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N. Korea warns of war after exchange of fire with South
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2015
» PYONGYANG — North Korea on Friday declared its frontline troops in a “a quasi-state of war” and warned of military operations a day after the rival Koreas exchanged fire across the world's most heavily armed border.
How SE Asia created its own humanitarian crisis
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2015
» The waters off some of Southeast Asia's most pristine beaches are the focal point of a regional humanitarian crisis. Yet nobody is rushing to solve it.
4,000 fishermen reported stranded on Indonesian islands
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2015
» JAKARTA - An estimated 4,000 foreign fishermen are stranded on a number of remote islands in eastern Indonesia, including men revealed in an Associated Press investigation to have been enslaved, an aid group said.
Recovery teams find Germanwings black box
Associated Press, Published on 25/03/2015
» SEYNE-LES-ALPES, FRANCE — A black box recovered from the scene and pulverised pieces of debris strewn across Alpine mountainsides held clues to what caused a German jetliner to take an unexplained eight-minute dive Tuesday midway through a flight from Spain to Germany, apparently killing all 150 people on board.
Museum attack in Tunisian capital kills 19; 2 gunmen slain
Associated Press, Published on 19/03/2015
» TUNIS, Tunisia - Foreign tourists scrambled in panic Wednesday after militants stormed a museum in Tunisia's capital and killed 19 people, "shooting at anything that moved,'' a witness said.
New Malaysia Airlines CEO a "battle hardened" veteran
Associated Press, Published on 04/03/2015
» HONG KONG – When the owners of embattled Malaysia Airlines went looking for a new CEO to lead its restructuring, they chose a German turnaround specialist known as “The Terminator” to take on what's been dubbed the toughest job in aviation.
Overfishing driving slavery on Thailand's seafood boats
Associated Press, Published on 26/02/2015
» SAMUT SAKHON — Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Myanmar man lies wearing only a t-shirt and a diaper.
'Cyclone sandwich' hits remote parts of northern Australia
Associated Press, Published on 20/02/2015
» SYDNEY — Two powerful cyclones smashed into northern Australia on Friday, knocking out power to thousands, tearing roofs off houses and prompting coastal residents to flee their homes amid warnings the storms' violent winds and drenching rains could prove deadly.
Pope visits Sri Lanka hoping for peace
Associated Press, Published on 12/01/2015
» COLOMBO — Less than a week after its long-time president was surprisingly voted out of office, Sri Lanka welcomes Pope Francis on Tuesday, with the island nation's Catholic minority hoping he can help heal the lingering wounds of the country's 25-year civil war.
At least 4 die in Myanmar landslide
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2015
» YANGON — At least four people have been killed in a landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar's north, authorities said Friday.