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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.
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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.
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Indonesia, Singapore trade barbs over haze
dpa, Published on 28/09/2015
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has defended its handling of forest fires after a Singaporean minister criticised Jakarta's inability to stop the blazes, or the dangerous haze that they cause, reports said.
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Vietnam mulls 5-second limit on sex
dpa, Published on 23/09/2015
» HANOI -- Vietnam's cultural authorities are considering new rules that would allow no more than three five-second scenes of sexual passion per film.
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Haze closes Indonesian airport
dpa, Published on 08/09/2015
» JAKARTA — Thick smog from forest fires on Indonesia's Sumatra has paralysed one of the island's airports, officials said Tuesday.
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Johnny Depp no show in court
dpa, Published on 07/09/2015
» SYDNEY - Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and his model wife Amber Heard did not venture back to Australia to face a court hearing on Queensland's Gold Coast Monday over charges she illegally brought their pet dogs into the country.
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Tonnes of ivory, pangolin hides seized in Vietnam
dpa, Published on 28/08/2015
» HANOI — Customs officers in central Vietnam seized a tonne of ivory and four tonnes of the scaly hide of the pangolin, authorities said Friday.
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Haze chokes parts of Indonesia, Malaysia
dpa, Published on 27/08/2015
» JAKARTA / KUALA LUMPUR —Thick smog is blanketing much of Indonesia and Malaysia as forest fires spread amid concerns about the adverse effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon, officials said Thursday.
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Vietnam monk gets year in jail for gambling
dpa, Published on 17/07/2015
» HANOI — A court in central Vietnam has jailed a monk for gambling, a news report said Friday.
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Hardline Buddhists defend Myanmar's role in migrant crisis
dpa, Published on 27/05/2015
» YANGON — More than 100 Buddhist nationalists, including monks and nuns, marched here Wednesday in protest at the international portrayal of the country's role in the Rohingya boat-migrant crisis.
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