Asia
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Philippines recovers body of Germany kidnap victim Jurgen KantnerMilitant group Abu Sayyaf executed Kantner in February after $600,000 ransom not paid -
Ahok makes it to run-off in Jakarta governor raceIncumbent to face Anies Baswedan in April second round after neither won 50% of vote, while former president’s son Agus Yudhoyono drops out -
Chinese premier warns world entering period of political and economic upheavalLi Keqiang urges China to brace for ‘more complicated and graver situations’ ahead in apparent reference to President Trump
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Gurinder Chadha: My film has been wilfully misrepresented as anti-MuslimThe director of Viceroy’s House argues that her film about India’s partition of 1947, far from ignoring the freedom struggle, celebrates it
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Women's leader from India's ruling BJP charged with child traffickingJuhi Chowdhury, state secretary of Bharatiya Janata party, arrested for alleged involvement in a cartel that police say sold Indian babies to people overseas
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'It is us who will change the world': girl guides make their voices heardWhat does it mean to be a girl today? These letters shed light on the challenges facing young women across the globe, and the power of collective action
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Plastic pollution blights Bay of Bengal – in picturesIn India, 6,000 tonnes of plastic waste lies uncollected every day. Some of this washes up in Tamil Nadu state where it pollutes and contaminates the food and water of communities living along the Bay of Bengal
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South Korea: thousands of protesters call for Park impeachment – videoTens of thousands of South Korean people rally in the centre of Seoul on Saturday night to call for the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye
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Kim Jong-nam's death: what we know so far – video reportKim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-un, died from a seizure en route to hospital on 13 February after complaining that a woman had sprayed chemicals on his face at Kuala Lumpur international airport
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Hair-razing: Japanese men hold annual competition to celebrate baldness – videoA men’s social club celebrates their lack of hair in Tsuruta City with a bizarre game of tug of war
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Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysian police looking for four North Koreans – video reportMalaysian police say on Sunday they are looking for four North Korean men who flew out of Malaysia the same day Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, was apparently poisoned at an airport in Kuala Lumpur
Sunny Pawar in Lion: ‘He was just a normal boy; now a Hollywood star lives in our area’