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Myanmar retains tough clause in communications law
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2017
» YANGON -- Myanmar's parliament on Friday made minor changes to a controversial telecommunications law, amendments rights monitors say will do little to address concern the law is used to curb criticism of the authorities and reporting of corruption.
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Philippines: 5 Muslim rebels killed in clash with extremists
Associated Press, Published on 18/08/2017
» COTABATO, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine police say five Muslim rebels from a group that signed a peace deal and is helping the government fight extremism have been killed in their latest clash with Islamic State group-linked militants.
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Assailant injures guard outside Taiwan presidential office
Associated Press, Published on 18/08/2017
» TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An assailant wielding a samurai sword and carrying a Chinese flag in his bag injured a guard outside Taiwan's presidential office building on Friday in what authorities are calling a politically-motivated attack.
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Vietnam battles dengue outbreaks with 42% more cases
Associated Press, Published on 18/08/2017
» HANOI -- Vietnam has been battling raging dengue fever outbreaks with more than 10,000 new infections reported over the past week stretching its medical system.
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IS cleric freed for Indonesia Independence Day nabbed
Associated Press, Published on 18/08/2017
» JAKARTA -- A radical Islamic cleric granted an early release from prison to mark Indonesia's Independence Day has been re-arrested for alleged involvement in several militant attacks.
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Officials say Islamic militants behead 3 in Kenya
Associated Press, Published on 18/08/2017
» NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenyan officials say suspected Islamic militants have beheaded three people and burnt houses in an attack along the Indian Ocean coast.
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HK: No ‘political motive’ in jailing Joshua Wong, 2 others
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2017
» HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's legal chief denied any "political motive" in seeking jail for three young pro-democracy activists on Friday, responding to a Reuters report that he had overruled other legal officials who had initially advised against pursuing the case.
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Malaysia economy expands 5.8%, beats forecasts
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/08/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia’s economy grew faster than economists forecast in the second quarter, fuelled by stronger consumer spending and a pick-up in manufacturing.
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At least 80 dead in Philippines war on drugs
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2017
» MANILA -- Police killed at least 13 people in Manila on the third night of an escalation in President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs and crime, taking the toll for one of the bloodiest weeks so far to 80, Reuters witnesses and media reported on Friday.
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Britain's N.Ireland keeps ban on gay marriage
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2017
» BELFAST - Northern Ireland's refusal to recognise same-sex marriage does not violate the rights of couples affected, the Belfast High Court ruled on Thursday, in a blow to campaigners in the only part of the United Kingdom that bans gay marriage.
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