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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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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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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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Iceland's Internet porn ban sparks uproar
Associated Press, Published on 25/02/2013
» REYKJAVIK — In the age of instant information, globe-spanning viral videos and the World Wide Web, can a thoroughly wired country become a porn-free zone? Authorities in Iceland want to find out.
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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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Philippines reflects on robberies
Associated Press, Published on 04/02/2013
» MANILA - Even by the usual standards in the Philippines, where crime is an accepted part of life, the brazen evening robbery of a jewellery store in one of the world's largest malls shocked residents of Manila.
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State of emergency in Egypt
Associated Press, Published on 29/01/2013
» CAIRO - Protesters and riot police clashed in Cairo and the riot-torn city of Port Said as Egypt's political violence stretched into a fifth day on Monday, despite efforts by the Islamist president to contain the crisis by imposing a state of emergency in three provinces.
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Obama vows support for democracy
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2013
» WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama declared Monday that a decade of war is ending, the nation's economy is recovering and "America's possibilities are limitless" as he launched into a second term before a flag-waving crowd of hundreds of thousands.
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Myanmar repeals dissident law
Associated Press, Published on 16/01/2013
» YANGON — State media in Myanmar reported President Thein Sein has repealed a harsh law that had been used to hand down lengthy prison sentences for dissidents under the reign of the military government.
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