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China makes South China Sea proposals, slams US 'provocation'
dpa, Published on 23/11/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Sunday put forward a five-point proposal to ease rising tensions in the South China Sea, even as Beijing admitted to building military facilities in the area.
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Indonesia tightens security at airports
dpa, Published on 25/11/2015
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia has tightened security at airports across the country because of an increased terrorist threat, the Transport Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Poverty study earns Princeton economist Nobel prize
dpa, Published on 12/10/2015
» STOCKHOLM -- Work exploring the interrelationship of consumption, poverty and welfare helped win Scottish-American economist Angus Deaton the 2015 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.
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India PM reaches out to Africa
Business, dpa, Published on 02/11/2015
» New Delhi: Indian Premier Narendra Modi has announced US$600 million and a line of cut-price credit in development aid for Africa as he called for expanded trade, all part of an effort to limit China's influence on the continent.
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Rapprochement or sell-out? Taiwanese fear as presidents meet
dpa, Published on 05/11/2015
» There is a thin line between rapprochement and selling out. The first meeting between the presidents of China and Taiwan in six decades represents an historic breakthrough with the potential to reduce tensions between the two nations.
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Without Anwar, Malaysia's opposition alliance crumbles
dpa, Published on 18/06/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's opposition alliance has effectively collapsed due to policy differences, including whether to implement strict sharia Islamic law, a senior opposition leader said Thursday.
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More migrant deaths, sea rescues as EU plans response
dpa, Published on 20/04/2015
» ROME – More migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea were reported Monday, while foreign and interior ministers from the European Union were meeting in Luxembourg to work out a common response to the spiralling crisis.
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Developing Asia seen growing 6.3%
dpa, Published on 24/03/2015
» Manila — Developing Asia will show strong economic growth this year and 2016, but an impending rise in US interest rates may require monetary responses to maintain stability, an Asian Development Bank report said on Tuesday.
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Beer giving Vietnam huge health hangover
dpa, Published on 03/04/2015
» HANOI — Vietnam's growing thirst for beer is causing increasing health problems, from traffic accidents to various forms of cancer, local media reported Friday.
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Government making new friends amid chilly relations with West
dpa, Published on 08/04/2015
» Diplomatically spurned by the US and Western European countries over its military coup in May, Thailand's ruling junta is looking elsewhere for friends.
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