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838‘It still haunts me’: Asia remembers tsunami that killed 230,000
Communities across Asia commemorated the more than 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of...
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631Death toll in Indonesia bus accident rises to 35
The death toll in the bus accident in Indonesia’s Bengkulu province has risen to 35, making it one of the most deadly...
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755Aung San Suu Kyi party official killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine
An official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party was killed in Rakhine state after planning a show of support for the...
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616Typhoon Phanfone kills at least 16 in Philippines
A typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day claimed at least 16...
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893Families homeless at Christmas after forest fire in Chilean port
Dozens of families found themselves homeless over Christmas after a forest fire in the Chilean tourist port city of Valparaiso burned through...
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587Saudi Arabia, Kuwait end dispute over shared oil fields
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have ended a nearly five-year-long dispute over shared oil fields and have agreed to resume oil production from...
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574US man robs bank, throws stolen cash at people and wishes ‘Merry Christmas’
A white-bearded man robbed a bank two days before Christmas, but threw the stolen cash in the air and wished passers-by a...
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67235 civilians killed in double Burkina Faso attack
A militant attack in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, the president said, one of...
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692Russia leading world in hypersonic weapons, US trying to catch up: Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the...
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677Hong Kong clashes resume in shopping centers, streets
Clashes resumed in Hong Kong on Tuesday between police and anti-government protesters, some of them donned in Santa Claus hats, as the...
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