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Hong Kong: Protester critical after being shot by police
ANKARA: Hong Kong police opened fire on protestors today with live ammunition and tear gas canisters, leaving one demonstrator critically injured, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting local media. Protestors, mainly young people, gathered at around 6.30 am local time (10:30GMT Sunday)
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Malaysian Embassy in Bangkok celebrate Deepavali
BANGKOK: About 200 Malaysian gathered at the Malaysian Embassy in Bangkok to celebrate Deepavali last night. Malaysian ambassador to Thailand Datuk Jojie Samuel and his wife Datin Catherina Cherian Samuel, Indian Ambassador to Thailand, Suchitra Durai and pioneer of the
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Ayodhya ruling: India detains users for incendiary online posts
LUCKNOW/AYODHYA: Dozens of people in India have been detained on suspicion of publishing inflammatory social media posts and setting off celebratory firecrackers after the Supreme Court ruled to give a disputed religious site to Hindus, police said yesterday. The court
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Yala: Culprits still at large
TUMPAT: Police did not rule out of the possibility that suspects in the violent attacks in Yala, Southern Thailand which killed 15 people. Kelantan police chief Datuk Hasanuddin Hassan said, therefore, security along the Kelantan-Thailand border will be beefed up
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Dr M captivates international audience at ASEAN Summit
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was called for the 10- ASEAN nations to speak with one voice on the global stage to avoid being bullied, by developed nations in particular. He spoke at a dialogue session at the ASEAN
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15 killed in South Thailand, army points to Muslims rebels
BANGKOK: At least 15 people were killed and four others injured in attacks perpetrated by suspected Muslim militants in South Thailand late yesterday. The suspected militants struck two checkpoints in Yala province manned by civil defence volunteers, opening fire on
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Fear grips Kashmiri village where Indian migrant workers killed
KATRASOO: Locals in the Kashmiri village where five Indian migrant laborers were killed by gunmen last week say they are living in fear of militant groups as well as the subsequent crackdown by security forces. The five migrants, from India’s
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One dead, 45 injured in grenade attack in Kashmir’s Srinagar
SRINAGAR: One person died and at least 45 were injured yesterday in a grenade attack in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, Indian officials said, in the bloodiest incident since New Delhi stripped the region of special status on Aug
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Modi rejects Asia trade pact to protect India’s interests
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday that he could not compromise the interests of farmers and workers at home by joining a China-led regional trade pact after it failed to address Delhi’s concerns over market access. The Regional Comprehensive
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‘Get tough’ on HK protesters, media agency tells govt
SHANGHAI: Chinese state media today urged authorities to take a “tougher line” against protesters in Hong Kong who vandalised state-run Xinhua news agency and other buildings at the weekend, saying the violence damaged the city’s rule of law. In an
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