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UN: About 200 staff to be pulled from Afghanistan

AP - 38 minutes ago

KABUL - The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many.

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Indonesia

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  • Sri Lanka boat people leader a known trafficker: Colombo

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    COLOMBO (AFP) - - The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.

  • Red Cross suspends work in Indonesia's Aceh

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) (AFP) - - The Red Cross suspended its activities in the Indonesian province of Aceh for a day on Friday after one of its German workers was shot and wounded by gunmen on a motorbike.

  • Indonesia extends Australia refugee boat's stay

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia extended by a week on Friday a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded with 78 protesting Sri Lankan asylum seekers to leave its territory.

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Malaysia

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  • US slaps sanctions on Malaysian branch of Iran's Bank Mellat

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    WASHINGTON, Nov 5, 2009 (AFP) - The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against the Malaysian subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat, which Washington says helps finance the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

  • Malaysia prince wins defamation suit against wife

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian prince won a defamation suit Thursday against his teenage wife who accused him of sexual and physical abuse after she fled back home to Indonesia.

  • Malaysia rescues 59 pythons from dinner table: official

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued 59 pythons from being skinned and sold to restaurants and leather dealers, an official said Thursday.

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Philippines

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Singapore

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  • Delegates start arriving in Singapore for APEC Summit

    Channel NewsAsia - 1 hour 51 minutes ago

    SINGAPORE: Delegates attending the 20th Asia—Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit starting Sunday have started arriving in Singapore.

  • Alleged murderer says he didn’t intend to kill girlfriend

    Channel NewsAsia - Saturday, November 7

    SINGAPORE — He had bought a knife to force a confession out of his teenage girlfriend about her infidelity, but alleged murderer Pathip Selvan Sugumaran argued on the stand on Friday that he never had the intention to stab or kill her.

  • Football: Sengkang save best for last in S.League

    Channel NewsAsia - Saturday, November 7

    SINGAPORE : An injury—time goal from Murphy Wiredu sealed a last—gasp victory for Sengkang Punggol, as they beat Woodlands Wellington 2—1 at Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday evening.

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Thailand

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  • ASEAN urges Thailand, Cambodia to resolve feud

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    BANGKOK - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations expressed concern Saturday over a worsening diplomatic feud between Cambodia and Thailand and urged the neighboring countries to exercise restraint.

  • ASEAN urges 'maximum restraint' in Thai-Cambodia row

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia to show "maximum restraint" amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

  • Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    BANGKOK - Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts _ and humiliating the government from a distance.

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China

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  • Prized mushroom collection returns to China

    AP - 1 hour 14 minutes ago

    BEIJING - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.

  • China not courting Africa only for energy: Wen

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denied that Beijing was developing ties in Africa purely to satisfy its need for energy, as he headed for talks with the continent's leaders, according to state media.

  • 'US supports Dalai Lama visit to Indian state'

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - - The United States has given its backing to a visit by the Dalai Lama to a remote Buddhist region in India that is claimed by China, according to reports.

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Hong Kong

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  • China stamp fetches record price

    AFP - Monday, November 2

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - A stamp that was pulled from circulation the day it was issued because it failed to show Taiwan as part of China fetched a record price at auction in Hong Kong on Sunday.

  • Hong Kong's ghostly seas warn of looming tragedy

    AFP - Friday, October 30

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong's famous seafood restaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of a looming global tragedy.

  • Hong Kong air pollution equals record high

    AFP - Saturday, October 24

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - Hong Kong air pollution has equalled a record high registered in 2000, triggering a warning for people with heart or respiratory illnesses, according to the Environmental Protection Department.

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Taiwan

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  • Taiwan court to scrap 'unfair' law on prostitutes

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's constitutional court said it would scrap an "unfair" law that means prostitutes can be punished but allows clients to go free.

  • New Taiwan law to help children of abusive parents

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's government has proposed changing the law to release adult children of abusive parents from the legal obligation to support them in their dotage, the government said Friday.

  • Taiwan hit by 6.0-magnitude quake: govt

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit central Taiwan on Thursday, the government said, with initial reports stating that one person had suffered minor injuries.

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