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Mumbai gunman appeals against death penalty

The lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks began a Supreme Court appeal against his death sentence yesterday by claiming that he had not
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Myanmar denies trying to obtain N. Korean nukes

Myanmar President Thein Sein has denied his country is trying to obtain nuclear weapons from North Korea, describing allegations of a covert programme as “unfounded”.“We ...
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Seven Pakistani soldiers killed in Taliban clashes

Dozens of heavily armed Taliban militants attacked a Pakistani military post yesterday, sparking clashes that killed seven soldiers and wounded another 10, the ...
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Truckloads of Chinese rice enter N. Korea 



Long convoys of Chinese lorries laden with rice were seen entering North Korea after Beijing reportedly agreed to provide major food aid to Pyongyang’s new ...
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Singapore expertise to modernise Myanmar economy

Myanmar yesterday signed an agreement with Singapore seeking the financial centre’s help as the country emerges from political and economic isolation after decades of military ...
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Indonesian court indicts Papuan activists for treason

An Indonesian court yesterday indicted five activists for treason in the restive Papua region after they raised an outlawed Papuan flag and declared its independence.The ...
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Bangladesh orders seizure of schoolbook

A Bangladesh court has ordered millions of copies of a school textbook to be seized in a dispute over credit for the nation’s 1971 independence ...
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S. Korea minister calls China trade pact necessary

South Korea’s finance minister called yesterday for early negotiations on a free trade pact with China so Seoul can compete against Taiwan in the lucrative ...
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Suicide bomber kills four in Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed an Islamist militant commander in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, along with at least three other people, police ...
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Bomb squad called to embassies in Australia

Bomb squad officers were called to the French and Israeli embassies in Australia yesterday following the discovery of suspicious packages that were later ...
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