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China flexes military muscle before Trump takes office 28 Dec 2016 - 09:48 am
This photo taken on December 24, 2016 shows the Liaoning, China's only aircraft carrier, sailing during military drills in the Pacific. China OUT / AFP / STR
Two killed, many injured as train derails near Kanpur 28 Dec 2016 - 08:20 am
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Explosion in Afghan capital Kabul causes some casualties - police 28 Dec 2016 - 08:18 am
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At Pearl Harbor, US, Japan look to move past legacy of war 28 Dec 2016 - 12:19 am
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Thai police put pressure on controversial Buddhist temple 28 Dec 2016 - 12:19 am
Guinean President Alpha Conde visits Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's mausoleum with Turkish Minister of Education, Ismet Yilmaz, in Ankara, yesterday.
South Korean ruling party splits over impeached president 27 Dec 2016 - 11:57 pm
Lawmakers defecting from the ruling Saenuri Party during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, yesterday.
Philippines' search for 18 crewmen of ship sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten on 27 Dec 2016 - 11:57 pm
A worker fixes an electric post after it was damaged during Typhoon Nock-ten, in Iriga City, Camarines Sur, yesterday.
Zardari to contest elections in Pakistan 27 Dec 2016 - 11:50 pm
Supporters of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, read the Holy Quran during a prayer ceremony held to mark her 9th death anniversary at Liaquat Bagh Park in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, yesterday.
Afghan pilot's asylum bid touches raw nerve 27 Dec 2016 - 11:44 pm
This 2015 file photograph shows Afghanistan's first female pilot Niloofar Rahmani sitting in a fixed-wing Afghan Air Force aviator aircraft at an airfield in Kabul.
Jet Airways plane had 161 people on board when it veered off Goa runway 27 Dec 2016 - 11:33 pm
Rescue and Navy personnel moving an injured passenger away from a damaged Jet Airways Boeing 737 after it skidded off the runway at the Goa Airport in Dabolim, yesterday.
Sales of air purifiers surge by 400% in Delhi-NCR 27 Dec 2016 - 11:28 pm
Commuters waiting for their ride at a bus stop where air purifiers have been installed  in New Delhi, yesterday.
Oppn unites to slam Modi on demonetisation 27 Dec 2016 - 11:27 pm
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North Korea plans nuclear push in 2017: Defector 27 Dec 2016 - 10:47 pm
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Cambodia convicts exiled opposition leader 27 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm
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Japan culls 90,000 more birds for avian flu 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm
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Taiwan warns of rising threats from China 27 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm
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Six found dead after robbery in Indonesia 27 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm
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Australian bitten by taipan snake dies 27 Dec 2016 - 10:35 pm
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