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• More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine

  
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  Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said on Monday. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared dead. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport ...
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• Going out in style: Piano-themed coffins among attractions at Hong Kong cemetery expo

  
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  Piano-themed coffins, paper caskets and pet urns were all on display at Wan Chai Exhibition Centre last week as more than 2,500 undertakers from around the world descended on Hong Kong to exhibit their wares at the Asia Funeral and Cemetry Expo. Organisers called it “practical ideas on global trends regarding the ...
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• China halts imports of New Zealand meat over certification dispute

  
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  China has halted imports of New Zealand meat due to a certification dispute. Hundreds of tonnes of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification dispute. China is New Zealand’s largest export market and its largest ...
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• Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older

  
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  Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager – washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him company – a routine he’ll keep up until he himself needs the type of care he is now giving. “Living here is better than staying at home alone. We ...
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• Syrian forces storm rebel bastion of Qusayr

  
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  Syrian troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Sunday entered Qusayr, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not step aside. The advance came as Assad’s opponents warned his regime’s “barbaric and destructive” assault on Qusayr ...
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• Gay rights activist arrested after protest in Changsha

  
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  Police in Changsha have detained a young gay rights activist after he organised a protest in the capital of Hunan province to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.  A 19-year-old man, identified only as Xiang, was arrested on Saturday and will be in administrative detention for 12 days ...
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• Sweden wins gold medal at ice hockey world championships

  
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  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden wins gold medal at ice hockey world championships. Read more here: Sweden wins gold medal at ice hockey world championships
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• Imran Khan blames exiled Altaf Hussain for killing Zohra Hussain

  
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  Pakistani politician Imran Khan has blamed a rival political leader for the killing of a senior member of his party, who was gunned down outside her home in the violence-plagued city of Karachi. The killing of Zohra Hussain, 59, vice-president of the women’s wing of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Sindh ...
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• Major projects can counter flooding in Asian cities, experts say

  
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  Asia’s flood-prone cities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for rising populations, experts said yesterday at a water security forum. Rapid urbanisation has heaped pressure on water resources and drainage systems across Asia, leaving ...
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• Human rights issues niggle as US firms eye Myanmar

  
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  T-shirts bearing images of President Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off busy Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon. It is a reminder of the history made in November when Obama became the first sitting United States president to set foot in Myanmar, ...
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• Images of spectacular mass games captured in secretive North Korea

  
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  In a gigantic stadium, an audience of 150,000 enjoys a 120-minute spectacle, with tickets costing as much as €300 (HK$3,000). The show itself, boiled down from 250-million man hours of gymnastic effort, features spectacular scenes of seamlessly choreographed human mosaics followed by a grand fireworks display as the ...
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• Another Vietnamese cable TV provider drops CNN, BBC

  
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  Popular Vietnamese cable television provider VTV CAB has stopped providing foreign channels, including CNN and BBC, after a new media law that requires editing of programmes before broadcast came into effect on Wednesday last week. Go here to see the original: Another Vietnamese cable TV provider drops CNN, BBC
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• Officer kills robber and hostage in home invasion east of New York

  
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  A 21-year-old university student killed in a home invasion east of New York was mistakenly shot in the head by an officer who fired eight times at an armed suspect who was holding a gun to the student’s head and then pointed it at him. Seven of the bullets hit the man, who was also killed. See more here: Officer ...
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• Hongkonger just want to be heard, says eminent Buddhist monk

  
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  You can stop one protest for a time, but you can’t stop another one from starting up if you don’t deal with the problem, says an eminent Buddhist monk. Originally posted here: Hongkonger just want to be heard, says eminent Buddhist monk
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• Scholarism to bypass police nod in protest over June 4 crackdown

  
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  The march – to protest Beijing’s refusal to vindicate the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen movement – will be joined with another one arranged by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which ends at the government headquarters in Admiralty. Read the original: Scholarism to bypass ...
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• Rule me out of forging consensus on political reform: Elsie Leung

  
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  Elsie Leung Oi-sie, deputy director of the Basic Law Committee that advises the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on the Basic Law’s implementation, told the South China Morning Post it would not be suitable for her to take up such a role because she did not hold any portfolio on constitutional ...
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• China earmarks billions for internal security, ‘stability maintenance’

  
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  Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and “anti-terrorism technology” trade fair in Beijing. The ruling Communist Party spends vast sums on ensuring order – more even than on its military. View original post here: China earmarks billions for internal security, ‘stability ...
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