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New Zealand's Mount Tongariro has erupted again, having rumbled back to life in August after more than a century of quiet

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New Zealand's Mount Tongariro has erupted again, having rumbled back to life in August after more than a century of quiet. The volcano, in the...

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the only surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been executed by hanging

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Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the only surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been executed by hanging. The Pakistani national's plea for mercy to...

Barack Obama met Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the lakeside home where she spent years under house arrest

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Barack Obama said Burma is on a "remarkable journey" of reform that has much further to go, on his first visit to the South...

Barack Obama is practicing a new brand of foreign relations, appearing to flirt with Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra

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Barack Obama is practicing a new brand of foreign relations, appearing to flirt with Thailand’s attractive Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on his first stop...

Up to 100 runners, men and women, from the Marikina suburb of Manila in the Philippines competed in the whacky annual race, Tour of Heels

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Up to 100 runners, men and women, from the Marikina suburb of Manila in the Philippines competed in the whacky annual race, Tour of...

China is building The Ring of Life, a new landmark in the northeast of the country that defies the notion that size doesn't matter

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China is building The Ring of Life, a new landmark in the northeast of the country that defies the notion that size doesn't matter. Taking...

Peng Liyuan has become China's first high-profile political spouse since Jiang Qing, the late wife of Chairman Mao Zedong

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Xi Jinping has just become the most powerful military leader-elect to the most populous country in the world, and yet there are details that...

Xi Mingze has been studying at the Ivy League school since transferring in two years ago after going to school in China

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Xi Jinping has just become the most powerful military leader-elect to the most populous country in the world, and yet there are details that...

Xi Jinping has been confirmed as China’s leader for the next decade

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Xi Jinping has been confirmed as China’s leader for the next decade. Xi Jinping led the new Politburo Standing Committee onto the stage at the...

Vice-President Xi Jinping is set to succeed outgoing leader Hu Jintao as Chinese Communist Party chief

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China is set to unveil the new leaders who will rule for the next decade. Early on Thursday, selected Communist Party delegates will endorse the...

North Korea has been conducting tests at a rocket launch site, according to recent satellite images captured by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University

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North Korea has been conducting tests at a rocket launch site, according to recent satellite images captured by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins...

Japan's economy contracted in the third quarter of 2012, as a global economic slowdown and anti-Japan protests in China hurt its exports

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Japan's economy contracted in the third quarter of 2012, as a global economic slowdown and anti-Japan protests in China hurt its exports, while domestic consumption...

A 6.8-magnitude quake hit some 70 miles north of Burma’s second-largest city of Mandalay

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A strong earthquake has rocked central Burma, and there are unconfirmed reports of casualties. The 6.8-magnitude quake hit some 120 km (70 miles) north of...

Millions of Pakistan’s poorest families will get cash sums if their child attends school, in a scheme announced ahead of a day of action for Malala Yousafzai

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Millions of Pakistan’s poorest families will get cash sums if their child attends school, in a scheme announced ahead of a day of action for...

South Korean city of Suwon has opened what it says is the world's first toilet theme park

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South Korean city of Suwon has opened what it says is "the world's first toilet theme park". The Restroom Cultural Park has a museum displaying...

A train carrying liquid fuel has crashed and burst into flames near Kantbalu, central Burma, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens

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A train carrying liquid fuel has crashed and burst into flames near Kantbalu, central Burma, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens. The train...

China’s President Hu Jintao has opened a Communist Party congress that begins a once-in-a-decade power transfer with a stark warning on corruption

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China’s President Hu Jintao has opened a Communist Party congress that begins a once-in-a-decade power transfer with a stark warning on corruption. Addressing more than...

Neil Heywood had been communicating with an MI6 officer about top politician Bo Xilai for at least a year before he died

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Neil Heywood, the British businessman killed in China by Bo Xilai’s wife, had been providing information to the British secret service, the Wall Street...

Spitting, urinating and defecating in public are a common sight across India

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Volunteers armed with drums and whistles are being used under a new scheme to shame people going to the toilet in public in the...

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have been given a glimpse of village life in Papua New Guinea

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Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have been given a glimpse of village life in Papua New Guinea. A choir of women in floral...

A bomb attack in the north-west Pakistani city of Buner has killed local anti-Taliban politician Fateh Khan and three of his guards

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A bomb attack in the north-west Pakistani city of Buner has killed local anti-Taliban politician Fateh Khan and three of his guards, police sources...

Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang may open in 2013, 26 years after construction began

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Ryugyong Hotel, the 105-storey building which dominates the skyline of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, may open next year, 26 years after construction began. The...

Cao Haibo was detained at his home in Yancheng in October last year after he set up a website and online chat groups advocating democracy and constitutional government

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Cao Haibo, a Chinese internet cafe worker who posted pro-democracy articles online, has been sentenced to eight years in prison, his lawyer says. A court...

A Japanese government audit has found that funds intended for reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been spent on unrelated projects

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A Japanese government audit has found that funds intended for reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been spent on unrelated projects. Projects financed...

Ri Sol-ju made her public appearance joining Kim Jong-un at a football match and a musical concert on Monday

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Ri Sol-ju, the young wife of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, has made her first public appearance in two months, bringing to an end...