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UN special envoy visits Rakhine state
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» YANGON - United Nations special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana visited Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state on Friday following reports of new atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority living there, officials said.
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India PM reaches out to Africa
Business, dpa, Published on 02/11/2015
» New Delhi: Indian Premier Narendra Modi has announced US$600 million and a line of cut-price credit in development aid for Africa as he called for expanded trade, all part of an effort to limit China's influence on the continent.
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Globe-trotting Dalai Lama facing future at 80
dpa, Published on 20/06/2015
» NEW DELHI - April in Japan, June in Australia and Britain, July in the United States and back to his Indian base in between.
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Hardline Buddhists defend Myanmar's role in migrant crisis
dpa, Published on 27/05/2015
» YANGON — More than 100 Buddhist nationalists, including monks and nuns, marched here Wednesday in protest at the international portrayal of the country's role in the Rohingya boat-migrant crisis.
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Indonesia deforestation produces 3rd-highest emissions
dpa, Published on 21/03/2015
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's high deforestation rate, land clearing and fires have led to carbon emissions that rank third-highest in the world, a United Nations (UN) official said on Saturday.
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UN praises SE Asia flood prevention
dpa, Published on 23/12/2014
» ROME — Ten years on from the devastating tsunami of 2004, Southeast Asian nations have made "impressive" strides in natural-disaster prevention, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization says.
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Thailand struggles with dark side of vital fishing industry
dpa, Published on 25/12/2014
» Thailand, the world's third-largest exporter of fish and fishery products, is facing something of a crisis for its international reputation.
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UNHCR probes Malaysia refugee fraud
dpa, Published on 21/11/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Friday it was investigating allegations of fraud in the processing of asylum seekers in Malaysia.
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Malaysia holds terror suspects' funds
dpa, Published on 24/09/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia ordered a freeze on all funds of suspected terrorists in the country's financial institutions, officials said Wednesday.
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North Korea: 1 country, 2 systems
dpa, Published on 28/09/2014
» NEW YORK - North Korea said reunification with the South is its main goal, and proposed an arrangement of "one country, two systems," the United Nations General Assembly heard on Saturday.
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