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World / Asia

1 taxpayer owes 11% of India's income tax 24 Jan 2017 - 08:14 pm
A cashier displays the new 2000 Indian rupee banknotes inside a bank in Jammu, India. (Reuters)
Crackdown and vigilance drive down number of child workers in Mumbai 24 Jan 2017 - 03:42 pm
Reuters
Germany sends second batch of Afghan refugees to Kabul 24 Jan 2017 - 11:28 am
Children arrive along with other aboard a Greek coast guard boat to the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos on March 29, 2016, after being rescued by Frontext and Greek coast guards. ©AFP.
Trapped in India's dying tea gardens, workers lose children to traffickers 23 Jan 2017 - 08:45 pm
Rukmani Naik poses with a picture of her 14-year-old daughter who left their home in the Diana Tea Estate in West Bengal, India, to work in another city. January 12, 2017 (Reuters)
Malaysia arrests four linked to Islamic State cell in Philippines 23 Jan 2017 - 03:27 pm
Peninsula
Melbourne vigil for shopping mall dead as suspect charged 23 Jan 2017 - 12:17 pm
Melbourne's busiest mall was the scene of an attack that left five people dead when a man drove his car into a crowd (AFP Photo/PETER PARKS).
China, Philippines to cooperate on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion 23 Jan 2017 - 11:08 am
Peninsula
Baby dead, 4 injured in Myanmar family suicide attempt 23 Jan 2017 - 11:00 am
Boys stand among debris after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine State near Sittwe, Myanmar Reuters.
Japan police make arrests in Cambodian trafficking case 23 Jan 2017 - 10:57 am
Japanese police rescued 49 victims of human trafficking in 2015, according to the latest available figures (AFP Photo/TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA).
South Korean ministry apologises for "blacklist" of artists 23 Jan 2017 - 10:22 am
Peninsula
Death toll rises to 39 in Bishkek plane crash 23 Jan 2017 - 09:36 am
Photo: AA.
Indian women “occupy the night streets” to protest reported mass molestation 22 Jan 2017 - 08:41 pm
Indian women shout slogans as they participate in a nationwide
Indian surrogate mothers grab last chance to make babies ahead of impending ban 22 Jan 2017 - 07:36 pm
Image is used for graphical purpose only (AFP)
Two killed in Indian bull-wrestling festival: report 22 Jan 2017 - 03:58 pm
ELSEWHERE: A bull charges during a bullfighting training session at the Mondoedo's fighting bulls ranch La Holanda - the oldest in the country - in the municipality of Mosquera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, on January 17, 2017. The historic Santa
Philippines vows no whitewash in S. Korean's murder 22 Jan 2017 - 02:44 pm
Peninsula
S.Korean minister, aide arrested over alleged blacklist 22 Jan 2017 - 11:59 am
Photo: AA.
6 ISIS Militants Killed in East of Afghanistan 22 Jan 2017 - 11:53 am
A member of the Afghan security forces keeps watch following clashes with ISIS fighters in Kot District in eastern Nangarhar province on February 6, 2016. AFP PHOTO.
7.9 quake shakes PNG, tsunami alert rescinded 22 Jan 2017 - 11:44 am
A major earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, with a tsunami alert issued for the Pacific island nation and neighbouring countries, January 22, 2017 (AFP Photo/PEDRO PARDO)