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Group of 44 Sri Lankans who hoped to reach Australia spends night ashore as advocates call for them to be processed as asylum seekers
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In Bangladesh, one of the world’s most polluted cities has led the way globally in ridding itself of harmful PM10 particles
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Lam Wing-kee, who sold titles critical of Beijing, describes being blindfolded and kept in small cell for months
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‘Abhorrent’ footage aired on 7.30 and released by Animals Australia sparks investigation by agriculture department
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National Police Agency reports more than 12,000 patients going missing in 2015, with hundreds of those later found dead
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Every area of 73-hectare campus, including dormitories, is monitored at Wuchang University of Technology
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After two consecutive years of weak monsoons, severe water shortages are affecting about 330 million in India. Farmers have suffered devastating crop losses and drinking water has been rationed in some communities
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After my mother died, my father created a new life for my brother and me as ‘universal citizens’
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Large families in the poorest regions suffer poor health and nutrition, but access to contraception and maternal care is limited
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A pregnant woman and nine children are among the 44 on the boat, which has been drifting off the coast of Lhoknga
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Sangduen Chailert, the founder of Chiang Mai’s Elephant Nature Park (ENP), sings lullabies to the elephants under her care
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Archaeologists in Cambodia have discovered numerous medieval cities in the Angkor region of Cambodia
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Hasan Khan, the husband of Zeenat Rafiq, the woman burned alive by her family in Lahore, describes the events that led to his wife’s death
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Protesters on Wednesday accuse Lancôme of caving in to the Chinese government after it cancelled a promotional concert in Hong Kong
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A seven-year-old boy left by his parents in dense forest for nearly a week leaves hospital
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China bans news coverage of Hong Kong bookseller abduction