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Passenger with stolen passport on MH370 an asylum seeker
Associated Press, Published on 11/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A man travelling with a stolen passport on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner was an Iranian teenager trying to migrate illegally to Germany, and is not believed to have any terrorist links, police said Tuesday.
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Final words from jet came after systems shutdown
Associated Press, Published on 17/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - When someone at the controls calmly said the last words heard from the missing Malaysian jetliner, one of the Boeing 777's communications systems had already been disabled, authorities said Sunday, adding to suspicions that one or both of the pilots were involved in the disappearance of the flight.
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Nay Pyi Taw now less of a ghost town
Associated Press, Published on 11/12/2013
» NAY PYI TAW — Watched around the clock, bathed twice a day and otherwise pampered, five white elephants are munching on choice greenery in Myanmar's vast, remote and surreal capital. Above them soars a shimmering, gold-plated pagoda.
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Typhoon death toll in city could reach 10,000
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2013
» TACLOBAN, Philippines — As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst storms on record sent giant waves roaring inland to wash away homes, schools and airport buildings, officials said Sunday. Ferocious winds ravaged several central islands, burying people under tonnes of debris and leaving corpses hanging from trees.
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Typhoon death toll could reach 10,000
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2013
» TACLOBAN, Philippines — The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Tacloban could reach 10,000 people, officials said Sunday after the extend of massive devastation became apparent and horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees.
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Facebook user falls off pier
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2013
» SYDNEY - A tourist in Australia had to be rescued by police after plunging off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone, officials said on Wednesday.
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New Chinese baby boom 'not likely'
Associated Press, Published on 17/11/2013
» BEIJING - Don't expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country's strict one-child policy in three decades.
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Landslide kills 9 people in Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 01/12/2013
» KARO — Landslides triggered by torrential rain buried houses near a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia and searchers found nine bodies in the mud and water, a disaster official said Sunday. Four of the dead were children.
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Hun Sen, opposition in second day of talks
Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2013
» Cambodian strongman Hun Sen met leaders of the country's main opposition party again on Tuesday, the second day of crucial talks aimed at finding a way out of the country's post-election deadlock.
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Student left in DEA cell to get $4.1m
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2013
» An attorney for the man who was abandoned in a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) holding cell for four days without food or water says his client has agreed to settle claims for US$4.1 million.
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