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ASEAN backs out of Thai-Cambodia dispute, Myanmar digs its feet on human rights [
23 July 2008
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SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian countries backed away Tuesday from mediating in an escalating border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, while Myanmar indicated it won’t allow a regional human rights body to investigate its record.
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SKorean appellate court upholds conviction of ex-professor for faking Yale doctorate [
23 July 2008
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SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean court on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling sentencing a former university professor to 18 months in jail for faking a Yale doctorate and embezzling museum funds. ... |
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China: No links found between bus explosions and next month’s Olympics [
23 July 2008
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BEIJING - Chinese police investigating two deadly bus explosions in a southwestern city have not found any links between the blasts and next month’s Olympic Games, officials said Tuesday.
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Philippines, Malaysia agree to ensure humane treatment of deportees from Sabah [
23 July 2008
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MANILA, Philippines - Malaysia has agreed to ensure humane treatment of deportees amid its massive drive to flush out illegal migrants from Sabah state, officials said Tuesday.
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Report: 30 miners remain trapped in flooded coal mine in southern China [
23 July 2008
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BEIJING - Twenty miners have escaped or been rescued from a flooded coal mine in southern China but six have died and 30 remain trapped, a state-run news agency said Tuesday. ... |
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Myanmar Martyrs Day [
20 July 2008
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India Water [
20 July 2008
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Security tight in Myanmar as death of Aung San Suu Kyi’s father commemorated [
20 July 2008
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YANGON, Myanmar - Hundreds of riot police and soldiers ringed a monument in downtown Yangon on Saturday as officials gathered to commemorate the shooting death 61 years ago of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s father.
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Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, 13 others injured in helicopter crash [
20 July 2008
] [ 9] |
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SEOUL, South Korea - The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, and 13 others were injured Saturday when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in South Korea, officials said.
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Cambodia and Thailand continue troop buildup despite pledge to hold talks [
20 July 2008
] [ 10] |
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PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - Cambodia and Thailand continued to reinforce their troops along a disputed border area near an 11th century temple Saturday, even as they prepared for talks to avert a military confrontation.
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