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Is it safe? Rare mass killing raises questions about security in Japan

The killing of 19 people at a home for the mentally disabled raised questions about whether Japan’s reputation as one of the safest countries in the world is creating a false sense of security.

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Kunming terrorist attack suspects on trial

BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Four people suspected of a terrorist attack at a railway station in Kunming early this year went on trial on Friday in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

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Baby killer's death sentence confirmed in Beijing

A court in Beijing on Friday upheld the death sentence on a man who killed an infant girl, aged 2, when he snatched her from her pram and threw her to the ground in July.