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dpa, Published on 16/10/2015
» Crocodile farms will need walls at least 1.5 metres high around their pits under planned government guidelines, an official said Friday, after 28 crocodiles escaped in early October.
dpa, Published on 12/10/2015
» STOCKHOLM -- Work exploring the interrelationship of consumption, poverty and welfare helped win Scottish-American economist Angus Deaton the 2015 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.
dpa, Published on 12/10/2015
» HANOI -- Proposed restrictions to Vietnam's relatively lax abortion laws have sparked an outcry from the public and health officials, who say the new conditions would be insensitive to rape victims and unworkable.
dpa, Published on 11/10/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police are investigating a report that plane wreckage with a Malaysian flag painted on it was found on a southern Philippine island, a news report said.
dpa, Published on 11/10/2015
» N'DJAMMENA - At least 41 people died after suicide bombers attacked a weekly market in the town of Baga Sola in Chad on Saturday afternoon, a government minister said.
dpa, Published on 09/10/2015
» SYDNEY -- Australia is seeking a deal with the Philippines to take refugees held in Australian-run detention centres, the government confirmed Friday, as local media said the potential agreement could be worth more than US$100 million.
dpa, Published on 30/09/2015
» The Thai Shopping Centres Association said it will invest 100 billion baht to turn Thailand into a regional shopping destination.
dpa, Published on 29/09/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said his golf game with US President Barack Obama during a visit to Washington last year did not yield the expected political benefits, a news report said Tuesday.
dpa, Published on 29/09/2015
» PHNOM PENH -- Hundreds of Cambodians gathered at downtown’s Wat Langka pagoda early Tuesday to celebrate Pchum Ben, an annual 15-day festival honouring the dead.
dpa, Published on 29/09/2015
» HANOI -- Vietnam's economy grew 6.8% in the third quarter, up from 6.1% and 6.5% in the first and second quarters, respectively, the government said Tuesday.