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Philippine death toll from Koppu jumps to 16
dpa, Published on 19/10/2015
» Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops on Monday and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as the death toll from Typhoon Koppu climbed to 16.
27 dead after 2 trains derail in India
dpa, Published on 05/08/2015
» Two passenger trains derailed after being hit by flash floods on a bridge in central India, killing at least 27 people in the latest deadly accident on the nation's crumbling rail network.
Beijing to blacklist bad Chinese tourists
dpa, Published on 13/04/2015
» BEIJING – China will blacklist badly behaved Chinese tourists to try to save national face at home and abroad, state media reported.
Myanmar jails 5 journalists for 2 yrs
dpa, Published on 16/10/2014
» YANGON — Five Myanmar journalists were handed two years in prison each for reporting on allegations that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians had formed an alternative government.
MSF warned off Myanmar politics
dpa, Published on 21/09/2014
» YANGON - The international medical group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was warned to stay away from politics if it resumes aid operations in western Myanmar, local media reported on Sunday.
UPDATE: Xinjiang blast killed 31
dpa, Published on 22/05/2014
» BEIJING - An attack killed 31 people and injured another 94 in China's restive north-west province of Xinjiang on Thursday, provincial authorities said online.
Sumatra haze emergency declared
dpa, Published on 26/02/2014
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's Riau province has declared a state of an emergency as thick smog from forest and brush fires blanketed much of Sumatra island, officials said.
Myanmar allows 'massacre' site tour
dpa, Published on 24/01/2014
» YANGON - Myanmar will allow international observers to inspect the site of the alleged killings of more than 40 Rohingya Muslims, a government spokesman said Friday.
'Dozens dead' in Rohingya boat tragedy
dpa, Published on 14/05/2013
» Yangon - Dozens of people were missing after boats sank off western Myanmar as they were carrying already destitute Rohingya refugees trying to flee an incoming cyclone, aid groups and the government said Tuesday.
South Koreans outwardly calm
dpa, Published on 10/04/2013
» Despite the increasing tensions on the peninsula, there are no signs of panic among the 10.5 million inhabitants of Seoul.