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Tokyo reviews cost, environmental impact of 2020 Games venues
AFP, Published on 11/06/2014
» Tokyo is putting its planned venues for the 2020 Olympics under a microscope due to surging construction costs and environmental concerns, the city's top official said.
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Indonesia's poor swap garbage for health care
AFP, Published on 15/06/2014
» Mahmud hauls bags full of rubbish to the small, dilapidated clinic next to a busy road on Indonesia's main island of Java several times a month.
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North Korea 'fires two missiles'
AFP, Published on 29/06/2014
» North Korea on Sunday fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast, Seoul's military said, three days after Pyongyang staged a similar launch.
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Malaysia air quality 'unhealthy'
AFP, Published on 29/07/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Air quality around Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and on Borneo island was "unhealthy" on Tuesday, as haze mostly from forest fires in Indonesia, obscured skies.
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Malaysia air quality 'unhealthy' as haze obscures skies
AFP, Published on 29/07/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Air quality around Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and on Borneo island was "unhealthy" on Tuesday, with one town reaching "very unhealthy" levels as haze -- mostly from forest fires in Indonesia -- obscured skies.
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Myanmar makes $2.3m heroin bust
AFP, Published on 31/07/2014
» YANGON - Myanmar authorities have seized 140 kilogrammes of heroin packed into blocks and hidden in a car in the notorious "Golden Triangle" area near the Thai border, police said Thursday.
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Libya evacuation a 'challenge'
AFP, Published on 01/08/2014
» MANILA - A Philippine plan to evacuate all 13,000 of its workers in strife-torn Libya is a "challenge", with many reluctant to leave despite the dangers, the Filipino foreign ministry said Friday.
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US tourist dead in suitcase in Bali
AFP, Published on 13/08/2014
» An American tourist's battered body was found in a suitcase at an exclusive hotel on Indonesia's resort island of Bali and her daughter and daughter's boyfriend have been arrested over the killing, police said Wednesday.
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Malay charged with killing Brit students
AFP, Published on 19/08/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian fishmonger on Tuesday was charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of two British medical students, a crime that carries the death penalty, local media and police said.
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32 Filipino peacekeepers evacuated
AFP, Published on 31/08/2014
» Thirty-two Filipino United Nations (UN) peacekeepers have been evacuated after being caught up in heavy fighting on the Golan Heights while others remain under fire, the UN confirmed Saturday.
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