Asia
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Workers of Tepco, Toshiba and Kajima Corp at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant five years on from the 9.0 earthquake
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Charity head speaks out after hospital attacks and says focus on terrorism is threatening the rules which govern warfare
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On the eve of the two-year anniversary of plane’s disappearance many relatives reject the idea it crashed in the ocean
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Michael Warren, who downloaded more than 1000 images of child abuse while working in child protection, will serve his sentence on the tiny Pacific island
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Cheung Chi-ping arrives back home two days after authorities released his boss, Lui Por, but three publishers remain on the mainland
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The 6,830-tonne cargo ship Jin Teng will not be allowed to leave Subic port after Manila opts to enforce sanctions imposed after missile tests
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Mahathir Mohamad has joined forces with figures from across the political spectrum who want Najib to step down amid corruption scandal
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A greater one-horned rhino has been successfully moved to a new home in Bardia national park. The healthy adult male is the first of 30 rhinos to be ‘translocated’ from Chitwan national park over the next two years to secure a second, viable breeding population
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A ‘nomadic museum’ in the heart of Mumbai hopes to change attitudes towards the communities that live there
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Road blocks and random vehicle checks return seven years after war ended in effort to combat surge in drug smuggling and serious crime
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Insurgents reject efforts by US, China and others to engage in direct negotiations with government
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The impounding of a North Korean vessel by the Philippines on Friday, follows strict new United Nations sanctions, says coastguard spokesman commander Armand Balilo
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A summary of the state’s position after Kim Jong-un announced North Korea is ready to fire its nuclear weapons ‘at any time’
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South Korea’s defence ministry said its northern neighbour fired short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast
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Malaysia’s transport minister Liow Tiong Lai says there is a ‘high probability’ that debris found on a Mozambique beach belonged to a Boeing 777, the same type of aircraft as flight MH370
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Footage of the moment an unrestrained toddler in China falls out of the open backdoor of a minivan, tumbling on to a busy road
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For the first time since he was detained on 2 January at Pyongyang International airport, US student Otto Warmbier appears in front of the media
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North Korea threatens to reduce US and South Korea to 'flames and ash'