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Cambodians arrested for raping French tourists on Thai island
AFPCategory: Latest NewsNewsRegionalTwo Cambodian fishermen accused of raping two French female tourists and assaulting their two male companions, lie cuffed in Koh Kut island, Thailand's Trat...
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Powerful quake in western in Indonesia sparks panic
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalIndonesian residents stay in the open after a strong earthquake shook Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 02 March 2016. Photo: Zulkifli/EPA A powerful and shallow earthquake...
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China hopes for no more stray bombs on its territory after new govt takes office
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalChinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Hong Lian. Photo: MizzimaChinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Hong Lian said that China hoped there would be no more incidents of stray bombs...
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46 illegal Myanmar nationals nabbed in Kanchanaburi
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‘Homesick’ refugees resettled in Cambodia return to Iran: Australia
AFPCategory: Latest NewsOthersNewsRegionalAutralian Department of Immigration and Citizenship shows the tent accomodation for asylum seekers at Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, on 21 November 2012....
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Australia sends boat carrying Bangladeshis back to Indonesia
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA handout picture made available by Amnesty International on 05 February 2016, and dated May 2015, shows a photo taken by an asylum-seeker on the original two-deck boat, prior...
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Malaysia deports Australian journalists who questioned PM
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalAustralia Broadcasting Corporation cameraman Louie Eroglu (R) and reporter Linton Besser (C) walk to the departure hall at Kuching International Airport, Sarawak, Malaysia, 15...
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Indonesia gets new anti-terror chief as threats rise
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThe Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian (R) accompanied by police officers display confiscated drugs after arresting drug smugglers, at the Jakarta police...
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Bangladesh leaders congratulate Myanmar’s new president
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Myanmar up-close and personal
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Indonesian drivers stage violent anti-Uber protest
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalTaxi drivers stand beside their vehicles during a mass stike in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 March 2016. Photo: Bagus Indahono/EPAThousands of Indonesian taxi drivers staged a...
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China’s Mekong dam release ‘nothing special’
Bangkok PostCategory: NewsRegionalThe Jinghong Dam is on the Lancang (Mekong) River in China. Photo: International RiversLocal Thai activists have accused China of using the Mekong River's water...
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Protests in Vietnam as prominent blogger goes on trial
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalNguyen Huu Vinh, known as blogger Anh Ba Sam, stands during his trial in Hanoi, Vietnam 23 March 2016. Photo: EPAA prominent Vietnamese blogger went on trial Wednesday on...
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Asian countries take new steps against people-smuggling
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalAn armed Royal Malaysia Police Officer in front of an abandoned camp near graves found at Wang Burma hills at Wang Kelian, Perlis in Malaysia, 26 May 2015. Photo: Fazry...
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Amnesty denounces ‘shocking’ Malaysian executions
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA general view of Kuala Lumpur city after raining, Malaysia, 06 December 2015. Photo: Fazry Ismail/EPAAmnesty International said Malaysian authorities hanged three convicted...
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BIMSTEC success depends on political commitments of member states, says...
Subir BhaumikBdnews24.comCategory: NewsRegionalBIMSTEC Secretary General Sumith Nakandala. Photo: sky.yn.gov.cnRegional cooperation in the Bay of Bengal region will be successful only if member-states...
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Bangladesh Islamists protest call to scrap state religion
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalNumerous vehicles on a street at Dhanmondi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 27 January 2016. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPABangladesh's largest Islamist party called a nationwide strike Monday...
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Cambodia rescues half tonne of smuggled tortoises, pythons
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalCambodian police officers carry a python that was seized aboard a truck in a village in the Kandal province, Cambodia, 29 March 2016. Photo: Mak Remissa/EPACambodian...
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Eight NCA signatories form steering committee at Chiang Mai summit
BNICategory: NewsRegionalPhoto: S.H.A.NThe leaders of eight ethnic armed groups who signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with Myanmar’s central government last November, held a summit in the...
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China releases water from Mekong dams, easing Southeast Asia drought
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalMany areas of Southeast Asia including Myanmar are suffering from drought. Here Cambodian fishermen work on the Mekong. Photo: EPASoutheast Asian countries have voiced...
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