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Child kidnapping triggers debate over death penalty restoration in Algeria

Politicians, lawyers and the public in Algeria have showed divergent views on the issue of the restoration of death penalty, exclusively against child kidnappers.

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Chinese premier wins backing over South China Sea at ASEM Summit

In Mongolia over the weekend, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's effort to promote China's stance on the South China Sea issue received broad support during the 11th Asian-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit.

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More countries voice support for China's stance on S. China Sea

More countries have voiced their support for China's position on the South China Sea issue "despite pressure," a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Ministry said here on Monday.

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Loss outweighs gains for Japan's stubborn meddling in South China Sea

Despite Beijing's repeated call that outsider countries play a constructive role on the South China Sea issue, Tokyo seems to have stepped up its meddling moves, at the cost of regional stability and without giving any thought to its relations with China.

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Japan's poor efforts to resolve "comfort women" issue set to backfire

Japanese government's poor efforts to resolve "comfort women" issue will become a "boomerang" to its political position in the Asia Pacific region, an Indonesian expert told Xinhua in a recent interview.

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China insists direct negotiation to resolve South China Sea issue: experts

China always insists direct and peaceful negotiation with relevant countries to resolve the South China Sea issue, Chinese experts said on Friday at the Japan's National Press Club.

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Families of Japanese citizens abducted by DPRK hope to keep issue on the agenda during election campaign

Relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s are concerned the issue will receive little attention during campaigning for the July 10 upper house election, with economic and social security issues largely in focus.

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Don't needle on Kashmir: India to Pakistan

India on Thursday hit out at Pakistan, asking it to vacate the parts of Jammu and Kashmir which it has illegally occupied and to not needlessly internationalise the issue.

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Pakistan has seriously taken up drone strike issue with U.S.: official

​Pakistan has seriously taken up drone strike issue with the United States, according to Pakistan foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz.

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"Comfort women" issue far from over yet: historians

​Fifteen associations of history scholars and educators in Japan issued a joint statement here on Monday, demanding the related parties sincerely face the "comfort women" issue so as to fundamentally solve this problem.

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Indonesia says Islamic states should unite in fight against terrorism

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Sunday said the Islamic states should unite in the fight against terrorism, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

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Japan needs to do more to resolve "comfort women" issue: UN body

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) highlighted on Monday that the issue of "comfort women" remains unsettled despite recent Japanese claims to the contrary.

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Chinese, U.S. chief diplomats discuss Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, South China Sea

​Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, the South China Sea situation and other hot-spot affairs during a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday.

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Japan lambasted by former "comfort women," official apology demanded from Abe

A deal struck between Japan and South Korea purporting to finally end a long-standing rift between the two countries over the "comfort women" issue was lambasted Tuesday by two former Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.

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Activists demand Japan gov't compensate "comfort women" victims

Activists fighting for rights of"comfort women"rallied Wednesday around Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence demanding that the government properly handle the historical issue, rather than using money to made a deal over the country's wartime wrongdoing.

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Criticism of China on arbitration case lacks sound legal merit

Recently, with the second round of hearings by the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague on a case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, the South China Sea issue once again became the focus of the media. Some criticisms are well-presented opinions and some are, frankly speaking, biased.

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New Zealand's toughest PR jobs for 2015

Debate over a new national flag and a threat to poison baby formula with 1080 were the country's two toughest PR challenges for the year, according to a new ranking released today by BlacklandPR.