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At least 25 killed after blast at shrine in southwestern Pakistan 12 Nov 2016 - 06:39 pm
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'Million'-strong protest tells S. Korea president to quit 12 Nov 2016 - 03:38 pm
People march toward the Presidential Blue House during a rally demanding President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea, November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Bangladesh arrests suspect in blogger, publisher murders 12 Nov 2016 - 12:02 pm
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Sydney to host Invictus Games in 2018, says Britain's Prince Harry 12 Nov 2016 - 10:24 am
Britain's Prince Harry (L) reacts after shaking hands with a young boy during his visit to the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in central London on November 10, 2016. AFP / POOL / Eddie Mulholland
Crowds dice with death at Myanmar's explosive fire balloon festival 12 Nov 2016 - 10:18 am
This picture taken on November 11, 2016 shows participants releasing a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. AFP / YE AUNG THU
Massive protest heaps pressure on S. Korea president 12 Nov 2016 - 10:17 am
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Myanmar probes controversial China-backed dam 12 Nov 2016 - 09:59 am
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Woman set on fire in Japan restaurant 12 Nov 2016 - 09:59 am
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India's cash crunch hits countryside, weddings in trouble 12 Nov 2016 - 09:45 am
500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes are kept in front of an image of the Hindu deities at a cash counter inside a bank in Jammu. Reuters/Mukesh Gupta
Macau ex-prosecutor faces nearly 2,000 charges 12 Nov 2016 - 09:31 am
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Taliban claims responsibility for explosion at NATO air base in Afghanistan 12 Nov 2016 - 09:22 am
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Casualties as explosion hits largest US base in Afghanistan: NATO 12 Nov 2016 - 09:14 am
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Taliban attack on German consulate in Afghanistan kills six 11 Nov 2016 - 11:14 am
Afghan security forces and NATO troops arrive at the site of explosion near the German consulate office in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Anil Usyan
China’s Xi vows zero tolerance for separatist movements 11 Nov 2016 - 11:09 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech at the Great Hall of the People marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen in Beijing on November 11, 2016. China's ruling party is marking the 150th birthday this week of the man who ended millen
13 dead in Indian garment factory fire: police 11 Nov 2016 - 11:01 am
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Factbox: The economics of India’s seasonal debt bondage trap 10 Nov 2016 - 05:38 pm
Here are key facts about the economics of seasonal debt bondage in India, where around 18 million people are trapped in some kind of slavery, according to the latest Global Slavery Index by Walk Free Foundation:
Agents of India’s “migration express” sell one-way ticket to debt bondage 10 Nov 2016 - 05:04 pm
File photo of rescued bonded labourer Srikrushna Rajhansiya recalling his days in bondage outside his home in Sargul village in Odisha. (REUTERS)
EU lawmakers back Uzbekistan trade deal opposed by anti-slavery activists 10 Nov 2016 - 04:47 pm
An Uzbek farmer tills a cotton field outside Tashkent, May 20, 2005 (AFP Photo/Denis Sinyakov)