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South East Asia
50 tons of crude oil leaks from pipeline in Thailand’s popular tourist island Prao Bay
Streaks of crude oil cover the shore of Prao Bay on Samet Island in Rayong province eastern Thailand Monday, July 29, 2013. The oil spill that leaked from a pipeline has reached the popular tourist island in Thailand’s eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up over the weekend,…
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West Asia
63 killed in series of deadliest atacks in Baghdad including 17 car bombings
A wave of violence, including 17 car bombings hitting Iraqi cities, killed up to 63 people and wounded some 224, amid growing tension that pushed UN envoy to Iraq to call for immediate government actions to stop the violence to avoid slipping the country back into sectarian strife. The deadliest…
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South East Asia
Cambodia’s ruling party led by Hun Sen wins majority in July 28 general election
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen won a majority vote in Sunday’s general elections, indicating that the prime minister, who has ruled the country for 28 years, will continue to stay in power for another five years. “Preliminary results shows that the ruling CPP…
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East Asia
North Korea celebrates 60th anniversary of armistice ending Korean War
Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea’s adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th…
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West Asia
Israel-Palestine resume peace talks in Washington on July 29, US says
The Israelis and the Palestinians are set to resume their peace talks in Washington D.C. on Monday, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday. Secretary of State John Kerry extended his invitation to both sides in his phone talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,…
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East Asia
Myanmar-China natural oil and gas pipeline starts to deliver gas to China
A Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline (Myanmar section), co-invested by six parties from four countries including China, Myanmar, South Korea and India, was inaugurated in northern Myanmar’s Mandalay on Sunday and started to deliver gas to China. At about 4:12 p.m. (local time), Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun, Energy Ministers U Than Htay and U…
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West Asia
Kuwait’s conservative Sunni tribes smile at July 27 parliamentary election results
Kuwait’s conservative Sunni tribes made gains in parliamentary elections while liberals reclaimed a foothold in the Gulf region’s most politically powerful elected body, according to results Sunday after voting forced by the ongoing political upheavals in the oil-rich nation. The outcome from Saturday’s election still leaves the 50-seat parliament in…
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West Asia
Israel agrees to free 104 Palestinian prisoners for resumption of peace talk
Israel’s Cabinet approved the release of 104 long-held Palestinian prisoners Sunday, clearing a hurdle toward a possible resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after five years of paralysis. The prisoner release is part of a push by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to bring the two sides back to the…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi hill region turns into ‘death valley’: Tribesmen accuse Santu Larma
Bangladesh’s much talked about Chittagong Hill Tract peace treaty signed in 1997 between the then government of Sheikh Hasina and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) led by Santu Larma have been failing to bring peace in the hills. Apart from the conflict between the Hillmen and the settler Bengali…
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South Asia
People gather at train derailment scene in eastern Pakistan, at least 3 dead
People gather at a derailed train in eastern Pakistan’s Gujranwala on July 25, 2013. At least three people were killed and several others injured when a train derailed here on Thursday, local media reported. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Stringer> Rescuers remove a body from the train accident site in eastern Pakistan’s Gujranwala on July…
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