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Five jailed for West Papua 'treason'

3:00 AM | Five activists fighting for an independent West Papua will appeal their conviction and imprisonment on treason charges.

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N. Korea to launch rocket and satellite

3:00 AM | PYONGYANG: North Korea has announced it plans to launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite next month, a surprise move that comes weeks after it agreed to nuclear concessions, including a moratorium on long-range missile tests.

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Races still to run but Romney looks a sure bet

3:00 AM | ''One of my opponents recently said that it would take an act of God for me to win this primary," Rick Santorum told the congregation of an evangelical church in Puerto Rico this week.

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Hunger and pain mark a child's life in tale of two Indias

3:00 AM | The hard plains of central India yield little. The crops failed the year Ujala was born. Her mother was ill and there was nothing for anyone in her family to eat.

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Spotlight turns on controversial base

3:00 AM | It is too early to draw conclusions, but an insistence by Marine General John Allen, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, that "we're going to hold this individual accountable'' might be too narrow.

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A war that kills trust and ideals

3:00 AM | 'Mission incomplete' in Afghanistan is becoming mission impossible.

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Five jailed over West Papua independence push

16 Mar 12 | FIVE activists fighting for an independent West Papua will immediately appeal their conviction and imprisonment on treason charges, handed down today.

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Philippine troops attack terrorists holding Australian

16 Mar 12 | Philippine troops have engaged in a fierce firefight with Islamic terrorists holding kidnapped Australian Warren Rodwell in the southern province of Basilan, security officials say.

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Eight feared dead as NZ fishing boat capsizes

16 Mar 12 | WELLINGTON: Two young children were among those missing last night after a fishing boat carrying a family capsized in treacherous waters south of New Zealand's most southern city Invercargill.

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Sacking overshadows China power shift

16 Mar 12 | China's leadership transition rocked by removal of ambitious mafia-busting party chief.

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Justice for Ashraf: sinister 'Samaritans' face jail

15 Mar 12 | Two thugs who posed as good Samaritans in one of the most notorious crimes of the 2011 London riots face jail after robbing a defenceless Malaysian student.

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Chinese political scandal boils over: 'red revival' leader Bo sacked

15 Mar 12 | Controversial Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai has been removed from his post, bringing China’s sensational political scandal to a head.

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Bainimarama's grip tightens as he disbands 'divisive' council of chiefs

15 Mar 12 | IN A move which bodes ill for his promise of restored constitutional rule in Fiji, Commodore Frank Bainimarama yesterday disbanded the Great Council of Chiefs.

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Chinese leader's reforms warning

15 Mar 12 | Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has used one of his last public addresses to deliver a strong warning that China must undertake ‘urgent’ political reforms or risk the repeat of tragedies such as the Cultural Revolution.

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Shock justice: rape victim jailed but fails to win appeal

14 Mar 12 | A woman who was jailed after withdrawing allegations her husband repeatedly raped her and forced her into prostitution has failed in a bid to have her conviction quashed, in a shock judgment by a UK court.

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Mouths in the south: US campaign hits redneck trail

14 Mar 12 | As the polls close in the Republican primaries in Mississippi and Alabama, the three contestants are still getting their South on.

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Hawking to appear on Big Bang Theory

14 Mar 12 | The Big Bang Theory has finally grabbed the ultimate science guest star.

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Editor and husband arrested in dawn raid

14 Mar 12 | LONDON: The former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and her husband were among six people arrested in dawn raids yesterday on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

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Israelis wary of Gaza ceasefire

14 Mar 12 | A tenuous Egyptian-mediated ceasefire has come into effect after four days of intense Israeli air strikes and retaliatory attacks from militant groups in Gaza, in the worst outbreak of cross-border violence in more than a year.

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Rodwell kidnappers still on the run

13 Mar 12 | Kidnapped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell is being constantly moved on the southern Philippine island of Basilan as government troops hunt his captors.

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