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Indonesia: We won't take Hambali back
AFP, Published on 11/03/2016
» JAKARTA — Indonesia does not want one of the country's most notorious terrorists, Hambali, returned home should the United States close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre, a senior minister said on Friday.
Myanmar army chief asks Thailand for death sentence review
AFP, Published on 27/12/2015
» YANGON - Myanmar's army chief has called on Thailand to review the sentencing of his two countrymen to death for murdering a pair of British backpackers after a controversial trial that sparked protests.
20 years after Tokyo subway attacks, Japan remains baffled
AFP, Published on 20/03/2015
» Japan today commemorated the 20th anniversary of the fatal nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, but experts say the horrifying case still leaves more questions than answers about what motivated the killings.
Behind bars: Thai women pay high price for drugs
AFP, Published on 24/06/2014
» Lured by easy money, an escape from poverty or family pressure, thousands of women are locked up for drug offences in Thailand, which has one of the world's highest rates of female imprisonment.
Khmer Rouge jailer's sentence increased to life
AFP, Published on 03/02/2012
» A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people had his sentence increased to life Friday, bringing down the curtain on a landmark first case at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.