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Afghan police are weak link in security force

AP - Saturday, November 21

KABUL - Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.

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  • Malaysia defends slide in global graft ranking

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia has stepped up efforts to combat graft to maintain investor confidence as a survey showed the country's corruption ranking worsened this year, Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamad said Wednesday.

  • Malaysian newspaper for Indians gets gov't warning

    AP - Sunday, November 15

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's government has warned a newspaper that its coverage of a fatal police shooting of five ethnic Indian criminal suspects could stir racial tensions and cause the publication to be suspended, the daily's chief executive said.

  • Malaysia bars Catholic paper using tribal language

    AP - Friday, November 13

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The government in Muslim-majority Malaysia has barred a Roman Catholic newspaper from publishing a supplement in a language spoken by indigenous people on Borneo island, an official said Friday.

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Philippines

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  • Top Islamist militants killed in Philippines: army

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - - Philippine troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military said Friday.

  • Philippine troops kill militant commander

    AP - Friday, November 20

    MANILA, Philippines - Philippine troops killed a senior commander of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants wanted for kidnappings and bombings amid an ongoing offensive, the military said Friday.

  • Philippine gay group fights to contest elections

    AP - Friday, November 20

    MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality.

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  • Cambodia confirms takeover of air traffic company

    AP - Saturday, November 21

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The Cambodian government on Friday confirmed its temporary takeover of management of the country's air traffic control company after one of its Thai employees was arrested last week on a spying charge.

  • Thai police make 4th arrest for rumors about king

    AP - Friday, November 20

    BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have detained a fourth person suspected of using the Internet to spread rumors about the king's health, but plan no further arrests, a senior police officer said Thursday.

  • Fourth charge over Thai king health rumours

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai police have charged a fourth person with spreading false rumours about the health of the country's revered king, after concerns over his condition sent stocks plunging, police said Thursday.

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China

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  • US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit

    AP - Saturday, November 21

    BEIJING - Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.

  • China to punish those concealing swine flu info

    AP - Friday, November 20

    BEIJING - China's health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up.

  • Chinese defence chief to visit N.Korea: media

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.

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  • Taiwan director plans Chen Shui-bian assassination movie

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Leading Taiwanese movie director Chu Yen-ping plans a black comedy titled "Assassinating Chen Shui-bian" about a plot to kill the island's former president, a report said Thursday.

  • Battered Taiwan toddler's body kept with ice

    AFP - Monday, November 16

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - A Taiwanese mother kept the body of her maltreated toddler daughter for four days, cooling it with ice cubes, before going on Yahoo! to ask how to dispose of the corpse, reports said Monday.

  • Taiwan not worried about Obama's China visit: govt

    AFP - Sunday, November 15

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's government is not concerned about US President Barack Obama's first visit to China, given the easing in tensions with Beijing, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.

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