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Heralding social, financial change, China aims blow at iron rice bowl 18 Dec 2016 - 08:34 pm
Employees work inside a factory of Pingmei Shenma Group in Baofeng County, Henan province, China, April 8, 2015. Picture taken April 8, 2015. To match Insight CHINA-DEBT/SOE China Daily/via REUTERS
Duterte painkiller use draws concern in Philippines 18 Dec 2016 - 06:11 pm
Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao on May 31, 2016 (AFP / MANMAN DEJETO)
India appoints new army, air force and intelligence chiefs 18 Dec 2016 - 11:59 am
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13 killed in Indonesian military plane crash 18 Dec 2016 - 10:49 am
This handout picture released by search and rescue team and available on December 18, 2016 shows Indonesian soldiers examining the Hercules military plane A-1334 that crashed in Wamena on December 18, 2016. AFP / SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM / HANDOUT
Pilot in footballers' crash in Colombia 'was not trained properly' 18 Dec 2016 - 09:45 am
File photo of the plane crash.
Japan culling 210,000 birds amid spreading avian flu 18 Dec 2016 - 09:40 am
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Swimmers get a chance to be mermaids 18 Dec 2016 - 02:08 am
A performer practices her mermaid swim next to a shark in an aquarium after graduating from a mermaid workshop in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, yesterday.
Sharma hits out at Modi for insulting Indira Gandhi 18 Dec 2016 - 02:02 am
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Political parties' tax books can be scrutinised: FM 18 Dec 2016 - 01:54 am
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Govt to double operational airports to 150 18 Dec 2016 - 01:52 am
File photo of Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha receiving Shinzo Abe
'Action against corrupt in 2 minutes' a joke: BJP on Rahul 18 Dec 2016 - 01:51 am
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Karunanidhi needs to be in hospital for some more days: DMK 18 Dec 2016 - 01:51 am
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Malaysia to condemn Rohingya crisis at Asean meet 18 Dec 2016 - 01:48 am
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Five female airport staff shot dead in Kandahar 18 Dec 2016 - 01:48 am
An Afghan policeman inspects a damaged vehicle in Kandahar, in which five female airport workers were killed, yesterday.
India & Tajikistan discuss anti-terror fight 18 Dec 2016 - 01:48 am
President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon (centre) with President Pranab Mukherjee (left) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a ceremonial reception at The President's House in New Delhi yesterday.
Duterte threatens to repeal US troops pact 18 Dec 2016 - 01:42 am
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a press conference shortly after arriving from Singapore at Davao International Airport, yesterday.
Seoul protests put pressure on impeachment court 18 Dec 2016 - 01:41 am
Portraits of South Korea's President Park Geun-hye and her aides are set in a mock prison during a rally in Seoul, yesterday.
Pollution alert: Beijing orders 1,200 factories to close amid smog 18 Dec 2016 - 01:41 am
A screen is pictured in smog on a polluted day as a red alert issued for air pollution in Beijing, yesterday.