Asia
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North Korea shoots missile 500km in 'show of force' to Trump, says SouthMissile comes down in sea after launching from the same area where regime has been testing its midrange Musudan weapon -
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More than 330 pilot whales die in New Zealand mass strandingOn Sunday 220 remain stranded on remote coastline off South Island with 100 returned to sea with the help of volunteers
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Hundreds of whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beachUrgent plea issued for locals to drop work and school commitments and head to the remote beach to save surviving whales
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'Christianity theme park' in Mao Zedong's home province sparks outrageNeo-Maoists express fury online over project in city of Changsha regarded as Chinese communism’s answer to Mecca
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Images reveal three more Japanese WWII shipwrecks torn apart for scrapExclusive: Metal salvaging off Borneo was originally authorised as ‘research’ by Malaysian university
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If the body isn't sacred, nothing is: why menstrual taboos matterMenstrual seclusion was once about giving women a safe space – hunter gatherer cultures can teach us how women’s blood is potent, not polluting
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These cruel assaults are more often linked to patriarchal societies. But in Britain, where sulphuric acid was first manufactured, cases are once again on the riseAcid attacks were a stain on Victorian Britain. Now they are returning
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Roving clinics tackle TB among Myanmar's poorest people – in picturesAn initiative sending teams into isolated communities to X-ray patients and give treatment is improving diagnosis rates, in a country where TB is one of the leading causes of death for people aged 15-49
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Two men in Scarlett Keeling murder case in India face court againMen acquitted of murder of British teenager in 2008 will go back to court after India’s CBI announced an appeal
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Indonesian illegal gold mining – in picturesIndonesian miners painstakingly sift through the waste for scraps from the largest gold mine in the world: the Grasberg mine in West Papua
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US warns North Korea of 'overwhelming' response if nuclear arms used – videoOn a visit to South Korea, Donald Trump’s defence secretary, James Mattis, warns North Korea of an ‘effective and overwhelming’ response if Pyongyang chooses to use nuclear weapons
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Turkmenistan president sings to group of workers – videoGurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, president of Turkmenistan, sings to a group of workers in the Ahal region of the country on 30 January
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Republic Day in India - in picturesIndia marks the 67th anniversary of its constitution coming into effect with an elaborate displays of military might and cultural events across the country
China expels South Korean missionaries amid missile defence tensions