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| UpdatedThe sister of an Australian-trained economist being held in Indonesia over alleged links to the Islamic State group, says he kept his plans secret from his family.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, indonesia, turkey
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| UpdatedOrganisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say the medals will be forged from recycled metal from old mobile phones and appliances donated by the general public to give them a sense of direct involvement in the Games.
Topics: olympics-summer, recycling-and-waste-management, sport, japan, asia
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| UpdatedFormer UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says he will not run for South Korea's presidency, in a surprise announcement that removes a well-known figure from contention and further stirs the country's already tumultuous politics.
Topics: world-politics, korea-republic-of, asia
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A Thai court extends the pre-trial detention of a law student who shared a BBC profile of King Vajiralongkorn, despite an outcry from academics.
Topics: social-media, laws, law-crime-and-justice, thailand
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It is hardly a great economic leap forward, but another solid set of data from China's industrial heartland points to promising start to the year, rather than the rout that ushered in 2016.
Topics: manufacturing, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, china
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Ruling party MP Bob Dadae is voted in as Papua New Guinea's Governor-General to succeed Sir Michael Ogio.
Topics: governors-general-and-state-governors, foreign-affairs, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedNew Zealand Prime Minister Bill English calls an election for September 23 after taking over as leader following the unexpected resignation of predecessor John Key.
Topics: federal-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, new-zealand
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| UpdatedAustralia's stand-in captain Matthew Wade is ruled out of the one-day international series against New Zealand with a back injury but expects to be fit for the Test tour of India later this month.
Topics: cricket, sport, new-zealand
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| UpdatedA wave of drug-related killings in the Philippines appears to be "systematic, planned and organised" by authorities and could constitute crimes against humanity, according to an Amnesty International report.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, police, philippines, asia
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John Aloisi will keep Brisbane players in suspense over who heads to China for the ACL playoff and who remains in the A-League to face Melbourne City.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, philippines
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Socceroos defender Trent Sainsbury secures a dream move on deadline day to Italian giants Inter Milan until the end of the season.
Topics: soccer, sport, italy-soccer, socceroos, china, australia, italy
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| UpdatedAustralian taxpayers are on track to pay at least a third of the costs of Papua New Guinea's ambitious plan to host next year's APEC summit to stave off rising Chinese influence in the poverty-stricken nation.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, federal-government, foreign-affairs, australia, papua-new-guinea, pacific, asia
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The office of Myanmar's civilian President says the assassination of a lawyer advising the ruling party on amending a military-drafted constitution was likely an effort to destabilise the country.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, government-and-politics, burma, asia
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| UpdatedThe Australian son of a woman arrested for running a commercial surrogacy business in Cambodia is detained, after reportedly being found disorientated on the streets of Phnom Penh.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, cambodia, australia, asia
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| UpdatedJapanese leaders push ahead with plans to construct HELE coal fired power plants to reduce emissions and shore up energy security.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, perth-6000, japan
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Chinese theatre director Wang Chong is tackling China's one-child policy head on in a new play to premiere in Australia, in which he claims the population has been "brainwashed" into thinking having an only child is still best for the country.
Topics: theatre, arts-and-entertainment, population-and-demographics, community-and-society, foreign-affairs, family-and-children, australia, china
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| UpdatedSenator Nick Xenophon says he will introduce legislation to Parliament to force the ABC to reinstate its shortwave radio service, which ended today.
Topics: radio-broadcasting, broadcasting, information-and-communication, rural-media, australia, nt, pacific
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| UpdatedThe Immigration Department pays compensation and publishes a statement of regret to nine Save the Children workers who were removed from the offshore processing centre of Nauru.
Topics: immigration, refugees, charities, nauru
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| UpdatedAustralia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis says he has become a better bowler and smarter batsman since 2015, when he made an underwhelming international debut.
Topics: sport, cricket, onedayseries, australia, new-zealand
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The Solomon Islands Government says it plans to reopen the gold mine that was sold to local landowners by an Australian miner in 2015 for $100.
Topics: environment, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, solomon-islands, pacific
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This tiny marine creature with a bag-like body, huge mouth and no anus called Saccorhytus, or "wrinkled sack", could be humanity's oldest ancestor, scientists say.
Topics: evolution, science-and-technology, animals, palaeontology, human-interest, china
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A Mumbai taxi driver is charged with allegedly molesting an Australian woman, in her 20s, earlier this month, Indian police say.
Topics: sexual-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, india, asia, australia
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| UpdatedThe Byron Bay woman accused of murdering a Bali policeman says she did not see her boyfriend hitting the officer and had no idea he had been badly injured.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, bali, byron-bay-2481, asia
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A tiger is shot dead after a man who climbed a fence into the tiger enclosure to avoid paying for a ticket was mauled to death at a zoo in eastern China.
Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, animals, china
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| UpdatedThree people are dead and a search intensifies for six more who are missing after a boat sinks off the Malaysian coast.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, malaysia, asia