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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

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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.

Dead bodies lie on the ground near their vehicles at the scene of the massacre by Ampatuan, Maguindanao.

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.

Of the 30,000 people living in the Kutupalong refugee camp, a third are children under 10

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.

Ali Saleem has received support for his charcater Begum Nawazish Ali, from many of the targets of his comedy

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

A US Marine secures an opium poppy field in southwest Afghanistan

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.

Rescue workers inspect the train that was derailed by Maoist rebels in eastern India

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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