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World / Asia

Kabul security gates in storage as Afghan officials trade accusations 15 Dec 2016 - 11:43 am
Afghan policemen inspect passengers at a Kabul entrance gate checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Beijing issues red alert for severely high air pollution 15 Dec 2016 - 09:56 am
Pedestrians wear masks on a polluted day in Beijing on December 12, 2016. Authorities issued a yellow alert on December 11 for pollution in areas of northern China, including Beijing. / AFP / GREG BAKER
Millions of Cambodian farmers receive land titles under state plan 15 Dec 2016 - 12:16 am
Peninsula
Lost lives: the battle of China’s invisible children to recover missed years 14 Dec 2016 - 09:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Workers rest outside a construction site in Beijing's central business district, China, July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Afghan police kill one foreigner, wound another outside Kabul airport 14 Dec 2016 - 02:56 pm
Peninsula
India's top court orders action on child drug abuse 14 Dec 2016 - 02:26 pm
(FILES) In this photograph taken on September 7, 2015, an Indian youth who works as a ragpicker sniffs a cloth soaked in glue near the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway station in New Delhi.  AFP
5 die in factory fire in China's east 14 Dec 2016 - 01:31 pm
Peninsula
Myanmar rejects request to shut down labor camps 14 Dec 2016 - 12:44 pm
Peninsula
Thai junta orders all gold mines shuttered 14 Dec 2016 - 12:11 pm
Gold ore is transported on a belt at the Chatree gold mine operated by Akara Mining in Phichin. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo
Asian postal services adapt to post-mail era 14 Dec 2016 - 12:05 pm
This photograph taken on December 5, 2016 shows a worker placing inbound parcels on a conveyor belt for coding at the sorting section of the Singapore Post (SingPost) ecommerce logistics centre in Singapore. AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
China jails former Nanjing city chief for 12 years for graft 14 Dec 2016 - 11:56 am
File Photo / Yang Weize.
Myanmar govt 'following the law' in Rakhine, probe panel says 14 Dec 2016 - 11:44 am
Rohingyas at the Dabang Internally Displaced Persons camp, located on the outskirts of Sittwe in Rakhine state, Oct. 10, 2012. / AFP.
Anwar Ibrahim loses final bid for release 14 Dec 2016 - 11:20 am
Photo: AA.
US Osprey flights in Japan halted after crash 14 Dec 2016 - 08:36 am
The wreckage of a US Marine MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is seen as the tide recedes on the coast of Nago, Japan's southern island of Okinawa on December 14, 2016, after it crash landed in shallow waters late December 13. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS
Philippines’ Duterte says he may not “be around” till end of term 13 Dec 2016 - 07:26 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte greets people before a meeting with the Filipino Community at a hotel in Phnom Penh, December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
India arrests central bank official over cash scam 13 Dec 2016 - 07:04 pm
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Centre has gone back on assurance over proposed bank merger with SBI: Save SBT Forum 13 Dec 2016 - 05:39 pm
(Photo courtesy / The Hindu Businessline)
Philippines bank says no role in heist, Bangladesh Bank responsible 13 Dec 2016 - 05:30 pm
A security guard stands guard outside a branch of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) in Paranaque city, Metro Manila, Philippines August 2, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro