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ASIA: Asian techies rising in the ranks
Asian universities with close ties to industry are catching up to U.S. universities in scientific innovation, according to a detailed analysis of academic papers and patent filings. The Reuters Top…
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Indonesia: Ancient Tools Point to Mysterious Humans
The diminutive prehistoric human species dubbed the “Hobbit” that inhabited the isle of Flores apparently had company on other Indonesian islands long before our species, Homo sapiens, arrived on the…
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THAILAND: Tourism Rebounding
Thailand expects tourism to exceed its targets, with more than 30 million arrivals this year, despite a bomb blast that killed 14 foreigners in August 2015 in Bangkok, said the…
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INDONESIA: Enslaved fishermen rescued
More than 2,000 fishermen were rescued in 2015 from brutal conditions at sea, their freedom prompted by a yearlong investigation into seafood brought to the U.S. from a slave island…
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MALAYSIA: High marks for anti-money-laundering campaign
While Malaysia’s premier faces tough questions over the origin of hundreds of millions of dollars transferred to his bank accounts, the country has tentatively received good grades for its anti-money-laundering…
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Philippine Court Outlaws Terrorist Group
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Philippine court has declared the Abu Sayyaf Group a terrorist organization in a ruling that provides the government with another legal weapon against militants who have…
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Brig. Gen. Zakariyya Mansoor shares his views on fighting terrorism regionally and in the Maldives
Brig. Gen. Zakariyya Mansoor joined the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) in 1984 and was commissioned eight years later. He was appointed director general of counterterrorism at the Ministry of…
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Counterterrorism a priority at Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
Lee Hsien Loong Terrorism is not an entirely new phenomenon that burst on the world only after 9/11. Fifty years ago, there were already terrorist groups in many stable societies,…
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AFRICA: Millions saved from malaria
Rates of death from malaria have plunged by 60 percent in the past 15 years, meaning more than 6 million lives have been saved — the vast majority of them…
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Australia: Plastic-eating coral on Great Barrier Reef raises fears
Corals in the Great Barrier Reef are eating small plastic debris in the ocean, raising fears about the impact the indigestible fragments have on the health of the corals and…
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