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Kim Jong-Un re-elected as North Korean leader
Kim Jong-Un has been \'re-elected\' as leader of North Korea having executed his politically-powerful uncle last year and successfully disposed of 11 ...Suspected Black Box signals reacquired in missing Malaysia plane MH370 search
An Australian official says equipment on a ship searching for the missing Malaysian jet has relocated an underwater signal that is consistent ...Indonesia votes in parliamentary elections
Tens of millions of Indonesians went to the polls on Wednesday for nationwide legislative elections, the results of which will determine the ...South Korea and Australia sign free-trade pact
South Korea and Australia signed a free trade deal Tuesday which will scrap almost all tariffs within a decade while immediately lifting ...Malaysia, Indonesia bans Noah movie for depicting Islamic prophet
Malaysia and Indonesia have banned the biblical epic "Noah," joining other Muslim nations that forbid the Hollywood movie for its visual depiction ...Sixteen dead as flash flooding devastates Solomon Islands
Flash flooding has killed at least sixteen people and left 49,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands\' capital Honiara, with another 40 missing and the ...Underwater Indian Ocean search for Malaysian jet begins
The underwater search for the black boxes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has begun as the window for detecting the locator beacon\'s ...The Struggle for Humanity
Sociologists, political scientists, activists of various persuasions and many others often ...Thai protester killed, four wounded in shooting at anti-government march
Gunmen killed one person and wounded four others in an attack Tuesday on anti-government protesters, in the latest violence in Thailand\'s long ...North and South Korean forces trade live fire over western sea border
North and South Korea traded fire across their disputed western maritime border on Monday, with the South\'s military saying it had responded ...