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Nepal detains 12 for illegal recruitment of citizens in Russian army
Two Myanmar workers have been murdered in one week on Koh Samui, Thailand. Photo: Koh Samui Rental/Facebook
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02 March 2015
Myanmar worker murdered on Thai island
Another Myanmar national has been murdered on Thailand’s tourist resort island of Koh...
A British police officer (C) is accompanied by his Thai counterparts as they inspect the murder scene where two British tourists were murdered at Sairee beach, Koh Tao island, Thailand, October 25, 2014. The British police team including Scotland Yard officers visited Koh Tao island resort to observe an investigation by the Thai police. Photo: EPA 
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02 March 2015
Questions over UK police conduct in Koh Tao...
UK-based rights group Reprieve has expressed alarm after it emerged that British police...
Myanmar President U Thein Sein meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Nay Pyi Taw in November, 2014. Photo: Narendra Modi/Twitter
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02 March 2015
India promotes investment in Myanmar, other ASEAN...
The Indian government, hoping to give more teeth to its “Act East Policy,” has decided to...
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28 February 2015
China ivory carving ban a 'symbolic'...
Beijing has imposed a one-year ban on imports of ivory carvings as critics say rising...
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28 February 2015
Somali pirates release Thai hostages held for 4...
Four Thai fishermen held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly four years have been...
Indonesia has just been hit by another serious earthquake, but no repeat of the quake and tsunami of 2004. An aerial view of the devastated coastal area in Banda Aceh, Indonesia February 2005. Photo: Mast Irham/EPA
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28 February 2015
6.6 earthquake hits central Indonesia, no tsunami...
A 6.6-magnitude undersea earthquake hit central Indonesia on February 27, the US...
Myanmar Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham (C) meets with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (R) at the government guest house in Bangkok on February 25, 2015. Photo: President's Office
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27 February 2015
Myanmar-Thai cooperation, migrant workers...
Myanmar Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham and an accompanying delegation have just finished...
Bangladesh-born US blogger Mr Avijit Roy was hacked to death by assailants with machetes on February 26 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Avijit Roy/Facebook
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27 February 2015
Atheist US blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
A prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin was hacked to death with machetes by...
Former Indonesian maid Ms Erwiana Sulistyaningsih (C) arrives at a press conference in Hong Kong, China, February 10, 2015. Photo: Jerome Favre/EPA
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27 February 2015
Hong Kong woman faces up to 7 years' prison...
A Hong Kong woman who was found guilty of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and...
Left to right, Luiz Kaypoe, Baroness Glenys Kinnock and Naw Ta Mla Saw at the British Parliament. Photo: BCUK
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27 February 2015
Myanmar refugees visit on lobbying trip
A delegation of refugees from Thailand-Myanmar border is visiting the UK this week, for a...
The Facebook post reportedly put up on the Myanmar Air Force Facebook page and then removed. Photo: Myanmar Air Force/Facebook
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26 February 2015
‘Future Myanmar Empire’ Facebook post taken down
Facebook users in Bangladesh have reacted angrily to the posting of a map on the Myanmar...
The Australian government has warned women that joining up with the Islamic State group is unlikely to be a "romantic adventure." UK police photo showing three schoolgirls at Gatwick Airport, England on February 17, 2015 who have been reported missing and are believed to be making their way to Syria to meet up with the Islamic State group. Photo: London Metropolitan Police/EPA
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26 February 2015
Australia warns women Islamic State no '...
A worrying number of Australian women are heading to Iraq and Syria to become so-called...

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