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| UpdatedKim Jong-nam's death earlier this week came years after pleas for his life to be spared went unheard by his younger sibling Kim Jong-il — and years after an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
Topics: world-politics, royal-and-imperial-matters, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedMalaysian police detain the boyfriend of a second woman arrested over the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, malaysia
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Despite the Indonesian Government suspending the importation of Indian buffalo meat, many still believe the ban will not last.
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, cattle-feedlots, trade, agricultural-policy, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedEleven homes burn down and a state of emergency is declared as a raging New Zealand bushfire heads into its fourth day.
Topics: bushfire, new-zealand, pacific
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| UpdatedThree of the four venues for the India v Australia series have not yet hosted a Test. Will that help the tourists?
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The incumbent Governor of Jakarta, who is from the Christian minority, is expected to make it through to the next round of voting in the election, according to unofficial counts.
Topics: elections, world-politics, indonesia, asia
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| UpdatedMalaysian authorities arrest a woman with Vietnamese travel papers over the suspected assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedHundreds of people in New Zealand's second-largest city flee their homes as bushfires rage in a nearby mountain range.
Topics: fires, bushfire, new-zealand
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| UpdatedLoghman Sawari, the 20-year-old Iranian refugee deported from Fiji to Papua New Guinea, is granted bail by a magistrate in Port Moresby.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, refugees, papua-new-guinea, pacific, asia
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| UpdatedVoting begins in Jakarta as millions of locals descend on makeshift polling booths to elect the capital's Governor after a highly charged and divisive campaign, during which the incumbent Ahok was tried on blasphemy charges.
Topics: elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe reported assassination of Kim Jong-nam is the latest episode in the long and bloody history of North Korea's Kim dynasty. Here's how the key players stack up.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, international-law, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedByron Bay woman Sara Connor denies wanting to destroy evidence to hide her involvement in the killing of Bali policeman Wayan Sudarsa, saying "if I did, I would have done a better job".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, indonesia, australia
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Kieran Foran is cleared to return to the NRL, with the league registering his Warriors contract for the 2017 season.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, new-zealand
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| UpdatedDuring WWII, a small town in Victoria's Mallee was on the front line in the defence of Australia.
Topics: world-war-2, air-force, history, regional, regional-development, community-development, lake-boga-3584, singapore, broome-6725, darwin-0800, ballarat-3350, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedAlthough details are still unclear over how and why the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was killed, government officials and independent experts all say the assassination looks like the work of North Korean agents.
Topics: death, murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, malaysia, united-states
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| UpdatedMore than 30 years after the end of WWII, Australian prisoners of war really began to tell the stories of what happened in the wake of the fall of Singapore.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, 20th-century, singapore, australia, japan
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| UpdatedThe people left behind in Singapore and Malaysia upon the fall of Singapore and the British retreat 75 years ago today saw their lives irrevocably change.
Topics: world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, history, singapore, malaysia, japan
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The discovery of a 245-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant marine reptile provides the first evidence that an ancestor of modern-day birds and crocodiles gave birth to live young.
Topics: science-and-technology, fossils, dinosaurs, china
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The election for governor of Jakarta will be held under a cloud of religious, racial and legal tension that has Indonesia's police chief worried about the intimidation of voters.
Topics: elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is dead after being reportedly assassinated by two chemical-wielding female North Korean agents in Kuala Lumpur airport.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, forms-of-government, government-and-politics, murder-and-manslaughter, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedToshiba may have reached the end of the road, with the Japanese company delaying a release of its earnings report amid a huge one-off loss.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, corporate-governance, nuclear-energy, information-technology, japan
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How the fall of Singapore changed three Australian prisoners of war, sharing their stories on its 75th anniversary.
Topics: community-and-society, history, world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, world-politics, men, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000, singapore, japan
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Contractors arrive on Manus Island to begin interviews with refugees about resettlement in the United States.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, australia, united-states
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A luxury cruise ship, which was towed back to Melbourne at the weekend after breaking down at sea, is repaired and leaves for New Zealand.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, melbourne-3000, new-zealand
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The collective grief of thousands of mothers who lost sons and daughters to war is to be recognised in a new Ballarat memorial to be unveiled on Wednesday, the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, veterans, world-war-1, world-war-2, history, ballarat-3350, singapore, france