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12 December 2011 Last updated at 12:21 ET

Chinese fishermen 'stab Koreans'A fishing captain suspected of murdering a South Korean coast guard is taken by South Korean maritime police at a hospital in Incheon, west of Seoul, on December 12, 2011.

The captain of a Chinese fishing boat stabs two South Korean coast guards, killing one and injuring another, officials say.

Lalith Kumar WeerarajuCall to probe missing Sri Lanka men

A human rights group calls for a probe into the disappearance of two human rights workers apparently abducted three days ago.

Hmong refugees repatriated to Laos i(December 2009)Frenchman in 'pro-Hmong suicide'

A retired French colonel killed himself to protest against "indifference" to the plight of Laos's Hmong minority, French media report.

Damian Grammaticas Article written by Damian Grammaticas Damian Grammaticas Beijing correspondent

Held 'hostage' by China

15:41 UK time, Friday, 9 December 2011

For over a year now Liu Xia has been deprived of her liberty by the Chinese state, for the sole reason, it seems, that her husband won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Soutik Biswas Article written by Soutik Biswas Soutik Biswas Delhi correspondent

A parliament in limbo

11:25 UK time, Friday, 2 December 2011

Why no work is getting done in the dysfunctional parliament of the world's largest democracy.

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