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Guilty: China's verdict on the man who helped quake victims
Beijing responds to US call for greater civil liberties with sentence for activist who criticised official response to disaster
Inside Asia
Two executed over China poison milk scandal
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Two men were executed today for their part in China's poisoned milk powder scandal which killed at least six children and made more than 300,000 ill.
Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed in election violence
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the nation's history, pushing the death toll to 46.
The terrifying voyage of Burma's boat people
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
John Carlin: A sinister fate awaits Burmese Muslims seeking a better life.
Gunmen kill 21 in Philippine political war
Monday, 23 November 2009
Gunmen abducted and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines today, apparently to prevent a woman filing her husband's nomination to run for provincial governor in elections next year, the military said.
Life's a drag act for the TV presenter challenging homophobia in Pakistan
Monday, 23 November 2009
Arifa Akbar meets the unlikely celebrity forcing an intolerant society to confront its prejudices
As deaths in Afghanistan rise, so does opium growth
Sunday, 22 November 2009
The Taliban, bankrolled by drugs production, have the upper hand over coalition forces.
Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 242 aboard
Sunday, 22 November 2009
A passenger ferry sank in rough waters off the Indonesian island of Sumatra today killing at least 25 people on board.
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees on 1 December, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said today.
China mine explosion kills 42 and traps 66
Saturday, 21 November 2009
At least 42 miners were killed and 66 remain trapped 500 metres underground following a gas blast at a mine in China early today.
Maoist rebels derail train after threat of crackdown
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Explosion on Indian railway track leaves two dead and dozens injured
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