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- Afghan deaths could delay strategic pact with U.S.
- China central bank sees room for policy manoeuvring
- January's automotive TIV lower due to fewer working days, says OSK
- 47 bodies found after 'massacre' in Homs: Syria opposition
- King urges people to strengthen unity, support development agenda
- Afghanistan's teen brides who set themselves alight
- Police believe murder of father and lecturer may be an inside job
- All Perlis executive councillors reappointed
- Missing man and daughter found murdered
- VIDEO: Annan 'optimistic' on Syria talks
- VIDEO: S Africa private schools on rise
- Israeli air strikes kill two Gaza militants, say medics
- US fears reprisals after Afghan shooting rampage
- Israeli air strikes kill two Gaza militants - medics
- Rare imperial bowl creates a stir in China
- Mind your manners, please!
- Bangladesh opposition holds mass rally in Dhaka
- Belgian racing pigeons lure rich Chinese aficionados
- Israel kills five more Gaza militants; rockets hit Israel
- Big brands pressure Cambodia on protest shootings
| Afghan deaths could delay strategic pact with U.S. Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:11 AM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The killing of 16 villagers by an American soldier in Afghanistan's south could hurt Washington's efforts to reach a strategic pact with Kabul to allow a long-term U.S. presence in the country, a government official told Reuters on Monday. 
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| China central bank sees room for policy manoeuvring Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:01 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ample room to tweak policy to support credit growth in the face of volatile foreign capital flows that will inevitably see market forces play a greater role in determining the value of the yuan currency, the central bank said on Monday. 
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| January's automotive TIV lower due to fewer working days, says OSK Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:47 AM PDT The Total Industry Volume (TIV) for the automotive sector plunged in January 2012 on slower business activities in a month shortened by fewer working days due to the Lunar New Year holiday, and not due to tighter lending rules, says OSK Research Sdn Bhd.
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| 47 bodies found after 'massacre' in Homs: Syria opposition Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:43 AM PDT The bodies of 47 women and children have been found in the Syrian city of Homs, where security forces have been fighting raging battles against armed rebels, the opposition and activists said on Monday.
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| King urges people to strengthen unity, support development agenda Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:39 AM PDT Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah today urged the people to constantly strengthen unity and support the development agenda of the government.
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| Afghanistan's teen brides who set themselves alight Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:30 AM PDT Flayed by a fire she began herself, Aatifa's childlike frame is painstakingly wrapped in thick bandages -- her shrieks of "Allah" echoing around the hospital ward where surgeons prepare to graft skin back on to her skeletal torso.
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| Police believe murder of father and lecturer may be an inside job Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:05 AM PDT Police do not rule out the possibility of an "inside job" in the murders of a lecturer and her father, whose bodies were found in their house at Taman Kinrara, Puchong, here last night.
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| All Perlis executive councillors reappointed Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:04 AM PDT All eight Perlis executive council members, whose term of service will expire on March 18, have been reappointed today.
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| Missing man and daughter found murdered Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:04 AM PDT A man and his daughter who had been missing for four days were found murdered in their house in Taman Kinrara, Puchong, here last night, police said today.
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| VIDEO: Annan 'optimistic' on Syria talks Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:41 PM PDT UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan has said he is optimistic following two days of talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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| VIDEO: S Africa private schools on rise Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:49 PM PDT In South Africa some 5,000 children - most of them black - are being moved to privately-run schools each year as the state education system declines.
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| Israeli air strikes kill two Gaza militants, say medics Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:51 PM PDT GAZA, March 12 — Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinian militants and wounded 25 civilians in the Gaza Strip today, medical sources said, as cross-border hostilities continued into a fourth day. The latest violence has followed a familiar pattern in which militants launch numerous rocket attacks and Israel carries out air strikes in the ... 
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| US fears reprisals after Afghan shooting rampage Posted: 11 Mar 2012 09:50 PM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 12 — US officials warned today of possible reprisal attacks after 16 Afghan villagers, mostly children and women, were killed in a likely "rogue" shooting by a US soldier that weakens the West's tenuous grip on a decade-old war. Washington has rushed to distance the shootings, blamed on a lone US soldier, from the ... 
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| Israeli air strikes kill two Gaza militants - medics Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:02 PM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinian militants and wounded 25 civilians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, medical sources said, as cross-border hostilities continued into a fourth day. 
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| Rare imperial bowl creates a stir in China Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:51 PM PDT A rare Chinese imperial ceramic bowl that was made around 900 years ago and could fetch $10 million when it goes under the hammer next month has triggered huge excitement among Asian art collectors.
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| Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:48 PM PDT If Adnan did not understand the ins and outs, or feel wronged, he could actually hold a press conference to clarify that he never said that the residue should be dumped at Sungai Lembing in formal speeches, but just mentioned it when exchanging views with others, as a joke.
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| Bangladesh opposition holds mass rally in Dhaka Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:14 PM PDT Thousands of Bangladeshi troops patrolled the streets of Dhaka on Monday as opposition parties prepared for a mass protest calling for the government to step down and hold elections.
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| Belgian racing pigeons lure rich Chinese aficionados Posted: 11 Mar 2012 11:06 PM PDT Rich Chinese pigeon fanciers are offering tens of thousands of euros to buy Belgian champions, to the despair of local pigeon-lovers unable to compete in such sky-high auction bids.
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| Israel kills five more Gaza militants; rockets hit Israel Posted: 11 Mar 2012 10:13 PM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes killed five militants in Gaza on Saturday, the second day of cross-border violence in which Palestinian fighters have fired dozens of rockets into Israel, both sides said. 
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| Big brands pressure Cambodia on protest shootings Posted: 11 Mar 2012 10:36 PM PDT Retail giants Puma, Gap and H&M have urged Cambodia to fully probe the recent shooting and wounding of protesting garment workers as the sole suspect, a local governor, remained at large Monday.
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