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S. Korean prosecutors seeking a 4-year jail term for Lotte group chief

SouthKorea’sprosecutorsareseekingafour-yearjailtermforLotteGroupchiefShinDong-bin,thecorporategroup’sspokesmansaidbytelephoneonThursday.Prosecutorsalsodemanded2

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Philippines prison: Two dead in riot over spilt water

AriotatanovercrowdedprisoninthePhilippinesthatkilledtwoinmatesandinjuredatleast10othershasbeenattributedbyofficialstoanoverturnedbucketofwater.Authoritiesinchar

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Turkish court releases jailed journalist in opposition newspaper case

ATurkishcourtreleasedprominentjournalistKadriGurselfromjailpendingtriallateonMonday,inacasethattargetstheoppositionCumhuriyetnewspaperandhasbeencondemnedbycriti

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India's ex-minister serving jail sentence passes Class 12 exam

A senior politician and four-term chief minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana currently serving jail term for corruption has passed Class 12 school examination at the age of 82.

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India's ex-minister serving jail sentence passes Class 12 exam

A senior politician and four-term chief minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana currently serving jail term for corruption has passed Class 12 school examination at the age of 82.

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40 prisoners rearrested out of 158 escaping in Philippines jail break

​Philippine police have recaptured 40 inmates who escaped from a prison in the southern Philippines before dawn Wednesday, a police officer said on Thursday.

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Pakistan arrests 20 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters

Pakistan has arrested 20 Indian fisherman for violating the territorial waters of the country, its maritime security agency said on Sunday (Feb 28).

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Indian Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt released from jail

Indian film star and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was released from a jail Thursday after serving 42 months in the prison, officials said.

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Two jailed for killing endangered donkey in Tibet

Two men received jail sentences after being convicted of killing a Kiang, a highly endangered Tibetan wild donkey in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Cambodia to release or cut jail terms for 820 prisoners on Water Festival

Cambodia to release or cut jail terms for 820 prisoners on Water Festival

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China targets judicial corruption in commutation

Chinese authorities have vowed to crack down on judicial corruption in commutations of sentences and probation following a number of cases of convicts bribing their way out of jail.