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- VIDEO: Suu Kyi message for US Congress
- VIDEO: Campaigners highlight plight of widows
- VIDEO: Obama cuts US troops in Afghanistan
- VIDEO: University protests lead to deaths in Peru
- China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail (Reuters)
- Malaysia arrests 8 Pakistanis heading to Australia (AP)
- China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail
- VIDEO: Suu Kyi message for US Congress
- VIDEO: First international widows' day
- China, Vietnam hold joint sea patrols: ministry (AFP)
- Analysis: A debate over autonomy in Thailand's restive south
- 'Uncontacted' Amazon tribe found in Brazil
- Oil falls to near $94 on US economy pessimism (AP)
- Beleaguered Aussie PM to work on 1st anniversary (AP)
- Indonesia bars workers travelling to Saudi after beheading
- It's Time to Invest in Coal
- China Companies That "Could" Buy PopCap Games
- Quake Rattles Northeast Japan
- VIDEO: Modern spin on sacred Thai traditions
- Russia Bars Opposition Party From Elections
| VIDEO: Suu Kyi message for US Congress Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:48 PM PDT Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has addressed the US Congress for the first time, via a video message.
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| VIDEO: Campaigners highlight plight of widows Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:47 PM PDT Thursday sees the first ever UN International Widows' Day, aimed at highlighting the plight of women all over the world who have lost their husbands.
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| VIDEO: Obama cuts US troops in Afghanistan Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:03 PM PDT President Obama has announced the withdrawal of 10,000 US troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011 and a further 23,000 by September 2012.
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| VIDEO: University protests lead to deaths in Peru Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:14 PM PDT Students and police in Peru have clashed during demonstrations against the building of a private university in the central town of Huancavelica.
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| China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT Reuters - The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, whose detention in April ignited an international uproar, was released on bail Wednesday under conditions likely to keep the outspoken critic of Communist Party controls silent for now.
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| Malaysia arrests 8 Pakistanis heading to Australia (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:55 PM PDT AP - A news report says Malaysian authorities have arrested eight Pakistanis believed to be waiting to travel illegally to Australia by boat.
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| China artist Ai Weiwei stays quiet after freed on bail Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, whose detention in April ignited an international uproar, was released on bail Wednesday under conditions likely to keep the outspoken critic of Communist Party controls silent for now.
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| VIDEO: Suu Kyi message for US Congress Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:48 PM PDT Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has addressed the US Congress for the first time, via a video message.
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| VIDEO: First international widows' day Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:47 PM PDT Thursday sees the first ever UN International Widows' Day, aimed at highlighting the plight of women all over the world who have lost their husbands.
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| China, Vietnam hold joint sea patrols: ministry (AFP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:25 PM PDT
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| Analysis: A debate over autonomy in Thailand's restive south Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:43 PM PDT YALA, Thailand (Reuters) - The motorcycle bomb burned the 27-year-old woman so badly her father only recognized her by a tattoo. She lost half her face and an arm in the attack by shadowy Muslim separatists in Thailand's troubled deep south.
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| 'Uncontacted' Amazon tribe found in Brazil Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:04 PM PDT Authorities unveil aerial photos of tribe in remote region that has reportedly never had contact with outside world.
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| Oil falls to near $94 on US economy pessimism (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:48 PM PDT
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| Beleaguered Aussie PM to work on 1st anniversary (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:44 PM PDT AP - A year after becoming Australia's first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard finds herself weighed down in opinion polls by an unpopular greenhouse gas tax policy and lingering anger over how she overthrew her predecessor.
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| Indonesia bars workers travelling to Saudi after beheading Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:44 PM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia, which has come under fire from abroad for its use of the death sentence, has decided is to bar its citizens from Saudi Arabia to work after an Indonesian maid was beheaded for murdering her Saudi employer. The beheading has also renewed complaints against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's government over the lack of protection for its citizens working overseas, mostly as maids and construction workers. "I decided to apply a moratorium on sending Indonesian worke
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:21 PM PDT China and India can't get enough coal. Time to get ahead of the trade.
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| China Companies That "Could" Buy PopCap Games Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:21 PM PDT Rumor has it that PopCap Games of Seattle is selling for $1 billion or more. If a China company is t
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:55 PM PDT A magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook northeast Japan, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
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| VIDEO: Modern spin on sacred Thai traditions Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:51 PM PDT As rapid economic growth in Thailand brings with it modern technology and trends, traditionalists fear that sacred Buddhist symbols are becoming fashionable rather than expressions of faith.
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| Russia Bars Opposition Party From Elections Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:12 PM PDT Russia denied registration of a key opposition political party, effectively barring it from upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections that the Kremlin had hinted might be open to some competition.
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