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Thousands flee deadly violence in India's Assam More than 2,000 people have fled their homes in the restive Indian state of Assam after separatist rebels killed dozens of villagers, some of them children.
25 December 2014
China city bans Christmas in schools, warns over 'Western' culture A Chinese city has banned schools from holding Christmas events, highlighting official suspicions about the increasingly popular festival because of its foreign origins.
25 December 2014
Ban Ki-moon condemns Jordan pilot kidnapping UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed his "concern" over a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State jihadist group after his plane went down in Syria.
25 December 2014
Hong Kong police arrest democracy protestors after clash Hong Kong police said they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the first sizeable rally since the last protest camp was cleared last week.
25 December 2014
Japan PM set for re-election after 'Abenomics' poll win Japanese Prime Minister is set to resume office with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his election triumph.
24 December 2014
Australia fears fresh attacks as Sydney mourns siege victims Australian Prime Minister warned of heightened "terrorist chatter" in the aftermath of the fatal Sydney cafe siege and said another attack was likely.
23 December 2014
OPEC won't cut output even at $20 a barrel: Saudi OPEC will not cut oil production even if the price drops to $20 a barrel and it is unfair to expect the cartel to reduce output if non-members do not.
23 December 2014
Turkey delays decision on ministers accused of corruption A Turkish parliamentary commission unexpectedly delayed until January a decision on whether four former Turkish cabinet ministers will stand trial on accusations of corruptionю
23 December 2014
Australian PM under fire for women comments Australian Prime Minister was accused of craving "a world where men do the big jobs and women do the ironing" .
22 December 2014
AC/DC drummer says he wants to keep his job AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd described allegations he tried to hire a hitman as "ludicrous" and said he wanted to keep his job with the top-selling rock band.
22 December 2014
Hong Kong tycoon and former senior official face jail for graft Lawyers for Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and Rafael Hui pressed for leniency Monday as their clients faced seven years in prison.
22 December 2014
Seeing the doctor, overseas: medical tourism booms in Asia The lines snaking into Bangladesh's overwhelmed hospitals are often so long, says Nusrat Hussein Kiwan, that they extend into the street outside.
22 December 2014
Mother charged with murder of eight children in Australia The mother of seven of eight children killed in Australia was charged with their murder, police said.
21 December 2014
Christmas in China, with saxophones, Smurfs and steam trains Christmas has exploded in the atheist nation in recent years, with marketeers using everything from saxophones and Smurfs to steam trains to get shoppers to open their wallets.
21 December 2014
Xi warns Hong Kong and Macau in 'one China' message Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Hong Kong and Macau to remember they are part of "one China".
20 December 2014
Lives of danger, poverty on Philippines' typhoon coast Life is a constant throw of the dice for farmer Nilo Dilao and other residents of the Philippine island of Samar, the ground zero for many of East Asia's deadliest storms.
20 December 2014
Mother arrested for murder of eight children in Australia Australian police said they had arrested the mother of most of eight children reportedly stabbed to death in the northern city of Cairns.
20 December 2014
Attack could cost Sony half a billion dollars: experts The devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures could see the Hollywood studio lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and incur massive recovery costs.
20 December 2014
slamic preacher Fethullah Gulen.  ©REUTERS Turkey court issues warrant for Erdogan foe Gulen An Istanbul court issued an arrest warrant for US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen who President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regards as his top enemy.
20 December 2014
Israeli air planes strike in Gaza Strip after rocket Israeli air planes struck targets in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and the army said, hours after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state.
20 December 2014
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