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China: anti-Japanese protests across the country over disputed islands
Anti-Japanese protests took place in cities across China after Japan's nationalists raised their country's flag on disputed islands. Thousands of people took to the streets...
Jesse Robredo, Philippine Interior Secretary, missing after plane crash
Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo is missing after the light aircraft he was travelling in crashed into the sea, officials say. Two other people are...
Japanese flotilla sets sail for disputed islands Senkaku despite China’s protests
Japanese politicians have set sail for a group of disputed islands, in the teeth of protests by China which claims them for its own. A...
Gu Kailai trial: court will announce the verdict and sentence on Monday
The verdict in the murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of former politician Bo Xilai, will be delivered on Monday, Chinese officials say. Gu Kailai...
Pakistan: militants attack Minhas air base at Kamra
A Pakistani military air base has been attacked by gunmen triggering a fierce fire-fight with security forces that lasted several hours. Several militants wearing military...
Australia court backs anti-tobacco move
The highest court of Australia has upheld a new government law on mandatory packaging for cigarettes that removes brand colors and logos from packaging. The...
Australian lower house backs offshore processing camps
Australian lower house has approved laws allowing offshore processing camps for asylum seekers to be re-established in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. The MPs passed...
Afghanistan: 42 killed in series of suicide attacks in Nimroz and Kunduz
Forty-two people have been killed and more than 130 others wounded in a series of suicide attacks in the south-west and north of Afghanistan. At...
Chang Song-Taek, Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, in China visit
Chang Song-Taek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, is visiting Beijing, amid signs the impoverished state wants to tackle its economic problems. Chang Song-Taek,...
Anti-corruption campaigner Baba Ramdev arrested during protest in Delhi
Indian police have stopped prominent anti-corruption campaigner Baba Ramdev from marching to parliament to stage a protest in Delhi. Baba Ramdev and his supporters have...
Gu Kailai admits murdering Neil Heywood due to a mental breakdown
Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced top politician Bo Xilai, has admitted murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and blamed her actions on a mental breakdown,...
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak stirs up islands dispute
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is visiting islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions. Lee Myung-bak flew to the...
Gu Kailai trial for Neil Heywood murder ends in Hefei
The trial of Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood has ended in the Chinese city of Hefei,...
Vietnam: US begins Agent Orange clean-up after 37 years since the war ended
The United States has begun a project to help clean up Agent Orange contamination at one area in Vietnam - the first such move...
Gu Kailai had an affair with Neil Heywood before she became mentally unstable
New sources have come forward to corroborate claims that Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai, once had an...
Antarctic rescue mission for US scientist
An international mission is under way to rescue a sick US citizen working at a research centre in the Antarctic. An Australian Airbus A319 landed...
Gu Kailai’s murder trial begins
Gu Kailai, wife of former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has gone on trial charged with murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu Kailai is accused...
Bo Guagua, Bo Xilai’s son, speaks out ahead of his mother’s trial
Bo Guagua, son of sacked Chinese politician Bo Xilai, says the "facts will speak for themselves" when his mother, Gu Kailai, goes on trial...
Manila flood: at least 16 people have died as torrential rain left low-lying areas under water
Philippine officials say that at least 16 people have died in severe floods in the capital, Manila. More than 80,000 people are in emergency shelters,...
Philippine floods: half of Manila paralyzed by torrential rain
Flooding caused by torrential rain has paralyzed parts of Philippine capital, Manila, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and closing schools, offices...
Key Afghan ministers sacked by parliament
The Afghan parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in two of its most senior ministers and demanded that they be replaced. The interior...
North Korea floods toll: 169 deaths and 400 people missing
The floods that hit parts of North Korea in recent weeks have killed 169 people and left 400 missing, the state news agency says,...
Gu Kailai set to go on trial for the murder of Neil Heywood next Thursday
Gu Kailai, wife of controversial Chinese politician Bo Xilai, will go on trial for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood next Thursday. Prosecutors announced...
North Korea requests immediate food aid after devastating floods
North Korea has requested immediate food aid after devastating floods last month, the United Nations says. UN officials in Pyongyang said the need for aid...
Missing Moslemuddin Sarkar reunited with his family after 23 years
Moslemuddin Sarkar, a Bangladeshi man who went missing for 23 years, has been reunited with his family, who had given him up for dead. Moslemuddin...
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