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Society
China 'detains Tibetan writer'
Police in southwest China have detained a Tibetan writer amid scores of detentions in the region hit by anti-Chinese protests, according to a US-based broadcaster Radio Free Asia.
2012-02-22 - 7:07:00 AM
Society
Vietnam farmers protest land lost to satellite city
Around 100 disgruntled farmers from northern Vietnam took to the streets of Hanoi on Tuesday for the latest protest in a six-year-long dispute over the confiscation of their land for a satellite city.
2012-02-22 - 7:06:00 AM
Society
Philippine police wanted for Korean kidnap
Philippine authorities have ordered the arrest of ten policemen accused of kidnapping four South Korean tourists in a plot involving their countrymen tour guides, the Manila City government said Monday.
2012-02-22 - 7:05:00 AM
Society
'Hundreds gather' in China after self-immolation
Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in China's southwest to hold a vigil for a young Buddhist monk who set himself on fire, a rights group said, in the latest self-immolation to hit the country.
2012-02-22 - 7:04:00 AM
Society
Burma declares a war on opium
In Myanmar's new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker.
2012-02-22 - 7:00:00 AM
Society
Tiny shrimp leave giant carbon footprint: scientist
Measured by environmental impact, a humble shrimp cocktail could be the most costly part of a typical restaurant meal, scientists said Friday.
2012-02-22 - 7:00:00 AM
Society
China bus crashes kill 28 in one day: state media
At least 28 people have been killed and dozens injured in three bus crashes in one day in southern China, state media reported Sunday.
2012-02-22 - 7:00:00 AM
Society
Opium's crazy cousin
Most people in Thailand's drug rehabilitation centres are there for using it. Most drug arrests in Japan are related to it. And Vietnam, the United Nations says, is its "next big market."
2012-02-22 - 7:00:00 AM
Society
Gunmen storm Philippine city jail; 3 killed
Dozens of black-clad gunmen armed with grenades and bombs stormed a southern Philippine jail trying to free a detained comrade, but they were repulsed by police in a chaotic night battle that killed three people, officials said Monday.
2012-02-22 - 7:00:00 AM
Society
Indonesian bomb suspect never met bin Laden: lawyer
Suspected Indonesian bombmaker Umar Patek's stay in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was later killed in a US raid was a coincidence and the pair never met, according to his lawyer.
2012-02-21 - 7:06:00 AM
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