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Pulitzer winner Stanley Karnow dies
Associated Press, Published on 28/01/2013
» Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and later won a Pulitzer for a history of the Philippines, died Sunday morning. He was 87.
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Pope resigning on Feb 28, conclave in March
Associated Press, Published on 11/02/2013
» <b><font color="yellow">UPDATE</b></font> VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.
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Iran confiscates Buddha images
Associated Press, Published on 17/02/2013
» TEHERAN - Buddha images have joined Barbie dolls and characters from "The Simpsons" TV cartoon as banned items in Iran.
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Kiwis plan logo-free cigarette packs
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2013
» Strict against smoking already, New Zealand plans to make tobacco companies remove their logos from cigarette packs but will wait until a challenge to a similar Australian law is resolved.
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Ahead of CITES, pressure to ban Thai ivory trade
Associated Press, Published on 02/03/2013
» You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate statuettes of the Hindu deity Ganesh for more than US$1,000 apiece, to tiny tusk pendants worth less than $10.
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Indonesia kills suspected militants
Associated Press, Published on 15/03/2013
» Indonesian police have shot and killed three suspected militants and arrested four others near the country's capital, seizing more than a dozen homemade bombs and a cache of other weapons from a group suspected of planning terrorism acts, police said Friday.
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Vietnamese reject Chinese fruit
Associated Press, Published on 18/03/2013
» HANOI - Jack Nguyen had sold 20 of his 30 containers of imported American grapes when a fresh round of rumours hit the internet and state-run media: Chinese fruit on sale in Vietnam might look good, but it contains deadly levels of preservatives and pesticides. Shoppers quickly stopped buying imported fruit altogether, believing it all tainted or falsely labeled. The remaining 10 containers rotted.
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Myanmar rioters kill 11, burn mosque
Associated Press, Published on 22/03/2013
» YANGON - At least 11 people died and a mosque was burned in two days of rioting in a central Myanmar town, in the latest challenge for the government in keeping the peace while making the transition to pluralist democracy.
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Death toll rises to 20 in Myanmar riots
Associated Press, Published on 22/03/2013
» MEIKHTILA - Burning fires from two days of Buddhist-Muslim violence that killed at least 20 people smouldered across a central Myanmar town Friday as residents cowered indoors amid growing fears the country's latest bout of sectarian bloodshed could spread.
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China pushes NKorea over nukes
Associated Press, Published on 24/03/2013
» BEIJING - China is trying to punish ally North Korea for its nuclear and missile tests, stepping up inspections of North Korean-bound cargo in a calibrated effort to send a message of Chinese pique without further provoking a testy Pyongyang government.
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