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- Hundreds mourn killed Cambodian activist
- Air India cancels 12 flights as pilots strike enters fourth day
- South Africa's De Klerk stirs ire with apartheid remarks
- Pirates hijack Greek-owned tanker off Oman
- Japan population clock shows 'extinction' in 1,000 years
- Muslims on US 'no-fly' list claim harassment
- Civilian deaths in Afghanistan fall 20 percent, says U.N
- Lawyers for China dissident's nephew say they face threats
- Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea
- Anti-China protest in Philippines ends peacefully
- World renowned photographer digitizes her popular baby record book for Mother’s Day
- Parts of Mt Fuji 'could collapse' if fault shifts
- Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea
- Suspect in US murder and kidnapping dead, two girls alive
- British PM faces scrutiny over ties to Murdoch
- Philippines on alert over anti-China protest, Beijing frets
- Putin flexes muscle in shunning US-hosted G8 talks
- Veteran US war photographer Horst Faas dies
- Irene Fernandez gives statement to MACC
- Asia Pacific O&G companies more likely to divest
| Hundreds mourn killed Cambodian activist Posted: 11 May 2012 01:29 AM PDT Hundreds of Cambodians held a memorial service Friday in a remote forest where a prominent environmental activist was shot dead two weeks ago, vowing to keep his legacy alive.
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| Air India cancels 12 flights as pilots strike enters fourth day Posted: 11 May 2012 01:08 AM PDT Indian flag carrier Air India Friday cancelled at least 12 international flights as the pilots strike entered the fourth day even as the country's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the Civil Aviation Minister to ensure that air fares don't shoot up because of the stir.
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| South Africa's De Klerk stirs ire with apartheid remarks Posted: 11 May 2012 12:57 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Comments from South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, defending separate racial states during apartheid set off a storm of criticism on Friday from people still living with the legacy of decades of racial oppression. 
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| Pirates hijack Greek-owned tanker off Oman Posted: 11 May 2012 12:39 AM PDT NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker carrying 135,000 metric tonnes of crude oil while in the Arabian Sea off Oman, the vessel's manager said. 
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| Japan population clock shows 'extinction' in 1,000 years Posted: 11 May 2012 12:42 AM PDT Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a population clock that showed the nation's people could theoretically become extinct in 1,000 years because of declining birth rates.
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| Muslims on US 'no-fly' list claim harassment Posted: 11 May 2012 12:24 AM PDT  PORTLAND, May 11: A case challenging the use of the federal government's "no-fly" list, set to be heard here Friday, will raise the larger issue of whether Muslims are singled out for harassment by authorities.
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| Civilian deaths in Afghanistan fall 20 percent, says U.N Posted: 11 May 2012 12:29 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - After five years of rising deaths, civilian casualties in Afghanistan dropped 20 percent in the first four months of the year, the United Nations said, a rare piece of good news as foreign combat forces prepare to pull out by the end of 2014. 
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| Lawyers for China dissident's nephew say they face threats Posted: 11 May 2012 12:03 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have confiscated a lawyer's licence and threatened to do the same to another after they volunteered to defend the nephew of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng. 
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| Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea Posted: 10 May 2012 11:48 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. 
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| Anti-China protest in Philippines ends peacefully Posted: 10 May 2012 11:37 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Filipino activists, carrying placards and banners and waving small Philippine flags, held a noisy but peaceful protest on Friday outside a Chinese consular office in Manila over islands in the South China Sea claimed by both nations. 
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| World renowned photographer digitizes her popular baby record book for Mother’s Day Posted: 11 May 2012 12:30 AM PDT To celebrate Mother's Day Anne Geddes has launched the digital keepsake edition of her popular baby record book "My First Five Years."
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| Parts of Mt Fuji 'could collapse' if fault shifts Posted: 11 May 2012 12:16 AM PDT Parts of Japan's Mount Fuji, a national symbol and key tourist attraction, could collapse if a newly-discovered faultline under the mountain shifts, a government-commissioned report has warned.
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| Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea Posted: 10 May 2012 11:45 PM PDT SEOUL, May 11 —Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. The scandal erupted just days before Koreans observe a national holiday to celebrate the birth of Buddha, the holiest day of the religion's ... 
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| Suspect in US murder and kidnapping dead, two girls alive Posted: 10 May 2012 11:10 PM PDT ALPINE COMMUNITY (Mississippi), May 11 — The most-wanted fugitive in America shot himself dead yesterday, but the two girls he was suspected of kidnapping were found alive, ending a drama that began with the killing of the girls' mother and older sister. Adam Mayes, 35, shot himself in the head after Mississippi state game wardens came across him ... 
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| British PM faces scrutiny over ties to Murdoch Posted: 10 May 2012 10:46 PM PDT LONDON, May 11 — British Prime Minister David Cameron faces potentially embarrassing scrutiny of his ties to Rupert Murdoch today when Rebekah Brooks, a former top lieutenant in the tycoon's media empire, appears at an inquiry into press standards. Brooks, once editor of the News of the World tabloid at the heart of the phone hacking scandal, is ... 
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| Philippines on alert over anti-China protest, Beijing frets Posted: 10 May 2012 09:35 PM PDT MANILA, May 11 — Security was tightened in the Philippines capital today ahead of anti-Chinese protests over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, with both Beijing and Taipei warning their citizens to be on guard for violence. Some 1,000 people from civil society and political groups were expected to march to a Chinese consular office in ... 
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| Putin flexes muscle in shunning US-hosted G8 talks Posted: 10 May 2012 08:00 PM PDT MOSCOW, May 11 — Of all the signals and symbols that shape Russian foreign policy, this one seemed particularly blunt: Vladimir Putin, in one of the first decisions of his new presidency, will shun a Group of Eight summit hosted by US President Barack Obama. The May 18-19 visit was to have been Putin's first foreign trip since he returned to the ... 
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| Veteran US war photographer Horst Faas dies Posted: 10 May 2012 07:30 PM PDT NEW YORK, May 11 — Longtime Associated Press war photographer Horst Faas, known for his dramatic pictures of people embroiled in the violence of the Vietnam War, died yesterday at age 79, the news agency said. German-born Faas oversaw the AP's photo operations in Saigon for a decade starting in 1962, during the height of the combat, in a career ... 
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| Irene Fernandez gives statement to MACC Posted: 10 May 2012 11:15 PM PDT Tenaganita executive director Irene Fernandez today gave a statement at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here over remarks allegedly damaging to Malaysia she had made in an interview with an Indonesian newspaper last Monday.
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| Asia Pacific O&G companies more likely to divest Posted: 10 May 2012 11:05 PM PDT A survey by Ernst and Young Advisory services on Asia-Pacific oil and gas companies, revealed that 42 per cent are likely to divest, up from 28 per cent six months ago.
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