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Malaysia probes Philippine diplomat's killing
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8.8.2009 : 12:13 am
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian police on Saturday investigated the killing of a Philippine diplomat who was apparently bludgeoned to death in his apartment.
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Baitullah Mehsud was Pakistan's Enemy No. 1
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8.7.2009 : 9:59 pm
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ISLAMABAD -- Baitullah Mehsud, unlike other militant leaders, made the Pakistan government his target, using suicide attacks and assassinations to shake the foundations of the country.
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Pakistani Taliban head's death a blow to militants
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8.7.2009 : 9:40 pm
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Taliban chief was killed by a CIA missile strike, a militant commander confirmed — a severe blow to extremists threatening the stability of this nuclear-armed nation.
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Ferry sinks off Tonga; dozens missing, feared dead
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8.7.2009 : 8:20 pm
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NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- Giving women and children the comfort of cabins while men stayed on deck may have doomed them to be trapped inside an overnight ferry that capsized in heavy seas off Tonga, officials said Thursday. Dozens are missing and feared dead.
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Former Beijing airport boss executed in China
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8.7.2009 : 11:43 am
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BEIJING -- Leaders of China's elite state industries are renowned for their power, influence, and — in several recent cases — corruption. Increasingly, they are paying the price.
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Indonesian anti-terror police in shoot out
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8.7.2009 : 11:43 am
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Police hunting for terror suspect Noordin Mohammad Top surrounded a house in central Indonesia and were exchanging gunfire with suspected militants holed up inside it Friday, police and a witness said.
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Typhoon lashes Taiwan; schools, businesses closed
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8.7.2009 : 11:19 am
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BATOHZI, Taiwan -- A typhoon surged toward Taiwan on Friday, closing offices and schools, disrupting transportation, and confining millions of residents to their homes as its violent western fringe struck the island with high winds and heavy rains.
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Air India plans to go low-cost to survive
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8.7.2009 : 10:46 am
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MUMBAI, India -- India's loss-making national airline Air India said Friday it would transform itself into a budget carrier for domestic flights and float an initial public offering by 2012 as part of a three-year turnaround plan.
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Malaysia denies it has plan to censor Internet
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8.7.2009 : 9:50 am
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia said Friday it may encourage parents to use Internet filters to block pornography and online scams, but vehemently denied it was reneging on its promise not to censor the Web.
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Philippine land reform extended for 5 years
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8.7.2009 : 9:15 am
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MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine government's program to buy private farmland and sell it to poor farmers with low-interest loans was extended Friday for another five years, the president's office said.
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Uighur activist calls for probe on unrest in China
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8.7.2009 : 8:52 am
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MELBOURNE, Australia -- A Uighur activist called Friday for a U.N. investigation of recent violence in western China, as 100 people demonstrated outside the Chinese consulate in Melbourne.
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Mumbai gunman flip-flops on pleading guilty
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8.7.2009 : 7:49 am
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MUMBAI, India -- The lone surviving gunman from last year's Mumbai attacks told a court Friday he wanted to confess to all 86 charges against him — but minutes later reversed himself and said he would stick with his earlier partial confession.
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Chinese appliance tycoon's assets frozen in HK
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8.7.2009 : 7:36 am
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HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong court has ordered the freeze of $214 million worth of assets owned by one of China's richest people amid an ongoing corruption probe in mainland China.
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Japan's Nikkei hits new 10-month high
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8.7.2009 : 6:32 am
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TOKYO -- Japan's Nikkei stock index climbed to a new 10-month high Friday, but gains were modest as investors braced for a U.S. job report due later in the day.
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Malaysia confirms new swine-flu related death
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8.7.2009 : 6:24 am
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's health ministry says a 40-year-old man infected with swine flu has died, raising the country's death toll from the virus to 15.
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Relics of nationalist Sun Yat-sen missing in HK
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8.7.2009 : 6:23 am
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HONG KONG -- More than a dozen relics related to China's famed revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen have gone missing, Hong Kong officials said Friday.
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Kazakhs cut interest rates for 6th time in 2009
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8.7.2009 : 5:57 am
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan continued its aggressive interest rate policy Friday with its sixth half-percentage-point cut this year amid falling inflation in Central Asia's largest economy.
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Malaysian state rejects Islamist call to ban booze
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8.7.2009 : 5:40 am
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- An opposition-ruled state in Malaysia on Friday rejected calls by an Islamic party to impose a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol in convenience stores.
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China shares fall on credit contraction fears
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8.7.2009 : 4:44 am
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SHANGHAI -- Chinese shares fell for a third day Friday, ending the week down 4.4 percent, on concerns of a possible credit contraction.
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Philippine floods kill 2 French citizens, 8 others
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8.7.2009 : 1:46 am
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MANILA, Philippines -- Officials say two French tourists are among at least 10 people killed when heavy rains collapsed an earthen dike and fed landslides and floods that deluged towns and villages in the northern Philippines.
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Shelling wounds 9 refugees in south Philippines
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8.7.2009 : 12:10 am
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MANILA, Philippines -- Muslim rebels and Philippine troops blamed each other Friday for firing a mortar round that wounded nine refugees, including three minors, at a government school used as an evacuation center.
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