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At least 14 dead in Papua New Guinea quake; ExxonMobil shuts LNG plant 27 Feb 2018 - 09:42 am
A supplied image shows locals inspecting a landslide and damage to a road located near the township of Tabubil after an earthquake that struck Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands, February 26, 2018. Jerome Kay/Handout via REUTERS
Cambodia bus crash kills driver, injures 19, mostly tourists 27 Feb 2018 - 09:39 am
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Singapore proposes measure to bar communications from terror attack sites 27 Feb 2018 - 08:58 am
File photo of people passing the skyline of Singapore October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Sridevi died from accidental drowning: Report 26 Feb 2018 - 02:35 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 10, 2017 shows Indian Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor posing during a promotional event in Mumbai. AFP / Sujit Jaiswal
Final bodies removed from rubble of Taiwan quake 26 Feb 2018 - 12:25 pm
File picture of a damaged building after an earthquake hit Hualien, Taiwan February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Sridevi's last moments in Dubai hotel room revealed 26 Feb 2018 - 10:02 am
File photo of actress Sridevi Kapoor arriving for the gala presentation of
Something borrowed: grooms and guests for hire in Vietnam 26 Feb 2018 - 08:49 am
File photo of Huong (L) and Quan (R) enter the hall for their wedding party in Hanoi, January 23, 2018. / AFP / Nhac Nguyen
Taxi! Companies line up to overhaul Japan's staid cab sector 25 Feb 2018 - 03:38 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 12, 2017, shows a taxi driver waiting for customers in Tokyo. AFP / Taro Karibe
North Korea says willing to talk to US: Seoul 25 Feb 2018 - 02:51 pm
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Rohingya exodus still growing, six months into crisis 25 Feb 2018 - 02:48 pm
(FILE PHOTO) In this file photo taken on November 26, 2017 Rohingya Muslim refugees walk down a hillside in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.  AFP / Ed JONES
Xi may extend power as China poised to lift term limits 25 Feb 2018 - 01:54 pm
(FILE PHOTO) Chinese President Xi Jinping. AFP / WANG ZHAO
Villagers flee Kashmir front line as India, Pakistan trade artillery fire 25 Feb 2018 - 12:48 pm
Incense sticks burn as an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officer salutes to a coffin containing the body of a soldier, who according to BSF died on Wednesday after he was injured in a gunfire on Tuesday at the Line of Control (LOC) with Pakistan in Ka
North Korea condemns U.S. sanctions as officials gather for Olympic ceremony 25 Feb 2018 - 12:22 pm
(FILES) This file picture taken on December 13, 2007 shows North Korea's chief delegate Kim Yong Chol (C) and North Korean soldiers crossing the border which divides the two Koreas to attend the inter-Korean general talks at the South's side of the truce
China Communist Party proposes removing presidential term limits 25 Feb 2018 - 12:15 pm
This file photo taken on October 25, 2017 shows Chinese President Xi Jinping waving at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP / WANG ZHAO
Six months after attacks began, Rohingya see no end in sight 25 Feb 2018 - 08:06 am
A man cooks a meal in his makeshift restaurant on the island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh February 14, 2018. Picture taken February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Bollywood actress Sridevi passes away at the age of 54 25 Feb 2018 - 04:54 am
In a still from Sridevi-starrer English Vinglish
Speeding jeep kills 9 schoolchildren in eastern India 24 Feb 2018 - 03:46 pm
9 schoolchildren killed
Inmates escape Philippine jail after guard leaves 24 Feb 2018 - 01:09 pm
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