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Ex-Singapore official: Zhou Enlai was center of Bandung Conference

​"Zhou Enlai was the center of the Bandung Conference," said 91-year-old Lee Khoon Choy, who met Zhou in 1955 during the first Asian-African Conference (also known as Bandung Conference), in an exclusive interview with Xinhua here.

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Asian-African ministerial meeting opens, with Indonesian FM highlighting Bandung Spirit

The Asian-African ministerial meeting opened here Monday and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said the Bandung Message, better known as the Bandung Spirit, remains a commitment to the political solidarity in the world.

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Powerful quake kills one in Taiwan

One person was killed and another injured after a powerful earthquake in waters off Taiwan on Monday morning caused a fire.

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Housing crisis saddles New Zealand with low inflation, high interest rates

​The prospects of New Zealand's central bank taking measures against the housing crisis worsened Monday with figures showing consumer price index (CPI) inflation falling to just 0.1 percent in the year ending March.

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Crowdfunding appeal launched to repatriate Italian tourist killed in Australia

​Friends of an Italian tourist killed in a car accident in Western Australia have appealed to the generosity of strangers to help cover the costs of bringing her body home.

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Australian defense minister unable to name IS leader

​Australia's Defense Minister Kevin Andrews was unable to name the leader of the Islamic State during a televised TV interview Tuesday night.

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German correspondent condemns Abe gov't intervention over critical reporting

​A German correspondent in Tokyo has condemned the government of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's control over critical reporting, asking the country to explain more to people.

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2013 Boston bomber found guilty, awaiting death penalty trial

​After more than 11 hours' deliberations, a federal jury in Boston on Wednesday found 21-year- old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a Kyrgyzstan-born U.S. citizen, guilty of all 30 counts related to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attacks and the following killing of a police officer when on the run.

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S. Korea freezes interest rates amid rate cut expectations

​South Korea's central bank decided on Thursday to keep the benchmark interest rate after cutting it to an all-time low in March, on worries about surging household debts and the potential foreign capital exodus.

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First wife of British pop icon John Lennon dies at 75

First wife of British pop icon John Lennon dies at 75

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YouTuber charged in Singapore for offending Christianity, Lee Kuan Yew

​A Singapore teenager was charged on Tuesday with uploading online materials intending to hurt the religious feelings of Christians and offensive remarks on former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.

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Air Canada flight that crash landed hit antenna array before landing

​The Air Canada plane that crash landed early Sunday struck an antenna array that knocked off the main landing gear as it attempted to touch down in the midst of a snow storm at the airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada's Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday.

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Australia's NSW gov't says to be quick to lease electricity assets

​Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Coalition government has said it would be quick to privatize the state's 20 billion Australian dollar (15.5 billion U.S. dollar) electricity assets after winning the state election over the weekend.

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Australia farewells former PM Faser at state funeral in Melbourne

​Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was remembered as a visionary, courageous leader and a passionate family man as he was farewelled at a state funeral in Melbourne on Friday.

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Colin Firth: "I would like to do more action"

​Colin Firth has departed from his typical roles in historical and romantic films to take on a more action-oriented role in his new film, "Kingsman: The Secret Service." In fact, the 54-year-old actor hopes to do even more action films in the future.

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Female panda at Edinburgh Zoo artificially inseminated

​ The female giant panda Tian Tian at Edinburgh Zoo was artificially inseminated early Thursday, said the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS).

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Tokyo shares rebound by break on better outlook over Japan's plants

​Tokyo shares erased losses in the morning and rebounded higher by break Friday as sentiment here was boosted by a bright outlook for Japanese companies heading into a new fiscal year in April.