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World

11 trapped in latest coal mine gas blast 06 Dec 2016 - 10:44 am
Photo: AA.
Iceland plays the tourism card, for better for worse 06 Dec 2016 - 10:40 am
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Bombs found in raid on IS-linked group 06 Dec 2016 - 10:38 am
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Illegal detention and torture underpin China's corruption crackdown 06 Dec 2016 - 10:31 am
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Indonesian police start burning massive drug haul 06 Dec 2016 - 10:27 am
File Photo: Authorities at police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, force recently arrested drug traffickers to help them destroy a huge haul of methamphetamin. / Reuters.
Indian state names successor as thousands mourn charismatic leader 06 Dec 2016 - 10:09 am
Indian supporters gather to pay their respects to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram as she lies in state ahead of her funeral at Rajaji Hall in Chennai on December 6, 2016. AFP / ARUN SANKAR
Security boosted on LA transit stations following threat 06 Dec 2016 - 09:28 am
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Syria rebels reject Aleppo exit as army advances 06 Dec 2016 - 08:39 am
Smoke rises after strikes on the rebel-held besieged neighbourhoods of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Merkel to ready troops for 2017 election battle 06 Dec 2016 - 08:35 am
Executive members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party (L-R) CDU leader in Rhineland-Palatinate Julia Kloeckner, CDU Secretary General Peter Tauber, Hesse's State Premier Volker Bouffier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, CDU leader in Baden-Wuert
India's Imelda Marcos, Jayalalithaa "Amma" inspired a devotion that verged on the religious 05 Dec 2016 - 11:14 pm
This file photo taken on March 27, 2014 shows All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Leader and Chief Minister of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa gesturing as she arrives at a public meeting in Pondicherry. Jayalalithaa
India's filmstar politician Jayalalithaa dies after prolonged illness 05 Dec 2016 - 11:06 pm
This file photo taken on May 23, 2016 shows Jayalalithaa Jayaram, leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), taking part in a swearing-in ceremony as chief minister of Tamil Nadu state in Chennai. Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the chief minister
Israeli army video draws fire for ignoring Palestine 05 Dec 2016 - 08:01 pm
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Police rack up deadly record in Philippine drug war 05 Dec 2016 - 07:45 pm
 An investigator takes notes next to the body of a man killed in a shoot-out with police in Manila Philippines early October 21 2016
Manuel Valls, a tough-talker with French presidential ambitions 05 Dec 2016 - 07:34 pm
Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls attend a meeting following Brexi at the Elysee Palace in Paris, June 24, 2016 (REUTERS / Alain Jocard)
Peru’s ex-leader Fujimori leaves prison for medical treatment 05 Dec 2016 - 07:14 pm
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori listens to the judge's verdict about his sentence in prison, in Lima October 29, 2013. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil
Venezuela to print 20,000-unit banknote 05 Dec 2016 - 07:07 pm
A cashier counts Venezuelan bolivar notes in a state-run supermarket in Caracas January 9, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Vietnam punishes editors over fish sauce story scandal 05 Dec 2016 - 07:00 pm
Bottles of fish sauce (in blue) are displayed for sale at a stand inside a local market in downtown Hanoi on Nov 21, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
Indian state Tamil Nadu tense as popular leader critically ill 05 Dec 2016 - 06:51 pm
A supporter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaraman holds her photo at the AIADMK party office in Mumbai, India, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui