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RAIDS 'KILL INDONESIA MILITANTS'

INDONESIAN SECURITY FORCES KILL THREE ALLEGED MILITANTS AND INVESTIGATE WHETHER ONE IS KEY BALI BOMB SUSPECT DULMATIN.

JAPAN CONFIRMS SECRET NUCLEAR PACT

JAPAN CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF A SECRET COLD WAR PACT ALLOWING NUCLEAR-ARMED US VESSELS TO CALL AT ITS PORTS.

THAILAND INVOKES EMERGENCY LAWS

THAILAND'S PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA SAYS HE WILL USE EMERGENCY SECURITY LAWS TO HELP COPE WITH OPPOSITION RALLIES.

CHINA DENIES SWEDEN UIGHUR SPYING

CHINA DENIES IT IS SPYING ON UIGHUR REFUGEES IN SWEDEN, AFTER A STOCKHOLM COURT JAILED A UIGUR FOR PASSING INFORMATION TO AN AGENT.

BURMA REFUGEES 'FACE STARVATION'

BANGLADESH'S GOVERNMENT IS IGNORING THE PLIGHT OF THOUSANDS OF STARVING BURMESE REFUGEES, A US MEDICAL CHARITY WARNS.

HOMELESS EVICTED FROM BONDI BEACH

A GROUP OF HOMELESS MEN IN AUSTRALIA MUST LEAVE BONDI BEACH AFTER A JUDGE RULES THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO SLEEP ROUGH THERE.

BURMA OUTLINES NEW ELECTION LAWS

BURMA'S MILITARY RULERS WILL HAND-PICK THE ELECTION COMMISSION, UNDER NEWLY-ENACTED POLL LAWS, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS.

TOYOTA REJECTS ELECTRONICS FEARS

TOYOTA REJECTS CLAIMS THAT FAULTY ELECTRONICS COULD BE BEHIND ITS WORLDWIDE RECALL OF MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION CARS.

OSCAR WIN FOR DOLPHIN HUNT FILM

A FILM ABOUT THE ANNUAL DOLPHIN HUNT IN TAIJI, JAPAN, WINS THE BEST DOCUMENTARY OSCAR - ANGERING THE TOWN'S MAYOR.

'BOTTLED GHOSTS' ATTRACT NEW ZEALAND AUCTION BUYERS

TWO GLASS BOTTLES SAID TO CONTAIN THE GHOSTS ARE BOUGHT FOR NZ$2,000 IN AN ONLINE AUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND.

MAN WHO SHOPPED FOR N KOREA'S LEADERS REVEALS KIM'S WHIMS

A NORTH KOREAN COLONEL TELLS HOW HE SHOPPED IN EUROPE FOR HIS COUNTRY'S DICTATORS' LAVISH LIFESTYLES, IN A NEW BOOK.

CRICKET: AUSSIES LEVEL SERIES IN AUCKLAND

AUSTRALIA LEVEL THE ONE-DAY SERIES AGAINST NEW ZEALAND AFTER A CLOSE 12-RUN VICTORY IN AUCKLAND COURTESY OF THE DUCKWORTH-LEWIS METHOD.

GOLF: MALAYSIAN OPEN LEAD SHARED

WALES' RHYS DAVIES SHARES A ONE-SHOT LEAD GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE MALAYSIAN OPEN.

GREEN DREAMS

RAIN BRINGS RELIEF TO PARCHED AUSTRALIAN FARMING TOWN

NEW NETWORKS

DO RAIDS MEAN INDONESIA'S TERROR GROUPS ARE BACK?

BRYANT'S AUSTRALIA

HOW KEVIN RUDD'S POPULARITY SLIPPED AFTER COPENHAGEN

RADICALLY DIFFERENT

HOMESICK ANDIJAN SURVIVORS AMAZED BY LIFE IN SWEDEN

IN PICTURES

THE VITAL LIFELINE OF THE SYRDARYA RIVER IN CENTRAL ASIA

WOMEN'S DAY

STORIES OF HARDSHIP - AND HOPE - FROM KYRGYZSTAN

SUPERWEED PREDATOR TO BE RELEASED

A PLANT-EATING PREDATOR THAT PREYS ON AGGRESSIVE SUPERWEED JAPANESE KNOTWEED IS TO BE GIVEN A TRIAL RELEASE IN ENGLAND.

RAPE RISK RISE FOR CAMBODIA WOMEN

THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT MUST TACKLE THE RISING INCIDENCE OF RAPE IN THE COUNTRY, SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.

CHINA HERDSMEN KILL SNOW LEOPARD

TWO HERDSMEN ARE JAILED FOR UP TO 10 YEARS FOR KILLING A RARE SNOW LEOPARD IN XINJIANG, CHINA'S STATE NEWS AGENCY REPORTS.

N KOREA OUTRAGE AT MILITARY DRILL

NORTH KOREA SAYS ITS ARMY IS ON FULL ALERT, AS THE US AND SOUTH KOREAN BEGIN ANNUAL JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES.

JOINT BID FOR AUSTRALIAN GAS FIRM

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL AND PETROCHINA LAUNCH A JOINT TAKEOVER BID FOR AUSTRALIAN LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS GROUP ARROW ENERGY.

CHINA RESUMES IRON ORE TALKS

TENSE TIMES AS CHINA RESUMES IRON ORE PRICE TALKS

FUJITSU ROW OVER BOSS'S DEPARTURE

SHARES IN FUJITSU FALL 2.7% DUE TO A DISPUTE WITH ITS FORMER PRESIDENT OVER THE REASON FOR HIS RESIGNATION LAST YEAR.

HONG KONG TYCOON EYES EDF UK FIRM

HONG KONG'S RICHEST BUSINESSMAN LI KA-SHING PLANS TO BID FOR THE UK ARM OF FRENCH ELECTRICITY GIANT EDF GROUP.

CHILD MIGRANT'S 'STOLEN LIFE'

A CHILD MIGRANT ON THE TRAUMA OF BEING SENT DOWN UNDER

XINJIANG'S 'INTERNET PRISON'

BLOGGER IN CHINA'S XINJIANG DESCRIBES RESTRICTIONS

EYEWITNESS: SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE

TWO BRITS GIVE THEIR ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF SUMATRA ON WEDNESDAY.

ANGER IN CHINA OVER CENSORSHIP

INTERNET CENSORSHIP HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY DISCUSSED SUBJECTS IN BLOGS, MESSAGE FORUMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS IN CHINA OVER THE PAST MONTH.

MEETING CHINA'S NON-COMMUNIST POLITICIANS

LEGAL LIMBO STALLS THAILAND INDUSTRY

ENVIRONMENTAL LIMBO THREATENS THAI RECOVERY

BEATING THE ODDS IN POW CAMP

SURVIVOR OF JAPAN'S POW CAMPS BREAKS 65 YEAR SILENCE

THAILAND'S COUP CONFUSION

RUMOURS OF PLOTS ABOUND AS THAILAND JUDGES THAKSIN

BURMA'S HIP HOP REVOLUTIONARIES

YOUNG BURMESE SEEKING CHANGE THROUGH HIP HOP

KACHIN ARMY READY FOR WAR

BURMA'S KACHIN MINORITY PREPARES FOR CIVIL WAR

FLIP-FLOP DIPLOMACY WITH DALAI LAMA

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