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Australia News
Australia government forecasts $19.4 billion deficit
By AP News Tue, May 14, 2013CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government’s promise to deliver a budget surplus in the current fiscal year has blown out to a 19.4 billion Australian dollar ($19.4 billion) deficit...
Burma News
Key senator to let Burma sanctions bill lapse
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — In a significant move, a prominent Republican senator said Tuesday he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Burma lapse because of the country’s progress toward democracy....
Cambodia News
Cambodia shoe factory collapses, killing at least two
By Clothilde Le Coz Thu, May 16, 2013As Western retailers such as H&M, Zara, Tesco and others decided to support new safety regulations in Bangladesh garment factories following the building collapse that kill over 1,100 people, it is...
China News
6 children among 7 injured in south China attack
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013BEIJING (AP) — A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, authorities...
Hong Kong News
Concern mounts over new bird flu strain
By Graham Land Thu, May 02, 2013At least 124 people have so far been infected with the new strain of bird flu known as H7N9. Twenty-four of those victims have died. Any virus with a death...
India News
Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies
By AP News Tue, May 21, 2013CANNES, France (AP) — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — “Bollywood” — remains controversial. The French film festival...
Indonesia News
More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine
By AP News Mon, May 20, 2013TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered five more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to...
Japan News
Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber
By AP News Thu, May 23, 2013KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, is back on...
Malaysia News
Malaysia court orders release of 3 terror suspects
By AP News Mon, May 20, 2013KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court has ordered the release of an al-Qaida-linked former army captain and two other suspects charged with inciting terrorist acts. The verdict underlines...
Pakistan News
Pakistan repeats vote in Karachi despite killing
By AP News Mon, May 20, 2013KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the...
Philippines News
Fishermen pay price in Asia’s volatile sea rifts
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013MASINLOC, Philippines (AP) — Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck....
Singapore News
Singapore begins inquiry into US worker’s death
By AP News Mon, May 13, 2013SINGAPORE (AP) — The girlfriend of a U.S. software engineer whose parents insist he was murdered in Singapore said at a coroner’s inquest Monday that he had been unhappy at...
South Korea News
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
By AP News Mon, May 20, 2013SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the...
Taiwan News
Concern mounts over new bird flu strain
By Graham Land Thu, May 02, 2013At least 124 people have so far been infected with the new strain of bird flu known as H7N9. Twenty-four of those victims have died. Any virus with a death...
Thailand News
Thai police seize record 4.49 million meth tablets
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police have seized 4.49 million methamphetamine pills found in an apartment in the largest meth bust ever in Bangkok. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung said Tuesday...
Vietnam News
Second Vietnamese TV provider drops CNN and BBC
By AP News Mon, May 20, 2013HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don’t have the licenses needed under a law stipulating that much...
Other Countries News
Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in...
