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North Korea demands 'sinister' Malaysia stop investigating Kim Jong-nam deathState news agency insists leader’s half-brother died of heart attack not poisoning, and blames South Korea for ‘conspiratorial racket’ -
Japan's next emperor announces readiness for Akihito to abdicateCrown Prince Naruhito turns 57 and says he will share ‘pain and joy of the people’ like his father, who wants to let him step down due to illness
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Indonesia's four richest men worth as much as poorest 100 millionOxfam warns that inequality personified by clove cigarette tycoons Budi and Michael Hartono will damage the nation’s economy
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In Pakistan, tolerant Islamic voices are being silencedThe Sehwan bombing is a result of the Saudi-funded fundamentalism that has taken a grip in the country
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Police in Sri Lanka arrest intelligence officers over journalist killingFive arrested suspected of assassinating Lasantha Wickrematunge and of other attacks under former regime, source says
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There are reasons to be cheerful ... LGBTI rights gains in unlikely countriesIraq, Tunisia and Lebanon are three countries that have recently made progressive steps forward in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex human rights
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Global arms trade reaches highest point since cold war eraMiddle East almost doubles weapons imports, as US and Europe remain the main suppliers and China joins top-tier exporters
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Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysian police looking for four North Koreans – video reportMalaysian police say on Sunday they are looking for four North Korean men who flew out of Malaysia the same day Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, was apparently poisoned at an airport in Kuala Lumpur
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North Korea will reject Kim Jong-nam postmortem result – videoNorth Korea’s ambassador in Malaysia says Pyongyang will reject postmortem results carried out on the body of Kim Jong-nam by authorities in Kuala Lumpur
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Suicide bomb kills dozens in Pakistan – video reportA suicide bomber targeted crowds at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan province, Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and injuring over 100
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Trump's feminist critics gagged by Chinese internet giant Weibo