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North Korea rejects an offer by South Korea’s president to resume reconciliation talks.
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A former Pentagon analyst who passed military secrets to a Chinese spy is sentenced to five years in jail.
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Seoul complains that North Korea is failing to co-operate with a probe into the shooting of a South Korean tourist.
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The funeral of leading Vietnamese Buddhist dissident Thich Huyen Quang takes place under tight security.
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The Indonesian army funded militias that committed human rights abuses in East Timor, says a report seen by the BBC.
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Canine cuisine is in the dog house as China spares the feelings of foreign visitors.
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A senior Toyota car engineer died from working too many hours, a Japanese labour bureau rules.
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The Thai foreign minister quits after a court rules he violated the constitution by signing a deal over a disputed temple.
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An Indonesian man who murdered 42 women and girls in black magic rituals is executed by firing squad.
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A man storms into a police station in the Chinese city of Shanghai and stabs at least five officers to death, officials say.
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A 69-year-old Australian man is charged with hacking his grandchildren and wife to death with an axe.
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Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim urges supporters to protest against what he claims is a conspiracy against him.
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More than 10,000 people work to clean up green algae that has invaded the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao.
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Australia’s former foreign minister, Alexander Downer, leaves politics to become UN envoy to the Cyprus peace process.
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Senior envoys for Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are in Beijing for formal talks, the government-in-exile says.
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Mongolia’s president declares a state of emergency following violent protests over alleged vote-rigging in elections.
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Lawyers in Australia say police powers introduced for a major Roman Catholic gathering undermine free speech.
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Vietnam’s economy slows in the first half of 2008 but lower growth is welcome to prevent overheating, economists say.
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Workers in Sydney run for cover after mistaking a military exercise for an aerial attack.
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The main venue for Beijing’s Olympic Games - the “Bird’s Nest” stadium - is complete and fully operational, say officials.
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Australia’s treasury secretary takes time out to care for hairy-nosed wombats, sparking questions from some opposition politicians.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says there are still unanswered questions over North Korea’s nuclear programme.
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Indonesian rescuers recover the bodies of 18 people who were on board a plane which crashed into a mountain.
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Angry crowds attack government buildings in south-west China in protest at the death of a teenage girl.
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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim seeks refuge in the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur, after receiving threats.
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Polls open in Mongolia, for a parliamentary election where the country’s mineral wealth is at stake.
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The discovery of a toxic cargo on board a sunken Philippine ferry halts an operation to recover hundreds of bodies inside.
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South Korean police use water cannon to disperse a big protest in Seoul against the resumption of US beef imports.
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The prime minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Badawi, avoids having to face a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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US officials confirm Thursday is the target date for Pyongyang to deliver an overdue declaration of its nuclear activities.
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Divers found bodies but no survivors as they began searching a capsized ferry in the Philippines, navy personnel say.
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Environmentalists complain that dissent is being suppressed as the International Whaling Commission gathers.
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The global whaling body opens the door to the eventual partial lifting of the commercial whaling ban.
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Texan private equity firm Lone Star is cleared of rigging shares by a South Korean appeals court.
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In a landmark ruling, a US court overturns the designation of a Guantanamo inmate as an “enemy combatant”.
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A Japanese warship arrives in southern China for a five-day port call, the first such visit since World War II.
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Qantas flights are grounded as engineers begin a series of strikes over pay.
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Supporters of Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi promise to thwart coalition lawmakers calling for a vote of no-confidence.
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Twelve officials are fired by the Chinese government for their handling of the earthquake that struck the country last month.
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Hundreds of people are still missing after a Philippine ferry carrying some 800 people capsized on Saturday in a storm.
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