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Two Militants Killed By Their Own Bomb In Thai South

Two militants were killed in Thailand's violence-plagued deep south after a bomb they were transporting prematurely...

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Essien, Cole Caught Without Indonesia Work Permits

Michael Essien and Carlton Cole are facing problems in Indonesia after their new club admitted it had not obtained work...

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Amazon Aims For India As Flipkart Holds On To Market Top Spot For Now

With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown...

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Philippines, US To Hold Annual ‘Balikatan’ Military Drills

The Philippine military said Sunday it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its...

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Amazon, Flipkart Battle In India For E-Commerce’s ‘last Frontier’

With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown...

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Amnesty Attacks Thai Junta Ban On Online Contact With Dissidents

Amnesty International has slammed an unprecedented ban by Thailand's junta on using the internet to communicate with...

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Philippine’s Duterte Pulls Back From Spratlys Flag Vow

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday pulled back from a vow to place his country's flag on an island in...

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Indonesian Graft Investigator Injured In Acid Attack

A prominent Indonesian corruption investigator had acid thrown in his face by motorbike-riding assailants Tuesday in an...

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Nepal’s Rhinos On Road To Recovery With Cross-Country Move

All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted...

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20 Killed, A Dozen Missing, When Ferry Capsizes In Burma

At least 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen missing after a ferry boat capsized in Burma's Ayeyarwaddy...

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20 Killed In Myanmar Wedding Boat Crash

At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in...

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Italy and Scotland To Play Rugby Test In Singapore

Italy and Scotland will play a test match in Singapore June 10 as the city-state seeks to establish itself as a...

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Philippine Military To Upgrade Island Facilities, Not Launch Land Grab

The Philippines' military said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in...

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Wave of Attacks Strike Restive Thai South

Nearly two dozen arson and bomb attacks erupted across Thailand's insurgency-torn south shortly after midnight, the...

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Duterte Orders Philippine Troops To South China Sea Reefs

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered Filipino troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea...

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Two Suspected IS Members Arrested In Philippines

Philippine authorities said Thursday they had foiled a possible terror attack after arresting a Kuwaiti man and his...

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Duterte Orders Philippine Troops To South China Sea Reefs

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered Filipino troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea...

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Number of Foreign Jihadists In Iraq and Syria Unknown

US intelligence agencies don't know the true number of foreign jihadists still fighting in Iraq and Syria, or the...

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Creepy Crawly Cargo Caught In Australia

Australian customs officers got more than they bargained for when two shoe boxes arrived from Europe with venomous...