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Philippines president orders police to stop all anti-drug operationsRodrigo Duterte says military and narcotics enforcement agency under his office will continue the war on drugs -
Bali police officer would have taken hours to die, Sara Connor's trial toldDoctor who conducted autopsy tells court there were 42 wounds on Wayan Sudarsa’s head, face, neck and upper body
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Backyard butchers and vigilante farmers: stock rustling on the rise in New ZealandLast year thousands of valuable farm animals were poached from isolated farms to await slaughter in ‘abhorrent’ and illegal conditions
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Malaysia: boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists missing off BorneoBoat was on its way to Pulau Mengalum, an island known for its pristine beaches and dive sites, west of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah state
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EU demands China investigate torture of lawyer and release political prisonersRare statement cites China’s own laws that prohibit torture in condemnation of mistreatment of detained rights lawyer Xie Yang and others
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Astronomical wages, huge transfer fees … how long can China’s football gold rush last?As Carlos Tevez flies in, experts fear the impact of a spending binge while politicians accuse clubs of burning money
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Bangladeshi girl could be first female with ‘tree man’ syndrome10-year-old Sahana Khatun is in Dhaka for treatment of rare condition at hospital where young man suffering from disease received groundbreaking surgery
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Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal tipping pointLong treated as a bottomless resource pit, economic over-exploitation of the ocean, pollution and rising sea levels are having a catastrophic impact on life in the bay
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Sikkim's organic revolution at risk as local consumers fail to buy into projectWith 66,000 farmers’ livelihoods at stake, concern is growing over the Indian state’s organic farming experiment, with locals reluctant to pay higher prices
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Abortion in Pakistan: struggling to support a woman's right to chooseLack of legal clarity forces thousands of women to endure backstreet abortions in Pakistan. A helpline is providing information and support, but fears losing funding after Trump reinstated the global gag rule
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Republic Day in India - in picturesIndia marks the 67th anniversary of its constitution coming into effect with an elaborate displays of military might and cultural events across the country
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North Korean criticism of Kim Jong-un is growing, says defector – videoNorth Korea’s former deputy ambassador to London Thae Yong-ho talks to the press at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Seoul in South Korea
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Boom or bust: 19 buildings demolished in 10 seconds in China – videoA total of 19 buildings are demolished in only 10 seconds by five tons of explosives on Saturday in central China’s Hubei province
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Japan rejects Trump accusation of devaluing yen in currency war