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Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan – first leaders of murderous regime to be jailed – lose appeal against conviction over deaths of two million Cambodians
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Park Geun-hye’s aides say branded and generic versions were purchased to treat altitude sickness for staff on trips to elevated capitals in Africa
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Jamie Murphy, 18, was apparently celebrating schoolies week at Kuta nightclub when he was stopped by security and searched
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Asylum seekers say they’ve seen reporting team around the Australian-run immigration centre on island where media access is tightly controlled
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Critics angered by court ruling that allowed Philippine dictator to be buried in a heroes’ cemetery
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Relatives of victims will launch their own operation next month amid anger at the lack of an organised search along African coast
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Environmentalist Jawahar Kumaran killed himself and left a video protesting about ‘toxic plastic’
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Trade and development How UK trade policies could help heal global healthcare inequalities
Ruth Bergan and Natalie SharplesOne third of the population cannot access essential medicines. Leaders must push for trade deals that drive down the cost of healthcare for the world’s poorest -
As country grapples with chaotic abolition of high-value notes, central bank says cash can be taken out if there is proof of wedding
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Dozens killed and more than 80 injured in attack on mosque in Afghan capital in latest attack targeting Shia community
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Footage from Japanese broadcaster NHK shows the moment a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the port area of Iwaki city.
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Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has hit northern Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency says, sparking tsunami advisories and evacuation warnings
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Protesters holding candles march toward the presidential Blue House during an anti-government rally in central Seoul
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Fourteen coaches of a passenger train left the tracks in northern India, killing scores of people and injuring more than 120, authorities said
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Around 40,000 protesters march in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, demanding the resignation of prime minister Najib Razak over his alleged involvement in a multibillion-dollar misappropriation scandal
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A small monkey found abandoned in China’s eastern Jiangxi province has made a new family with a farmer’s herd of goats
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China Chinese authorities make perilous cliff-face school run safer