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Burma’s Rakhine clashes kill five as Thein Sein visits

At least five Muslims were killed by Buddhist mobs in the Burmese state of Rakhine on Tuesday, police say. The bodies of four men were found near the town of Thandwe....

Burmese leader visits Rakhine state

1 October 2013 Last updated at 18:07 BST Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting Rakhine state amid a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence between Buddhists and...

In Bangladesh, Another Death Sentence

NEW DELHI — Bangladesh’s war-crimes tribunal on Tuesday sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, an opposition lawmaker, to death for rape, mass murder and torture...

The Politics of Religious Conversions in Jharkhand

ARA, Jharkhand— Early on an idle Sunday morning in late August, Ram Singh Kujur perched on the solitary broken wooden chair outside his mud hut, sipping tea from a...

NKorea Blames ‘Hostile’ US Policy for Tensions

UNITED NATIONS — North Korea is blaming the “hostile policy” of the United States for continuing tension on the divided Korean Peninsula. Vice foreign...

Rare White African Lion Cubs Born in S. Korean Zoo

VOA News Officials at South Korea's Everland zoo park displayed for the first time Tuesday two rare newborn white lions in the city…

Video: Two fishermen rescued in China

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Train Hits Minibus in Indonesia, Killing 13

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Police say a passenger train slammed into a minibus that was carrying families of hajj pilgrims on Indonesia’s Java island, killing 13...

Maldives: Court to Rule on Election Petition Soon

UNITED NATIONS — Maldives says its Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming days on a petition that has held up a second round of voting in its contentious...

American’s viral ‘I quit’ video hits home in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan — An American woman who used a mocking video to quit her job at an animated graphics company here has virally showcased Taiwan’s demanding...