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Yahoo! News: Asia News
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Pakistanis criticize government response to floods
(AP)
 AP - Residents of Pakistan's northwest have criticized the government's response to devastating flooding that has killed more than 800 people.
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Indian troops enforce strict curfew in Kashmir
(AFP)
 AFP - Police and paramilitary troops enforced a strict curfew in Indian Kashmir on Sunday after two days of violent clashes between anti-India protestors and security forces that left six people dead.
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British anti-Taliban push going well: London
(AFP)
 AFP - Britain said a military operation to clear out Taliban fighters from a stronghold in southern Afghanistan was going "very well", as the push entered its third day Sunday.
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Philippines says arrests key massacre suspect in south
(Reuters)
Reuters - Philippine security forces arrested a key suspect who has been charged in the massacre of 57 people last year, the country's worst incident of political violence, after he was shot by rival clan members, police said on Sunday.
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Roadside bomb kills six in Afghanistan
(AFP)
 AFP - A roadside bomb hit a minibus in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six passengers and wounding another nine, an official said.
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Missing Japanese journalists found unresponsive
(AP)
AP - Two Japanese journalists reported missing by their television network were found unresponsive on a mountain Sunday, though police said an official declaration of death would have to wait until they could be taken to a hospital.
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Heat on coach after Wallabies defeat
(AFP)
 AFP - The heat is on coach Robbie Deans as the Wallabies struggle to avoid repeating a grim period of their 79-year Bledisloe Cup history against the rampant All Blacks in Christchurch next weekend.
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Six Afghan civilians die in roadside bomb blast
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Six civilians were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, an official said, as civilian casualties continued to mount amid an increase in violence by insurgents.
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6 Afghans killed when minibus hits roadside bomb
(AP)
 AP - A minibus full of civilians struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, killing six on board, officials said.
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British PM facing rough ride in Pakistan
(AFP)
 AFP - David Cameron was facing tricky talks this week with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after the British prime minister's remarks on the export of terror triggered a diplomatic spat.
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Military keeps distressed soldiers at combat site
(AP)
 AP - Sgt. Thomas Riordan didn't want to return to Afghanistan after home leave. He had just fought through a battle that killed eight soldiers, and when he arrived home his wife said she was leaving. He almost killed himself that night.
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Land mine swept ashore from NKorea kills SKorean
(AP)
AP - Dozens of land mines have washed up on South Korean shores in recent days, apparently swept from North Korea by torrential rains. One killed a man and wounded another, the military said Sunday.
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2 dead in clashes despite curfew in Indian Kashmir
(AP)
 AP - Violence continued to rage across Indian Kashmir on Saturday with two people shot dead and five wounded after police in two towns opened fire on protesters who attacked their camps and pelted them with rocks.
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'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage
(AP)
 AP - Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said.
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Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
(AP)
AP - Some of China's most well-known activists are circulating an open letter protesting the 15-year prison term for a Uighur journalist snared in tensions that followed the country's worst ethnic rioting in decades.
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Explosion at coal mine kills at least 15 in China
(AP)
AP - An explosion ripped through a workers' dormitory area and killed at least 15 people Saturday at a coal mine in a city in northern China notorious for mining disasters.
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Expo shows illegal pet trade rampant in Indonesia
(AP)
 AP - The most threatened tortoise in the world is being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia's capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant — and growing — illegal pet trade.
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Cambodia claims win in UNESCO tussle over temple
(AP)
AP - Cambodia declared victory Friday in a diplomatic standoff with Thailand after the U.N. cultural agency agreed to consider its plan for managing a temple that is on land claimed by both countries.
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SKorea cracks down on marriage brokers after death
(AP)
 AP - Young and poor, the Vietnamese woman jumped at the chance to marry a South Korean introduced to her through a matchmaking agency.
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Minority Islamic sect under fire in Indonesia
(AP)
AP - A minority Islamic sect told followers Friday to prepare for war after rock-throwing mobs attacked one of their mosques in central Indonesia, calling its members heretics.
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