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Monday, May 18, 2015 from RFA Home
An industry official says fishermen will ‘remain vigilant’ as they ignore the ban.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaJustin Rowlatt writes on the controversy over whether a nine-year-old tiger from a national park is really a man eater.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaDetectives investigating the killings at Stepping Hill Hospital flew to Victorino Chua's native Philippines, where their investigation has cast serious doubt over his medical qualifications.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The DiplomatThe coldness in China-North Korea relations is more "normal" than their previous close relationship.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaNamed Asia's best female chef, Vicky Lau of Hong Kong's Tate Dining Room likes to fill minds as well as stomachs.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from RFA Home
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaCNN's Saima Moshin reports on an unfolding crisis in the waters of Southeast Asia as migrants flee their lands by the tens of thousands.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The DiplomatSuch mass amnesty decrees are routine in the country.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaA large explosion has struck close to government buildings in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from International Business TimesSlight declines in beer production could signal trouble for Chinese brewers. According to new data by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, for the first time in 24 years the volume of beer produced in China fell last year, down by 2.76...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaPM Tony Abbott rules out giving amnesties to Australians who regret joining militant groups abroad, as three men reportedly negotiate a return.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from International Business TimesThe White House is selling the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as “the most progressive trade agreement” in history, promising the highest labor standards of any U.S. trade pact. But so have backers of previous deals, and they’v...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The DiplomatA House amendment to a defense spending bill could force the Pentagon to invite Taiwan to the RIMPAC exercises.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe BBC's Martin Patience speaks to migrants after they were hauled out of the Andaman sea by Indonesian fisherman.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from International Business TimesISTANBUL -- As the Islamic State group Sunday captured full control of Ramadi, routing Iraqi government forces supported by American airstrikes, the Sunni militant group appeared poised to expand its territory. Its forces were on the ver...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The DiplomatThe country now wants all shops and restaurants shut by midnight.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaMr. Park shifts uncomfortably in his seat. As one of the most senior North Korean officials to ever defect, he was preparing to tell the ugly truth about the regime he served faithfully for decades.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaIt's a humanitarian disaster so large that no one even knows its true scale. Thousands of migrants are stuck at sea and Southeast Asian leaders are refusing to take them in.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from RFA Home
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaA sexual assault victim in India who remained in a coma for 42 years has died, rekindling the debate on legalizing euthanasia in the country.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The DiplomatThe U.S. Navy’s nascent 10th fleet plans to beef up its ability to fight off cyber intruders. Will that be enough?
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificWith traditional mail fading, SingPost has transformed into a provider of logistics and marketing services to companies eager to tap the e-commerce boom in Asia.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from RFA Home
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificThe country's murderous and mercurial leader may need to fuel the terror his power rests on.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from RFA Home
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificThe ousted prime minister voiced confidence in her innocence in connection with a plan to prop up rice prices, which her opponents called a waste of money.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The DiplomatThe military edginess that the DoD has been consistently displaying over the South China Sea appears to be overkill.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[International] : British daily, The Telegraph, has compared North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the two leaders are similar in that both run personality cults. [more...]
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NewsOnJapan.comJapan's problems with a rapidly ageing and declining population have been widely publicised. Less so however, is that there is vast stock of ageing and dilapidated houses that could turn many population centres into "ghost towns" in the ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Japan Times » NationalA 15-year-old boy in Yokohama was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing his mother and grandmother, after he turned himself in to police, investigators said. The boy, a high school student, told police he stabbed the two with a knife a...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » MacauMacau Daily Times feed Bills to amend the External Trade Law and the Affordable Housing Law obtained their first approval by the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday, suggesting faster procedures for customs clearance of MICE merchandise ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldThe State Department has proposed releasing portions of 55,000 pages of emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton by next January. The department made the proposal in a federal court filing Monday night, in a Freedom o...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed S KOREA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accuses North Korea of a litany of crimes and atrocities while reassuring South Korea of America’s “ironclad” security commitments. AFGHANISTAN A Taliban attack on a dist...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Hong Kong feedFrom illegal parking to taxi drivers refusing hire to littering, feeding wild monkeys and underage drinking, Hongkongers are breaking laws daily.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from DailyNK - Brightening the future of KoreaNews of the execution of Hyon Yong Chol,North Korea’s defense minister, is traveling swiftly throughout the country,while lectures for military cadre have been propagating Hyon’s purge on accountof “insubordinance to the country’s monoli...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » ChinaMacau Daily Times feed The owner of fashion brands Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent has accused Alibaba group in a lawsuit of profiting from sales of counterfeit goods despite the Chinese e-commerce giant’s pledge to combat the trade in fake...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » ChinaMacau Daily Times feed Chinese filmmaker Peter Ho-Sun Chan is making a movie about Li Na, the country’s biggest tennis star. Chan’s production company We Pictures said in a statement Saturday that the film will be based on Li’s autobiogr...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Chosun Ilbo
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Korea HealdSEOUL (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he will discuss peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula when he meets with the South Korean president during his visit to Seoul.Ban arrived here late in the aftern...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Korea HealdWILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Minjee Lee shook off a three-putt bogey on her first hole with two finishing pars and won the Kingsmill Championship by two shots Monday, her first victory on the LPGA Tour.Lee, an 18-year-old Australian, finish...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - WorldA security researcher told U.S. agents he was able to hack into aircraft computer systems mid-flight numerous times through in-flight entertainment systems, and at one point he caused a plane he was on to move sideways, according to an F...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Chosun IlboFaced with calls for quick action after the deaths of hundreds of migrants on the Mediterranean this year, the European Union agreed Monday to set up a naval mission to crack down on smuggling rings at sea. European Union foreign policy ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Chosun IlboNatalie Portman played a ballerina in the grip of psychological trauma in "Black Swan", but the Israeli actress said she had lots of support while directing her first film, about the childhood of Israeli intellectual Amos Oz, shown in Ca...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed Islamic State militants likely killed up to 500 people — both Iraqi civilians and soldiers — and forced 8,000 to flee from their homes as they captured the city of Ramadi, a provincial official said yesterday, whil...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - WorldAbout 170 members of rival motorcycle gangs were charged with engaging in organized crime Monday, a day after a shootout at a Texas restaurant that killed nine people and wounded 18. The crowd of suspects was so large that authorities op...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldPresident Barack Obama is embracing short-form communication. Twitter has a new @POTUS account. For years, White House officials have used Twitter to communicate White House policy and occasional personal observations. But Obama himself ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from CCTV America
At least 47 people were killed Monday when a mudslide triggered by heavy rains swept away dozens of modestly-built homes during the dead of night.The disaster took place around 3 a.m. local time in the town of Salgar, about 60 miles sout... -
Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Chosun IlboTaylor Swift dominated the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, winning eight awards including top artist, while British soul singer Sam Smith took the honors fort op male artist and new artist. Swift, 25, one of the top-selling musica...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » MacauMacau Daily Times feed The Commission of Audit (CA) has slammed the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) over the management of the Taipa Central Park construction works. In a report released yesterday, CA recalled that the c...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed Dean Potter, renowned for his daring and sometimes rogue climbs and BASE jumps, was one of two men killed after jumping from a 2,290-meter promontory called Taft Point in Yosemite National Park. Someone called for ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Chosun IlboKorean children are unhappy with their bodies, outlook and academic achievement and score the lowest on a happiness scale among 15 countries. Save the Children and the Seoul National University Social Welfare Research Center questioned s...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed Traders have been panicking over the sudden rise in global bond yields triggered by the expected tapering of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus programs. But an unlikely savior may emerge to limit the damage: China. Th...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Twitter Search / cctvnewsPremier Li Keqiang arrived in Brazil Monday afternoon, starting official visit of his 4-nation Latin America tour pic.twitter.com/3vkIHh1Nk7
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldMammograms at 40 or 50? Every year or every other year? What’s the best colon check? Screening for cancer has gotten more complicated in recent years with evolving guidelines that sometimes conflict. Now a U.S. doctor group aims to...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » MacauMacau Daily Times feed Take a tour of south Macau and it’s hard to tell that the world’s biggest gambling hub is contracting. On a vast piece of reclaimed land, dusty with cement mixers and dump trucks, all six of the city’s casino opera...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS[International] : A German newspaper has criticized Japan for seeking UNESCO’s World Heritage recognition for industrial sites, including mines where Koreans were forced to labor during Japanese colonial rule. [more...]
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Twitter Search / cctvnewsChinese premier Li Keqiang arrives in Brasília, beginning his eight-day South American tour.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Chosun IlboPresident Park Geun-hye and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday agreed to boost cooperation in the areas of defense, diplomacy, trade and investment, science and technology and culture.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Chosun IlboU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for the first time on Monday pushed openly for the deployment of the U.S.' Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea. The need "to be prepared for every possible outcome… is why we need ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NewsOnJapan.comAmerica has its share of loveable mascots. However, do they really compare to Fukuppy or Marimokkori? (rocketnews24.com)
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldScientists have figured out all the steps to make morphine and similar painkillers without using opium poppies, opening the door for home-brewed drugs and potential abuse. While no one has yet reported making morphine in the laboratory f...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NewsOnJapan.comAn elementary school teacher in Tachikawa, Tokyo, faces disciplinary action after it was learned that he had taken the fingerprints of every child in his sixth grade class. (Japan Today)
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Chosun IlboRobert de Niro and his business partners formally opened Asia's first Nobu Hotel in Manila on Monday as the luxury brand gears up for global expansion. The 321-room hotel within the bayside casino and entertainment City of Dreams complex...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » MacauMacau Daily Times feed Melina Leong has resigned from Sands China Ltd, where she has worked for the past 10 years, in order to dedicate more time to her family. “Having worked for 30 years and with 10 years at Sands, I definitely had spe...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » WorldMacau Daily Times feed Army soldiers were deployed yesterday for the first time in Burundi to quell street protests, putting the military into a precarious position amid persistent demonstrations against the president’s bid for a third t...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NewsOnJapan.comA major Japanese insurance company is using drones to investigate vehicle accidents. (NHK)
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NewsOnJapan.comVisiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Japan and South Korea Monday to resolve historical issues, particularly the "comfort women" issue, in a way that can "promote healing and reconciliation." (Jiji Press)
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Japan Times » NationalAn airfield designed for the test-flying of drones opened on Monday in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. A demonstration flight of a drone was conducted at the opening ceremony by the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association, or JUIDA, a ...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from MACAU DAILY TIMES » ChinaMacau Daily Times feed Taipei’s Ministry of Education added 15 universities in 11 countries to the funding list of its “Taiwan Studies” project yesterday, in an attempt to gain more international partnerships to promote worldwide researc...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Japan Times » News category » WorldRock climber Dean Potter and another man died while attempting parachute jumps from a 3,000-foot-high (900-meter) cliff in California’s Yosemite National Park, officials said on Monday, the latest in a string of deaths nationwide i...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Japan Times » NationalA planned visit by Japanese to Russian-administered islands off Hokkaido in May under a visa-free exchange program has been canceled due to Russia’s request for the submission of certain travel documents, sources said Monday. The d...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from The Japan Times » NationalThe U.S. Defense Department foresees no changes to a planned deployment of Osprey military aircraft to a western Tokyo air base even after the deadly crash of the tilt-rotor aircraft in Hawaii over the weekend, a spokesman said Monday, a...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesThe British public will for the first time be able to help decide which historic figure - in this case a creative one - appears on the next version of the country's 20 pound note, the Bank of England ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalA technologically advanced special new born care unit (SNCU), for infants requiring critical medical attention, was inaugurated at the government-run autonomous Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sc...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalJammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Tuesday declared the results of class 10 examination in which the top three positions have been bagged by girls.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalA Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in Nagaon district of Assam on Tuesday afternoon. Luckily, both the pilots managed to survive.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaBihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today came out in support of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal saying how could a state government discharge its responsibilities when it was not allowed to have a say in appointment of a chief secret...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe area committee members were involved in several serious crimes like committing murderrs, participating in famine raids, and destruction of cell towers.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalCentre has sought information on the whereabouts of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim from Pakistan and has recommended them to freeze all his bank accounts, reports claimed on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesA large explosion hit Afghanistan's capital on Tuesday and sirens could be heard as rescuers raced to the scene in central Kabul near several government buildings.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesThe government is now seeking public feedback on its proposal to launch gold deposit accounts.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalPartymen think she has been keeping her plans secret, afraid that Opposition might try to scuttle her return as Chief Minister.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalTumakuru slips to the 24th position from 17th in the State in terms of pass percentage in the II PU results announced on Monday. Deputy Director of PU Board, Lingaraju said that 22,650 st...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalHitting out at Narendra Modi over his foreign tours, the Congress said that the Prime Minister was more concerned about NRIs, than resident Indians.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalA frontline Sukhoi SU-30MKI combat jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Assam’s Nagaon district at 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalIncome Tax Dept has recovered Rs. 439 crore as income tax from VTU for the assessment years 2004-05 to 2013-14.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - InternationalThey were among 49 people charged over the death of Farkhunda, who was brutally beaten to death after being falsely accused of burning a copy of the Koran.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalThe Union Culture Ministry has sent a set of proposals to the PMO for the birth centenary celebrations of Jan Sangh leader Deendayal Upadhyay which the government has decided to commemorate in a big way.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalThe woman research analyst who filed a sexual harassment complaint against TERI director general RK Pachauri on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that he was "influencing" the witnesses in the case and sought the cancellation of his bail.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Hindu - National"She was one of us. We just helped someone who needed it. It is nothing special at all."
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalThe Board of Secondary Education of Andhra Pradesh (BSEAP) is going to announce the AP 10th Board Results 2015 on May 20.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesAt least 20 senior bureaucrats have reportedly indicated that they would like to be relocated from Delhi to avoid becoming prisoners of the war between Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb J...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
| Abdul Hakiim Yakof | THE Museums Department yesterday held a tahlil for Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam and Al-Marhumah Duli Raja Is... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) advisory board today urged Putrajaya to make it compulsory for corruption suspects in Malaysia to declare their assets to clamp down on graft in the cou... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang rubbished talk today that PAS puts its political needs above public welfare, claiming that in Kelantan, voters are more well-off that their leaders in government. The Mar... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
MINISTER of Education Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong yesterday received a courtesy call by Dr Gatot Hari Priowirjanto, the newly appointed Director of SEAMEO Secretariat. During the c... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - BreakingnewsA group of LPG-related businesses are seeking signatures to support its opposition to the Energy Ministry's proposed excise tax hike.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, May 19, 2015: PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang attributed the 300% increase in the party’s membership in the first three months of 2015 to the advent of new media. He said the new media allowed more people to know ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishBANGKOK (DPA) — Former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra appeared in court on Tuesday on the first day of her corruption trial, almost a year after her party was ousted in a military coup.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsKABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan judge sentenced 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of a woman in Kabul who was accused of burning a Koran.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationA whistleblower on Tuesday testified that former Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) party-list Representative Edgar Valdez personally received kickbacks from alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from theSundaily.my World NewsBUENOS AIRES: A former Iranian foreign minister and another ex-official have denied Tehran's involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina that has come under renewed scrutiny after the death of an investigator. Al...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Around The World News- RSS Khaosod EnglishBANGKOK (DPA) — The crisis over thousands of Rohingya people stranded on boats in South-East Asian waters has come during a watershed year for Myanmar, the departure point of most of the migrants.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- Some 36.8 per cent of the Kelantan population are still without treated water from the public water supply system said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWS'Fools' who can't resolve differences in PAS should leave, says Abdul Hadi.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionPUTRAJAYA, May 19 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Finance Ministry would take the appropriate measure to reduce 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)'s debt.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionPUTRAJAYA, May 19 (Bernama) -- Developing Eight for Economic Cooperation (D-8) secretary-general Dr Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi called on Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the Finance Ministry here today.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- The Rural and Regional Development Ministry is to help patent the products which rural entrepreneurs have produced with innovation and creativity.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllKUALA LUMPUR: The government will leave the process of awarding refugee status to the Rohingya stranded in Langkawi waters with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from theSundaily.my Local NewsIPOH: The Perak government is proposing a housing board to oversee all its housing needs. The proposed board will oversee housing construction, policies and projects. Currently the job is done by the Housing and Local Government division...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishTOKYO (DPA) — Japan is to invest billions into infrastructure around Asia over the next five years, apparently to counter the recently announced China-led investment bank, a news report said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationThe camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday cried political harassment following the order of the Senate to arrest 17 individuals who had refused to testify in the long-running Blue Ribbon subcommittee inquiry into allegations of...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
| James Kon | AUTORITI Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) as the central bank of the country in collaboration with Employees’ Trust Fund (TAP) is set to launch its first National Saving Day from May 28 – 30 to inc... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from theSundaily.my Local NewsPUTRAJAYA: The Finance Ministry, with its relevant agencies, will work out a "recovery plan" to "save" the debt ridden investment arm 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak. He said the governm...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Parliament's Public Accounts Committee said today that it does not see the need for now to question Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who also holds the finance portfolio, or businessman Low Taek Jho. PA... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldNEW YORK, May 19, 2015: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, George Clooney and TV news host Anderson Cooper are helping to open the new observatory at One World Trade Center. De Blasio, Clooney and Cooper are scheduled to be on “CB...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top StoriesSEOUL — Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he had no plans to mobilise his "red-shirt" supporters and push his son Panthongtae to be the Pheu Thai Party’s new leader.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
| Izah Azahari | THE Ministry of Communications (MinCom) and its departments yesterday conducted a ‘Thanksgiving and Retiree Certificate Presentation Ceremony’ at the Amar Pahlawan Hall of the Ministry of Communi... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishBANGKOK — Police say they have arrested a man who vandalized a granite entrance sign in front of the Royal Thai Police headquarters during anti-government protests in Bangkok sixteen months ago.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKOTA BAHARU, May 19 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Football Association (KAFA) has advised football fans to avoid buying tickets for the FA Cup final between Kelantan and Lions XII on Saturday, from ticket touts.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Malaysia Today(The Star) – DAP has set up its own shadow cabinet, citing an inability to work with PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said... READ MORE
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationZamboanga City Rep. Celso Lobregat broke into a wide smile Tuesday afternoon while his colleagues cheered and clapped after his suggested amendment to the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) was approved — a first since the voting ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldJAKARTA, May 19, 2015: Indonesia’s ambassador to Pakistan died on Tuesday, 11 days after he was injured in a helicopter crash in northern Pakistan that killed seven others, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister said. Burhan Muhammad, ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, yesterday afternoon arrived safely in the State of Ku... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
| Hakim Hayat | OVER 250 officers and staff of the Museums Department attended a thanksgiving ceremony held at the Ash-Shaliheen Mosque in Jalan Perdana Menteri last evening to mark the golden jubilee of the depa... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldPAK BARA (Thailand), May 19, 2015: A migrant boat pushed back to sea by Southeast Asian nations over the weekend has not been heard from for two days, raising concerns about what has happened to the 300 people on board, rights groups sai...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
| Nuri Sufri | IN AN effort to strengthen the use of Bahasa Melayu, Jawi and Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB) philosophy, an annual induction course began for newly recruited officers and staff members at the Language a... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, May 19, 2015: DAP today decided to go at forming a shadow cabinet, to serve as an alternative to the Barisan Nasional government, on its own. Their line-up involves 18 portfolios that would be divided to all DAP Members of ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - BreakingnewsA fire hit the warehouse building of the Naval Dockyard Department at 10:45 am Tuesday. Some 20 fire engines took about ten minutes to control the blaze.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Borneo Bulletin Online » National
| Aziz Idris | BOTH policy makers and educational practitioners encounter various problems and issues during Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Not knowing how to approach them and what infor... -
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Thanh Nien News Online | Thanh Nien DailyChanges coming to the auto market earlier than expected, with a sudden cut in tariffs on imports from South Korea As Vietnam lift trade barriers, foreign manufacturers find new interest in imports Toyota to consider ending manufacture in...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang today said it does not matter to him if he is not listed in Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) shadow cabinet, proposed yesterday by the opposition pact’s new parliame...
- Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsGovernment data shows Vietnamese online shoppers spent almost US$3 billion last year. However, experts are skeptical of the healthy number, while consumers' preference for cash over credit cards may also hamper growth in the sector.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from philstar.com - NationMANILA, Philippines - The Philippine National Police (PNP) supports Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) program allowing Facebook users to max
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from WorldKUALA LUMPUR - The Democratic Action Party (DAP)'s Lim Guan Eng dared Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak today (May 19) to accept Dr Mahathir Mohamad's challenge to a debate, saying the prime minister should face his harshest critic li...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsThe arrival of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants on the island of Langkawi, located off the northwestern coast of Malaysia, has raised a dilemma for local residents who fear it will jeopardise their livelihood..
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaLANGSA, Indonesia - Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants on board a foundering vessel off Indonesia fought with axes, knives and metals bars in vicious clashes that left at least 100 dead, survivors said as they recovered from their ordeal....
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsThai government officials have denied media reports that Bangkok has signed an agreement with Beijing to construct a shipping canal through the Kra Isthmus that could allow ships to bypass the Straits of Malacca.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshPolice claim he was a gangster and involved in many criminal activities
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he will visit the Kaesong industrial complex just north of the inter-Korean border, which will make him the first U.N. chief to enter the isolated country in more than two decades.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaISLAMABAD - Pakistan will investigate a firm accused by the New York Times of earning tens of millions of dollars by running a global fake degree empire, officials said Tuesday. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed the ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Inquirer News » WorldA schoolteacher who gained permission to have an additional child in one city has been ordered to have an abortion because the province where she is teaching has different rules.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaSEOUL - Workers at a North Korean terrapin farm probably wished they could withdraw into their protective shells Tuesday, after a visit from leader Kim Jong-Un who lambasted operations at the facility. A large photo on the front page of ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaISLAMABAD - After years of antagonism and accusations, spy agencies in Pakistan and Afghanistan will now share information, the Pakistani military said, in another sign frosty relations between the neighbours may be gradually thawing. Im...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsHungarian police said they defused a "suspicious package" on a coach carrying 34 Bulgarian and Romanian citizens from Prague to the Black Sea town of Varna through Hungary on Saturday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaTOKYO - A birthday letter from a Nazi foreign minister to a legendary spy credited with helping turn the tide of Germany's advance on Moscow has been found in Tokyo, a book dealer said Tuesday. Unknown to Adolf Hitler's regime, Richard S...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsThailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded not guilty to all charges at the Supreme Court. She is forbidden to leave the country without permission and scheduled to give testimonies on July 21 and 28.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from TOLOnews.com RSS FeedKabul Primary Court Judge Safiullah Mujadidi on Tuesday sentenced 11 out of 19 policemen to one year in prison each for their involvement in Farkhunda's murder. Mujadidi found 11 guilty of dereliction of duty but freed the remaining eigh...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsThailand's junta delayed a general election by at least six months on Tuesday, hours after former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from travelling overseas, raising questions about a promised return to democracy.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from China&IndiaNEW DELHI - India is considering doubling spending on a high-speed Internet grid to connect villages across the country to 700 billion rupees (S$14.6 billion), Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. A committee appointed by th...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshThe gang was on its way to pull off a heist at Manikganj’s Singair when locals stopped them
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsEgyptian security forces have stepped up sexual violence since the military overthrew the country's first freely elected president in 2013, a human rights group alleged on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from The Star Online Nation HighlightsKUALA LUMPUR: Selangor PAS commissioner Iskandar Abdul Samad announced on Tuesday that he will be contesting the vice-president post in the coming party elections.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaTOKYO - More than 450 mostly Western scholars have signed a letter urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to confront boldly Japan's wartime past, the latest sign that the conservative leader has not erased concern that he wants to dilute past...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaSEOUL - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he will visit the Kaesong industrial complex just north of the inter-Korean border, which will make him the first UN chief to enter the isolated country in more than two decades. T...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaMANILA - The Philippines said Tuesday it was ready to help Rohingya and Bangladeshi boatpeople, as its Southeast Asian neighbours faced outrage for turning them away. The Philippines is obliged to help the migrants, many of whom are flee...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE, May 19 - Indonesia's Pertamina is seeking gasoline for June and July delivery to Timor Leste, traders said on Tuesday. Pertamina has an outstanding tender to buy up to 4.8 million barrels of gasoline from either Singapore and/...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - City Harvest Church (CHC) co-founder Sun Ho never asked how much sales her music albums had chalked up, but was "under the impression" they sold well, with platinum awards to boot, she testified this morning (May 19). It was ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Asia
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from AsiaNEW DELHI - As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 billion people are coming in for sharp criticism, including from within his cabinet. In a break...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Haveeru Online - HeadlinesThe Criminal Court has sentenced two men for carrying sharp weapons on them without a compelling reason, to seven months in jail.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsChina's property sector is suffering from many empty towns dotting its vast landscape, as the number of cities built has far outstripped demand. The impact is prominent in the Tianjin metropolis, where ambitious development projects have...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Today.Az
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.comAnnual open and free exhibitions organized during the recent decade especially contributed to increasing interest in people toward museum culture; they take place within the European Museum Night project, the National Picture Gallery’s a...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Kabar News Agency :: RSS ChannelBishkek, May 18 / Kabar /. Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime have arrested 101 members of organized criminal groups since the beginning of the year. Deputy head of the Directorate...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.comYerevan soccer club Pyunik has secured the 2014-15 championship title in Armenia over the weekend – two rounds before the official finish of the tournament.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The session will begin at the Golden Hall of the National Assembly on May 19.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Today.Az
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Uzbekistan News - UzReportOn May 18 in Brussels, the delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Commissioner for the Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesThe torch of the Baku 2015 First European Games was delivered to Azerbaijan’s north-western district of Gazakh.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.NetUEFA has had regular talks with European clubs about modifying the rules, which sanctioned clubs last season for overspending.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesAzerbaijan, situated between Europe and Asia, brings together various races, religions and cultures.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Today.Az
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Hunter Doherty Adams and his group will bring laughter to the children of the orphanages and hospitals of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor and Dilijan.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanAzerbaijani people are proud of their culture and the country’s authorities have turned the culture into the object of national pride, Rachida Dati, member of the European Parliament, mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris said May 18.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Today.Az
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / CaucasusNuland's trip comes days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva have met with Director General of Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri on May 18, AzerTac state news agency reported.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.comThis week will see the summit of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership in Riga, Latvia, but Armenia has not yet announced whether it will attend the event at the presidential level and what specific document will be signed at the meet...
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from News.Az - Latest Articles"We live in a difficult time."
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Uzbekistan News - UzReportOn May 18, a press conference with the participation of the youth team coach of Uzbekistan U-20, which soon will take part in the World Cup in New Zealand, was held in the meeting room of the Football Federation of Uzbekistan.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Epress News
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Civil.Ge Daily NewsFormer commander of Russia's 58th Army, wounded in 2008 war with Georgia, took the post.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from World Bulletin / CaucasusThe Ukrainian military said on Sunday that the two Russian soldiers had been captured during a battle with rebels at Shchastya, near Luhansk
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Uzbekistan News - UzReportOn May 25-30, deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis will hold meetings with voters in the electoral districts.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.comEurovision 2015 song competition opened May 17 in Vienna, Austria, with Armenia’s representative group “Genealogy” scheduled to perform May 19. More than 40 countries will compete, with the finals held May 23.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva have received Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Iyad bin Ameen Madani.
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Monday, May 18, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesPresident of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva met with Director General of Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri on May 18.
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