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- Bahrain expels Iran diplomat, Iran warns of response
- Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Central Java - agency
- Peace elusive after Thai-Cambodia clashes
- 6.3-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
- Japan says Fukushima different in nature from Chernobyl
- Don't cloud the issue
- Australia to crack down on refugees after riots
- VIDEO: Vigil held for Chernobyl anniversary
- VIDEO: Global media arrives for royal wedding
- Food prices could push millions into poverty - ADB
- Why don't you learn a lesson?
- Sony announces plans for two tablet computers
- Thailand, Cambodia urged to end deadly clash
- Police free 51 kidnapped in Mexico
- Australian fisherman fights off crocodile
- Japan Livedoor tycoon Horie to be jailed: reports
- Australian PM meets with China's Wen
- Australian infant attacked by dingoes
- Soaring food prices a threat across Asia
- US orders partial evacuation of embassy in Syria
| Bahrain expels Iran diplomat, Iran warns of response Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:41 AM PDT MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain has ordered the expulsion of an Iranian diplomat for alleged links to a spy ring in fellow Gulf Arab state Kuwait, state media said, the latest turn in deteriorating ties after Saudi troops entered Bahrain. 
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| Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Central Java - agency Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:41 AM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit near Cilacap in Central Java on Tuesday, the Indonesian earthquake monitoring agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued. 
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| Peace elusive after Thai-Cambodia clashes Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:41 AM PDT PHANOM DONG RAK, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand sent troop reinforcements to its border with Cambodia on Tuesday after four days of fighting killed at least 13 people in the bloodiest clashes between the neighbours in nearly two decades, but the guns were silent as focus shifted to diplomacy. 
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| 6.3-magnitude quake hits Indonesia Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:25 AM PDT A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Central Java on Tuesday, around 120 kilometres southwest of Cilacap at a depth of 24 kilometres (14.9 miles), local officials said.
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| Japan says Fukushima different in nature from Chernobyl Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:14 AM PDT Japan's top government spokesman said Tuesday that its ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis is "different in nature" from the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine exactly 25 years ago.
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| Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:13 AM PDT The Sarawak state election is over and it is followed by overwhelming racist remarks. It is indeed worrying.
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| Australia to crack down on refugees after riots Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:05 AM PDT Australia moved to toughen its refugee stance Tuesday, launching a stricter character test so those convicted of crimes, including rioting, while in immigration detention could be shipped home.
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| VIDEO: Vigil held for Chernobyl anniversary Posted: 25 Apr 2011 08:55 PM PDT Ukraine is marking the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident - at the Chernobyl power plant.
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| VIDEO: Global media arrives for royal wedding Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:41 PM PDT Described as Britain's biggest ever media event - hundreds of millions of people around the world will be watching the royal wedding.
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| Food prices could push millions into poverty - ADB Posted: 25 Apr 2011 11:39 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Surging food prices could push millions of people in Asia into extreme poverty and threaten the durability of the region's world-leading economic recovery, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday. 
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| Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:51 PM PDT The government should have learned a lesson and review the approval process for high-risk investment projects that bring possible harm to the environment.
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| Sony announces plans for two tablet computers Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:34 PM PDT Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corp. Tuesday announced plans for two tablet computers, codenamed S1 and S2, in a direct challenge to Apple's iPad.
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| Thailand, Cambodia urged to end deadly clash Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:34 PM PDT Thailand and Cambodia faced mounting diplomatic pressure Tuesday to end their bloodiest border fighting in years as the death toll rose to 13.
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| Police free 51 kidnapped in Mexico Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:33 PM PDT Mexican police on Monday freed 51 people who had been kidnapped in the northeast of the country, including 18 Central American and six Chinese migrant workers, the public security ministry said.
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| Australian fisherman fights off crocodile Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:32 PM PDT An Australian man had to jab a crocodile in the eyes to force its jaws off his arm after it leapt from the water and bit him during a fishing trip, reports said Tuesday.
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| Japan Livedoor tycoon Horie to be jailed: reports Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:31 PM PDT Japan's disgraced Livedoor tycoon Takafumi Horie is to be jailed for accounting fraud after the country's Supreme Court rejected his appeal, media reports said Tuesday.
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| Australian PM meets with China's Wen Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:30 PM PDT Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday, kicking off a visit in which she has pledged to press Beijing on human rights and discuss growing trade.
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| Australian infant attacked by dingoes Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:30 PM PDT A three-year-old girl was savaged by dingoes after wandering into bushes on a popular Australian tourist island, witnesses said Tuesday.
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| Soaring food prices a threat across Asia Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:29 PM PDT Soaring global food prices threaten to push tens of millions of Asians into extreme poverty and cut the region's economic growth this year, the Asian Development Bank warned in a report Tuesday.
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| US orders partial evacuation of embassy in Syria Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:28 PM PDT The United States late Monday ordered embassy family members and some non-emergency personnel to leave Syria, citing the "uncertainty and volatility" of a crackdown on protesters there.
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