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Britain is considering taking in 3,000 unaccompanied children from Syria and Afghanistan. What is it like to be all alone and making the perilous journey to a new life? From young Afghans fleeing the Taliban to survivors of the Jewish Kindertransport who escaped the Nazis, here are five personal accounts
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End of investigation into $681m payment to Najib Razak adds to fears for freedoms across the region, but international condemnation remains muted
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Deal made us look like fools, say women forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels
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Peter Dahlin, who worked with Chinese human rights lawyers, had been held on suspicion of endangering state security
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At least 95 people die as record-low temperatures in region bring snow and ice cause flight cancellations and leave thousands stranded
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Flights grounded as popular beachside destination is hit by heavy falls and subzero temperatures
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‘They must be torturing her’ says Zhao’s mother as she desperately searches for the daughter who vanished seven months ago
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Climate Home: Power from the sun could supply 20% of energy worldwide by 2027 on current technology trends, say UK researchers
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Companies House reveals telephone airtime retailer has failed to file accounts for last year amid continuing questions over firm’s financial affairs
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Government publicly destroys biggest ever illegal ivory haul in bid to show poachers it will not tolerate the violent trade
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International planners behind the brand new smart city in Andhra Pradesh have come up against angry farmers, disappearing land records and ancient architectural beliefs. Despite these hurdles, is Amaravati still on track?
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Hindus devotees pierce different part of their body with various metal skewers to mark the annual Thaipusam Festival in Kuala Lumpur
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Security forces fire rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday
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A student from the Bacha Khan campus in Charsadda, Pakistan, recalls hearing the gun battles between army soldiers and a group of militants who stormed the university in the north-west of the country
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Pakistan’s armed forced and emergency services respond to an attack on a university in the north-west of the country on Wednesday
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Son Ok-soon, a human rights activist and the author of a Korean-language book describing the hardships of living life in the North, appears in a video apparently expressing regret for leaving the regime
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Some of the 60 types of primate living at Chimelong safari park in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong province
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Malaysian prime minister cleared of corruption over $681m Saudi 'gift'