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China's Xi visits Mongolia with focus on trade China's Xi Jinping began a two-day trip to neighbouring Mongolia with trade high on the agenda against a backdrop of resource nationalism.
21 August 2014
Gambling, IT, booze addictions rife in Japan: study Nearly five percent of Japanese adults are addicted to gambling, a rate up to five times that of most other nations, according to a study.
21 August 2014
Turkey ruling party set to name Davutoglu as PM Turkey's ruling party meets to choose a new leader and premier to succeed incoming president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
21 August 2014
Indonesian court to rule on presidential election challenge An Indonesian court was expected to uphold Joko Widodo's victory in last month's presidential election.
21 August 2014
©Reuters/Samsul Said 'Reasonable chance' of finding MH370 in new search: Australia PM A new underwater hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had a "reasonable chance" of finding the plane.
20 August 2014
Young Indian shakes up fashion with prints and pret She's already a leading name in Indian fashion, with customers ranging from top Bollywood stars to teenage girls on pocket money.
20 August 2014
At least 27 dead as Japan landslide buries homes A huge landslide that engulfed homes in western Japan killed at least 27 people and left another 10 missing.
20 August 2014
China paper denounces 'rampant rascality' of Australia tycoon A Chinese state-run newspaper called on Beijing to "teach Canberra a lesson" after Clive Palmer labelled the Communist government "mongrels"
20 August 2014
Japanese 111-year-old becomes oldest man A Japanese man born months before the Wright brothers carried out the first human flight was recognised as the world's oldest male.
20 August 2014
Israel hits Gaza, suspends Cairo talks after rocket fire Israel and Palestinian militants resumed fire across the Gaza border, sparking panic across the war-torn enclave and halting truce talks.
20 August 2014
Pakistan anti-government protesters march on parliament Opposition politician Imran Khan and a populist cleric led protesters marching on parliament in a high-stakes bid to depose the prime minister.
20 August 2014
The old town ©Vladimir Prokopenko Kazakhstan expedition: Kashgar today and before An expedition from Kazakhstan has compared the way Kashgar is now with the way it was described 150 years ago.
20 August 2014
Australia to free some detained asylum-seeker children A number of asylum-seeker children held in Australian mainland detention centres are to be released.
19 August 2014
Disquieting times for Malaysia's 'fish listener' Harun is one of Malaysia's last "fish listeners," and he and his apprentice son are believed to be the only active practitioners of this art.
19 August 2014
Australia tycoon blasts Chinese government 'mongrels' Clive Palmer has labelled the Chinese government "mongrels" who "shoot their own people" in a televised tirade that was criticised by Canberra.
19 August 2014
©Reuters New Zealand PM tips tight election battle Prime Minister John Key predicted a "close" and "hard fought" New Zealand general election next month.
18 August 2014
Gaza death toll rises above 2,000: health ministry The death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip rose above 2,000, the health ministry said as more people injured in over a month of fighting.
18 August 2014
©Reuters Japanese man feared kidnapped by Syrian militants Japan's government said it was investigating a video that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man being interrogated by Syrian militants.
18 August 2014
Thirteen rescued two days after Indonesia tourist boat sinks Eight foreigners and five Indonesians were rescued two days after their tourist boat sank during a storm in the archipelago.
18 August 2014
The East is wed: China seeks brides for richer, for poorer Their marriages were arranged for cash, but some of the Vietnamese women say they are living happily ever after.
18 August 2014

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