Asia
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Weeks’s family seeking compensation for ‘personal injury, loss and damage’ suffered after his death
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As the economic downturn grips China, last week Hu Shuli defied a climate of tightening government controls to publish a warning of official censorship
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Conviction of former mayor brings back bad memories a decade after high-profile child sexual assault and rape trials
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Emperor leads tributes to 19,000 people killed after earthquake, and PM says reconstruction is making steady progress
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Fishing boat captains and slave masters given three years and fines by Indonesian court over use of trafficked labour to crew boats
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A dystopian independent film has played to packed houses but after Chinese criticism it has disappeared from public screens
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As Lidl trumpets its latest clothing bargain, we estimate just how the high street cost is made up – and who is paying a heavy price
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Last week 80 skiers from around the world competed for glory at the Afghan Ski Challenge in the Hindu Kush. Does skiing have a future in Afghanistan?
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Htin Kyaw will most likely be a ceremonial president, with Aung San Suu Kyi pulling the strings. But the military will not make life easy for them
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Foreign supermarkets are looking to gain ground in India but a western-style retail sector may not improve food security
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A pair of panda cubs born in the Toronto Zoo are hailed as a symbol of international co-operation as they officially received names that pay tribute to the country of their birth
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A car attempts to change lanes on a motorway in China but does not have enough room for the manoeuvre, causing it to collide with a car behind
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Workers of Tepco, Toshiba and Kajima Corp at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant five years on from the 9.0 earthquake
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Each day 62-year-old retired factory worker Dai Shuqin goes to the Malaysia Airlines offices in Beijing to deliver a letter demanding to know what happened to her sister
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During a television broadcast, North Korea has strongly denounced annual military drills between the US and South Korea, which are scheduled to begin on Monday.
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North Korean submarine missing and presumed sunk, say reports