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Malaysian charged in Australia over $206 mn meth haul
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» SYDNEY - A Malaysian is among eight men charged over a seizure of the drug "ice" worth some Aus$275 million (US$206 million) in Australia, authorities said Monday.
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China bus arsonist who killed 18 condemned to die
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» BEIJING - A man convicted of killing 18 people when he set a public bus on fire in China has been sentenced to death, authorities said.
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Fido forever? South Korea's dog cloning clinic
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» SEOUL - At $100,000 a head, the puppies frolicking around the fenced lawn in western Seoul don't come cheap -- but at least their owners know exactly what they are getting.
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Russian couple murdered, dismembered in Fiji
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» SUVA (FIJI) - A Russian couple from Fiji are thought to have been murdered and dismembered after human body parts washed up on a beach in the Pacific island nation.
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Hong Kong officials to visit Beijing for talks over bookseller
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» HONG KONG - A senior Hong Kong delegation will head to Beijing for talks following explosive revelations by a bookseller who said he was detained for eight months on the mainland, the city's leader said Monday.
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More than 200 dead in IS-claimed Baghdad blast: officials
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» BAGHDAD - At least 213 people were killed in Sunday's Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said, making it one of the deadliest ever militant attacks in Iraq.
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Australia PM urged to quit after 'Brexiting' himself
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» SYDNEY - Australia's opposition Labor Party urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to resign Monday, calling him the "David Cameron of the southern hemisphere" after he failed to secure an emphatic election victory.
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Aide to former Chinese president Hu Jintao jailed for life: media
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» BEIJING - An ex-aide of former Chinese president Hu Jintao has been jailed for life for corruption, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, official media reported Monday.
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Price war between ground handlers benefiting airlines at Singapore airport
Published on 04/07/2016
» SINGAPORE -- An intense price war has erupted between Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) and dnata -- the two ground handlers operating at Changi airport -- as they battle for contracts to service airlines here, dragging rates down as much as 30% and eating into profits.
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Pro-Brexit MEP Nigel Farage quits as UKIP leader
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» LONDON - Eurosceptic MEP Nigel Farage, a major driving force behind Britain's vote to leave the European Union, on Monday stepped down as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
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