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Japan to abandon whaling in 2014
dpa, Published on 02/04/2014
» TOKYO - Japan will not conduct whaling operations in the Antarctic Ocean this year in the wake of a UN court ruling, the Japanese government said on Wednesday.
Malaysia Airlines 'ready' to face lawsuit
dpa, Published on 27/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysia Airlines official said on Thursday that the firm was ready for a threatened lawsuit against it in connection with missing flight MH370, as the search for the plane was again called off temporarily due to bad weather in the southern Indian Ocean.
Images show new debris field
dpa, Published on 26/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has received new satellite images showing a possible debris field with more than 100 objects in the Indian Ocean where a missing passenger plane is believed to have crashed, Transport Minister says.
Malaysia, China discuss MH370
dpa, Published on 26/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak met China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui, amid anger from relatives of Chinese passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
Ground staff of missing jet questioned
dpa, Published on 16/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Investigators were questioning the ground crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet after Prime Minister Najib Razak disclosed that the aircraft's disappearance was a “deliberate” act, a police source said on Sunday.
Govt forces, rebels clash in Philippines
dpa, Published on 10/03/2014
» MANILA - Ten people died on Monday in clashes between government security forces and communist rebels who attacked a police station in the southern Philippines, the military and police said.
Call for probe into missing Rohingyas
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» Human rights campaigners on Friday called for a transparent investigation into the whereabouts of 1,300 Rohingya Muslims whom authorities claim were deported three months ago.
Strong quake rocks parts of Java
dpa, Published on 25/01/2014
» JAKARTA - A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off southwestern Yogyakarta in Java island at noon Saturday, the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said.
34 killed in Philippine floods, landslides
dpa, Published on 17/01/2014
» MANILA – At least 34 people have been killed in floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression in the Philippines, the national disaster relief agency said on Friday.
Girl wearing suicide vest detained
dpa, Published on 06/01/2014
» Kabul - A 10-year-old Afghan girl was detained at a police border post before she could detonate the suicide vest she was wearing, authorities said Monday.