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S. Korea vows to root out school bullying

South Korea’s president and prime minister pledged yesterday to curb school bullying after two suicides by victims sparked public concern.Last December the middle school students,
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Rising Australian floodwaters spark mass evacuation

Mass evacuations were under way in northern Australia yesterday as record flooding that has cut off thousands of people threatened to engulf areas devastated by ...
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Filmmakers killed in Australian helicopter crash

Two celebrated filmmakers working on a documentary with Oscar-winning director James Cameron and National Geographic have died in a helicopter crash in Australia, the media ...
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N. Korea developing unmanned attack aircraft

North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using US target drones imported from the Middle East, a report said yesterday.They are based on MQM-107D Streaker ...
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Maori protesters confront New Zealand PM

A group of mostly Maori protesters forced New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to retreat from a national day ceremony yesterday amid rising ...
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Nepal in mass poultry cull after bird flu found

Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of ...
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Lack of collective will on climate change: India PM

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday that "a lack of collective will" was hampering efforts to forge a common global front against the threat ...
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Top regional Islamic militants killed: Manila

The Philippines said it killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted Islamic militants yesterday including a Malaysian bomb maker with a USD 5-million US government bounty ...
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Heavy snow buffets Japan, death toll tops

Heavy snow that has blanketed northern Japan for weeks, triggering avalanches and disrupting transport networks, has left at least 56 people dead, officials said yesterday.In ...
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Hundreds rescued as PNG ferry sinks

More than 200 people were plucked from waters off Papua New Guinea yesterday after a ferry sank but many others remained missing, with rescuers scouring ...
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