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Anger over Japan minister's N. Korea rocket gaffe
AFP, Published on 08/12/2012
» A Japanese government minister has come under fire from the opposition for saying North Korea should "waste no time" in holding its planned rocket launch so he can campaign in earnest for the upcoming election.
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Singapore Speaker resigns in fresh sex scandal
AFP, Published on 12/12/2012
» Singapore's parliamentary Speaker announced his resignation Wednesday after confessing he had an extramarital affair with a community worker, setting off a fresh sex scandal in the city-state.
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LDP poised to win in Japan
AFP, Published on 16/12/2012
» Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party look to have secured a convincing majority in Sunday's general election, broadcasters said.
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Japan to send envoy to China
AFP, Published on 22/12/2012
» Japan's incoming prime minister will send a special envoy to China on a fence-mending mission, a report said on Saturday, after he announced plans to dispatch an emissary on a similar trip to South Korea.
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Singapore govt faces test in by-election
AFP, Published on 26/01/2013
» Voters in a Singapore suburb have begun casting ballots in a by-election that tests the public mood two years after the ruling party suffered its worst ever poll performance.
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Hitler, Frankenstein contest local Indian polls
AFP, Published on 19/02/2013
» Politicians named after Adolf Hitler and Frankenstein are among 345 candidates competing in elections this week in a northeast Indian state with a history of bizarre naming conventions.
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Polls open in Kenya elections after police gunned down
AFP, Published on 04/03/2013
» Long lines of Kenyans queued from far before dawn as polls opened Monday for hard-fought elections, hours after several policemen were killed in an ambush in the port city of Mombasa.
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Tight Malaysian election campaign gets under way
AFP, Published on 20/04/2013
» Malaysian premier Najib Razak and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim kicked off their rival campaigns for May 5 elections likely to be the country's closest ever.
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Myanmar unrest tests iconic status of Suu Kyi
AFP, Published on 21/04/2013
» Aung San Suu Kyi's refusal to condemn attacks on Muslims in Myanmar has dimmed the Nobel laureate's lustre among global rights campaigners, but observers say her reticence will do her no harm with voters.
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Sri Lanka boycott calls mar Commonwealth countdown
AFP, Published on 24/04/2013
» Sri Lanka had hoped to showcase its post-war revival at this year's Commonwealth summit, but observers say its biggest international event in decades is in danger of becoming a major embarrassment.
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