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RI, PNG agree to ‘soft’ border approach

Indonesia and its neighbor Papua New Guinea (PNG) agreed to use a “soft” approach in the border areas between the…

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  • Mutual benefits

    Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa (right) talks with his Nicaraguan counterpart Samuel Santo Lopez at the Foreign Affairs Ministry complex on Tuesday. Both ministers agreed to increase cooperation on small…

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  • Suicide bombers target Baghdad mosque, killing 26

    Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 26 people and wounding 55, Iraqi officials said.

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  • Singapore fumes after pollution hits 16-year high

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    Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work Tuesday after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air…

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  • Thailand admits losing $4.4bn from rice scheme

    Thailand's government has acknowledged losing more than $4.46 billion in a much-criticized scheme to support rice prices that ended up dislodging the country from its top spot as the grain's…

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  • Licensing Expo

    Twenty Stormtroopers take over the stage during a private Disney event at the Licensing Expo, Monday at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. This surprise grand finale, presented…

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  • Brazil protests

    Protestors gather at the Municipal theater during a march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday. Protesters massed in at least seven Brazilian cities Monday for another round of demonstrations voicing…

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  • Unions give lift to Turkish protest movement

    Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government…

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  • Anger in southern Egypt over Islamist governor

    Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office because of his links to a former militant group that killed…

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  • US official: Solar plane to help ground energy use

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    The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized toy.

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  • Floods kill 23 in northern India; dozens missing

    Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday.

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