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Safety aspect still a major concern in Brunei

Most villages in Brunei have difficulties handling safety issues including fighting against crimes, said the secretariat of Excellent Village Awards.

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12 Al-Shabaab militants killed in S. Somali: official

​ At least 12 Al-Shabaab militants were on Tuesday killed by government forces in heavy clashes in a village near Garbaherey town in Gedo region, southern Somalia, officials and witnesses said.

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Former NBA stars invited to play in China's village competition

Former NBA stars Jason Williams and Daniel Gibson are expected to give China's grassroots sports a boost when they play in the village-level basketball competition in southeast China.

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West Bank village in grief after toddler dead in arson attack

​Amidst wail and shock, residents of the village of Duma in West Bank show great sadness when they talked about the 18-month-old Palestinian toddler who was burned to death in a Jewish arson attack on the house in the village.

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Suspected Boko Haram fighters kill 20 people in NE Nigeria

​Twenty villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters on Monday stormed a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, survivors said Tuesday.

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DR Congo army dislodges Uganda rebels from northern village

​The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) army, supported by the intervention brigade of the UN Mission for Stabilization of Congo, on Sunday dislodged Uganda's Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels from Mavume village in North Kivu province, an official said Monday.

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90 people in a Cambodian village infected with HIV/AIDS

​Cambodian local authorities said Tuesday that up to 90 people in a remote village in the Battambang province of northwestern Cambodia have been tested positive for HIV/AIDS.

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Connecting remote rural area with mobile Internet

Using smartphones for the first time in their lives, villagers in a remote mountainous region in southwest China are now connected to the world thanks to mobile Internet.

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East China city to promote Confucian lectures in villages

A widespread effort that will see hundreds of villages receive lessons on the philosophy of Confucius has begun in the sage's hometown of Qufu.

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8 dead, 17 missing in SW China landslide

Eight people were confirmed dead and 17 others remained missing after a landslide destroyed a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday night.

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Wukan's winding path to China's democratic reform

Lin Zulian, who has led Wukan since his election two years ago, has been reelected head of the village committee, in south China's Guangdong Province.

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Scandal-dogged Wukan elects of new leadership

Lin Zulian has been reelected head of a new village committee in Wukan after thousands of residents cast their votes on Monday, despite torrential rains and corruption scandals.

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Arson causes fatal fire in China's latest land dispute

A fatal fire that broke out on Friday in a village in east China's Shandong Province was the result of arson, local police said Tuesday.

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Man shoots dead six, wounds three in SW China

A man shot dead six people and wounded three others at a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday afternoon, local police said on Friday.

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Man shoots dead six, wounds three in SW China

A man shot dead six people and wounded three others at a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday afternoon, local police said on Friday. 

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Leftist rebels seize policeman, soldier in S. Philippines

Leftist rebels have abducted a soldier and a policeman in southern Philippines and operations have been launched to rescue the victims, the military said on Friday.

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Landslide victims’ families protest cremation

A landslide engulfed a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province last Friday, killing 46 people. By Sunday, government authorities had cremated all the bodies, triggering anger from victims' families.