 'mass suicide'
Hong Kong - Police in Hong Kong were Thursday trying to trace the founder of a Chinese-language Facebook group whose members claim to be planning a mass suicide on December 21. The investigation was triggered after a 15-year-old member of the group w...
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Taliban leader rejects Karzai's call for peace talks
Kabul - The Taliban's fugitive leader, Mullah Omar, on Wednesday rejected the Afghan government's call for talks with Taliban-led insurgents. His statement came ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and days after President Hamid Karzai renewed ...
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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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