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Japanese PM Abe sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni Shrine

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbesentaritualofferingtothenotoriouswar-linkedYasukuniShrineonTuesdayontheoccasionofitsannualautumnfestival.Abehimselfisreportedlytor

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Fire breaks out at Indian prime minister's office

AfirebrokeoutatIndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModi'sofficeinthenationalcapitalTuesdaymorning,officialssaid.Therehavebeennoreportsofanycasualtyintheincidentastheoffi

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Thousands join ‘anti-kleptocracy’ rally in Malaysia to oust PM Najib

ThousandsofprotestersgatheredatanunsanctionedrallyonSaturdaytodemandactionagainstPrimeMinisterNajibRazakoverthemismanagementofbillionsofdollarsbyastatefund.Mala

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Japan opposition parties denounce Abe's snap election plan

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbecontinuedtoevadequestionsonfavoritismscandalsduringateleviseddebateamongpoliticalpartyheadsonSunday,evokinganewroundofquestionsfro

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Stampede in India's Mumbai, 22 die

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,September30(APD)—Twenty-twopeoplediedandaround35wereinjuredasastampedebrokeoutonacrowdedpedestrianbridgeatElphinstoneRoadtrain

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Israeli PM's son under fire for anti-Semitic post

IsraelipoliticalleaderslashedoutatPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu'seldestsonSundayforpostingananti-Semiticcaricatureaimedathisfather'scritics.YairNetanyahu'smeme

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India appoints its second woman defence minister

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,September4(APD)--NirmalaSitharamanwasappointedasIndia’sdefenceministerasPrimeMinisterNarendraModirevampedhisteamonSunday.Sheha

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Thailand has no plan to revoke passports of former PM Yingluck, minister

ThailandhasnoimmediateplantorevokethepassportsofformerprimeministerYingluckShinawatra,theforeignministersaidonTuesday,aftershefledthecountrylastweekaheadofacour

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Thai government to revoke ex-PM Yingluck's passport

ByAPDWriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Aug28(APD)-ThaiprimeministerPrayutChan-o-chasaidonMondaythatprocedureswillbeperformedtorevokethefugitiveex-primeministerYingluckShi

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Former Japanese PM Tsutomu Hata dies aged 82

FormerJapanesePrimeMinisterTsutomuHata,whoservedas80thPrimeMinisterofJapanfor9weeksin1994,diedofnaturalcausesonMondayattheageof82,Japanesemediareported,citingso

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Yingluck's commerce minister sentenced to 42-year jail term

ByAPDWriterChenJiabaoBANKGOK,Aug25(APD)--TheSupremeCourtofThailandonFridayhassentencedtheformercommerceministerinYingluckShinawatra'sgovernmentinvolvingaricetra

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Abe continues his struggle to tide over political crisis

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'sapprovalratingslightlyreboundedonedayafterhereshuffledhisCabinetonThursday,thethirdreshufflesincehereturnedtopowerin2012,accordi

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Thousands attend events for ousted Pakistani prime minister Sharif

Thousands of people attended a rally and procession in support of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday as he embarks on a show of political power following a Supreme Court decision to disqualify him from office over undeclared assets.

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Thousands attend events for ousted Pakistani prime minister Sharif

Thousands of people attended a rally and procession in support of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday as he embarks on a show of political power following a Supreme Court decision to disqualify him from office over undeclared assets.

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Pakistan completes gov’t setup after new cabinet takes oath

Pakistan on Friday completed its government setup after new cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in at an oath-taking ceremony at the President House in the country’s capital of Islamabad.

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Pakistan completes gov’t setup after new cabinet takes oath

ByAPDWriterMuhammadSohail ISLAMABAD,Aug.4(APD)--PakistanonFridaycompleteditsgovernmentsetupafternewcabinetofPrimeMinisterShahidKhaqanAbbasiwassworninatanoath-ta

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Former Thai PM Somchai acquitted of abusing power

The Supreme Court of Thailand on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, a brother-in-law of the self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatara of charges on ordering a 2008 crackdown on anti-government protesters.