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Hundreds in Taiwan protest Ma-Xi meeting
dpa, Published on 04/11/2015
» TAIPEI -- Hundreds of residents and students Wednesday protested outside Taiwan's parliament building, angry over a historic meeting planned between the leaders of Taiwan and China.
Probe sought over Manila airport guards planting bullets
dpa, Published on 29/10/2015
» MANILA — Philippine legislators on Thursday called for an investigation into an alleged scam at the country's main airport where security personnel allegedly planted bullets in passengers’ bags to extort money from them.
Outrage in Vietnam over curtailing abortions
dpa, Published on 12/10/2015
» HANOI -- Proposed restrictions to Vietnam's relatively lax abortion laws have sparked an outcry from the public and health officials, who say the new conditions would be insensitive to rape victims and unworkable.
Reward tripled for Erawan bomber suspect
dpa, Published on 21/08/2015
» The reward for the Bangkok bombing suspect was tripled Friday, to 3 million baht offered for information leading to his capture, police said.
Indonesia bans maids from working in Mideast
dpa, Published on 05/05/2015
» JAKARTA – Indonesia will aim to stop domestic workers from going to 21 Middle Eastern countries over concerns about poor working conditions and abuse, the government said Tuesday.
Philippines OKs $59bn budget for 2015
dpa, Published on 23/12/2014
» MANILA – Philippine President Benigno Aquino Tuesday signed a 2.6-trillion-peso ($59 billion) national budget for 2015, which he said further limits opportunities for corruption.
Most trekkers rescued from blizzard
dpa, Published on 19/10/2014
» KATHMANDU - Nearly all of the trekkers missing in a blizzard that killed at least 39 in Nepal have been rescued, authorities said on Sunday.
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.
Vietnam beauty contest 'rigged'
dpa, Published on 17/07/2014
» HANOI – The organisers of a troubled beauty contest in Hanoi face an investigation into alleged rigging of the result, news reports said Thursday.
"Voluntourism" in Cambodian orphanages comes at a cost
dpa, Published on 26/06/2014
» SIEM REAP - A young Swedish volunteer is trying to get a gaggle of unruly Cambodian children to repeat the English alphabet, but they are much more interested in playing with the sparkly stickers they just received from a visiting tourist.