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42 foreigners arrested in Malaysia riot
dpa, Published on 27/08/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian police arrested 42 men after a riot by up to 1,000 mostly Nepalese workers sparked fires and destroyed parts of an electronics-export factory, highlighting accusations of poor conditions for many of the estimated four million foreign workers in the Southeast Asian country.
New Ebola outbreak reported in Congo
dpa, Published on 25/08/2014
» Kigali/Abidjan - The Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed Sunday its first two cases of Ebola.
Philippine rebels send region law
dpa, Published on 21/08/2014
» MANILA — The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group has submitted a draft law for a new autonomous region, as laid out in a recent peace deal with the government, officials said Thursday.
Hunt on for German hostages
dpa, Published on 13/08/2014
» MANILA — Philippine troops are scouring the jungles of a southern island where Islamist militants were suspected to be holding captive two German nationals, military sources said Wednesday.
Dog thief jailed in Vietnam
dpa, Published on 08/08/2014
» HANOI — A dog thief in southern Vietnam was sentenced to one year in jail, authorities said Friday, for a crime usually only punished by fines or vigilante beatings.
Rammasun toll rises to 27 in Vietnam
dpa, Published on 22/07/2014
» HANOI - The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun has risen to 27 in Vietnam, authorities said on Tuesday.
Rammasun kills 13 in Vietnam
dpa, Published on 21/07/2014
» HANOI - Thirteen people have been killed and four remain missing after Typhoon Rammasun made landfall in northern Vietnam, authorities said on Monday.
Ramassun toll soars to 112
dpa, Published on 20/07/2014
» BEIJING - An additional 15 deaths reported Sunday pushed the death toll from Typhoon Rammasun to 112 - with 11 missing - after five days during which it raked southern China and the Philippines with torrential rain and gales.
Vietnamese still feel north, south divide
dpa, Published on 20/07/2014
» HANOI - A man in a luminous yellow T-shirt bobs up and down alongside a group of women at 5am doing aerobics - a typical morning activity in Hanoi. At the same time in Ho Chi Minh City, another man is sprawled across a bed, fast asleep.
Vietnam marks 60 yrs since split
dpa, Published on 18/07/2014
» HANOI — Hundreds of people sang the national anthem at a packed conference hall in Hanoi Friday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Accords, which ended nearly 100 years of French colonial rule and led to the partition of Vietnam.