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Philippines declares state of emergency after 46 are killed in election bloodbath
A dozen journalists are killed in one of the country's worst episodes of political violence
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Slaughter of the innocents (200,000 of them)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Animal welfare protesters fail to halt ancient but 'barbaric' Nepali ritual
Report flays top Indian politicians for clashes
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
An Indian government investigation released yesterday reportedly implicates dozens of Hindu nationalist politicians – including a former prime minister – in the 1992 demolition of a mosque which sparked deadly communal riots.
Corruption investigation targets Afghan ministers
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Three Afghan cabinet ministers and 12 former ministers are under investigation for alleged corruption, the attorney-general's office said yesterday, announcing cases that could signal whether the government is serious about fighting graft in its ranks.
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009
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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.
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