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30,000 Lose Homes in Philippines Slum Fires
Around 10,000 people have lost their homes after fire razed one of the Philippines' largest slums in the latest disaster highlighting Manila's widespread poverty and urban blight.
US calls on China to revoke Web filter orderJoe McDonald Associated Press Writer 30.06.2009 | |
 Thailand is actively seeking all wanted foreign criminals who are in Thailand. A Japanese man who was allegedly an organised crime group leader was arrested in downtown Bangkok after feeing an arrest warrant by the Japanese police in Tokyo. |  BEIJING, China (AP) — Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners. |
Myanmar's highest court rejects appeal to reinstate 2 key defense witnesses in Suu Kyi trialStaff Writer Associated Press Writer 30.06.2009 | China plans new terracotta warrior digDavid Stringer Associated Press Writer 15.06.2009 |
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) —Myanmar's highest court has rejected an appeal by lawyers of Aung San Suu Kyi to reinstate two key witnesses in a trial that has sparked global outrage. |  BEIJING, China (AP) — China plans to excavate more of the life-size terracotta warriors at the famed ancient tomb of the country's first emperor, an official newspaper said Wednesday. |
Asia-Pacific nations agree to protect reef networkMelinda Checkering Associated Press Writer 31.05.2009 | |
 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban left so many mutilated bodies at the crossing some hanging from trees with threatening notes that Pakistanis in the Swat Valley's main town took to calling it "bloody intersection." |  MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Six Asia-Pacific countries agreed Friday on a wide-ranging plan to protect one of the world's largest networks of coral reefs, promising to reduce pollution, eliminate overfishing and improve the livelihoods of impoverished coastal communities. |
Philippines worried about ailing Italian hostageJim Gomez Associated Press Writer 21.04.2009 | India probes dispute over 'Slumdog' child starStaff Writer Associated Press Writer 21.04.2009 |
 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has deployed more troops to help secure the re-lease of an ailing Italian aid worker held by al-Qaida-linked militants amid concerns for his health, officials said Sunday, after two hostages walked free from months of harsh jungle captivity. |  MUMBAI, India (AP) Indian police are investigating claims and counterclaims by the parents of a child star in "Slumdog Millionaire" after a British tabloid alleged the father tried to sell the 9-year-old girl to an undercover reporter. |
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