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Attacker bites off politician's ear, others slashed in Hong Kong
Associated Press, Published on 04/11/2019
» HONG KONG: A knife-wielding man slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong late on Sunday, as riot police stormed several malls to thwart protesters who have been demanding government reforms for nearly five months.
Filipino Muslims approve new autonomous region
Associated Press, Published on 26/01/2019
» MANILA: Muslims in the southern Philippines overwhelmingly approved in a referendum the creation of a new autonomous region in hopes of ending nearly half a century of unrest, election officials said.
Philippine troops kill 2 'bomb couriers' in south
Associated Press, Published on 08/08/2018
» MANILA: Philippine troops killed two bomb couriers at an army checkpoint Wednesday before the suspected Muslim militants could detonate the explosives in a crowded area in the restive south, military officials said.
3 dead, dozens injured in violent white nationalist rally
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2017
» CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va: A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation's roiling racial and political divisions.
36 die from smoke in Manila casino after gunman set fire
Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2017
» MANILA - A gunman stormed a casino in the Philippine capital and torched gambling tables in the crowded space, creating a choking level of smoke that killed at least 36 people, authorities said.
US voices frustration over Thailand's democracy progress
Associated Press, Published on 20/11/2015
» WASHINGTON -- The United States has expressed deep frustration over the lack of democratic progress in Thailand after last year's military coup, saying a new constitution there won't pass the “smell test” unless civil society helps to draft it.
Robot revolution sweeps China's factory floors
Business, Associated Press, Published on 24/09/2015
» SHENZHEN: In China's factories, the robots are rising.
Strike trips up Nike's Vietnam factory
Associated Press, Published on 01/04/2015
» HANOI — Thousands of Vietnamese workers at a major footwear factory were on strike for a sixth day Wednesday over a social-insurance law in a rare challenge to government policy.
Factories torched in anti-China protest
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2014
» HANOI - Rioters torched and looted about 10 factories during anti-China protests in southern Vietnam in the most serious outbreak of public disorder in the tightly controlled country in years, an industrial park management official said on Wednesday.
About 100 Philippine rebels killed, held
Associated Press, Published on 15/09/2013
» Nearly 100 Muslim guerrillas who have held scores of people hostage for a week in a southern Philippine city have been killed or captured in an offensive to retake rebel-held coastal communities, officials said on Sunday.