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Arrest of doctor doubting popular Chinese medicinal liquor sparks debate

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Living well, leaving well

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Southeast Asia ride-hailing service Grab says open to more acquisitions

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Cambodia, Singapore partner to save lives

Cambodia's biggest public hospital has a strong Singapore connection.

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Eight Philippine fishermen shot dead at sea

Eight local fishermen have been found shot dead in their boat off the piracy-plagued southern Philippines, the military said Tuesday.

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Environment improved at Yangtze' headwater

​Surveys have found that the environment at the headwater of the Yangtze, China's longest river, has "markedly improved," with lakes expanding and wildlife thriving.

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Philippine military says S. Korean ship hijacked

Armed men believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group have hijacked a South Korean vessel off the island of Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines seizing its two crew members, a spokesman for the Philippine military said on Friday.

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3 Abu Sayyaf men killed in gunfight in southern Philippines

Three Abu Sayyaf men were killed and around 10 others and 16 soldiers were wounded in a firefight in Patikul town in Sulu in southern Philippines on Tuesday afternoon.

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18 soldiers killed in S. Philippine clash with Abu Sayyaf

Eighteen government soldiers and five militants were killed following a firefight in Southern Philippines on Saturday, military said on Sunday.

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Time to ease property curbs, say Singaporean developers

The head of the property developers' body here says it is time to wind back property cooling measures given an oversupply of housing and a fragile economy.

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China executes man trafficking 22 infants

A man convicted of trafficking 22 infants has been executed in central China's Henan Province, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) revealed Friday.

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Singapore's political system: Tweak, tinker or overhaul?

Singapore's political system must be refreshed from time to time as circumstances change, President Tony Tan Keng Yam said on Jan 15 as he announced that the Government will study it for possible reforms.

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Singapore's President outlines goals for the government's new term

Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam said on Friday the government would work in its new term to keep the country safe and secure, renew the economy and foster a more caring society.

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Rural tinkerer dives in with both feet

In the village where he was born, a Chinese chicken breeder emerged from a lake of green to tell of his life beneath the waves in a homemade orange submarine.

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A future full of loopholes

People will one day connect with almost everything in their lives - the TV, the fridge, a mirror - all through the Internet.

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Vice governor of China's Hainan province to be removed from post

The Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee has decided to remove Tan Li, vice governor of south China's island Province of Hainan, from his post, a source from the Organization Department of the committee said on Thursday.

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Addiction for stronger RMB spells trouble

While the Chinese currency Renminbi continues its upward trend against the U.S. dollar, economic pundits have warned that to expect and demand more RMB appreciation in 2014 invites trouble.