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Son of U.S. marine elected Okinawa governor on anti-U.S. base platform
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Toll of dead from Indonesian quake jumps to 832 dead as rescuers struggle
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Japan PM Abe open to summit with North Korea’s Kim
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Philippine senator critical of Duterte arrested
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First public appearance for Chinese Nobel dissident Liu Xiaobo widow
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U.S. approval of $330 million military sale to Taiwan draws China’s ire
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Vietnam’s president dies after viral illness
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Trump administration to send U.S. cellphones a test alert on Thursday
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Vietnam says John McCain helped ‘heal the wounds of war’

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Son of U.S. marine elected Okinawa governor on anti-U.S. base platform
Tokyo, September 30, 2018 - Danny Tamaki, the son of a U.S. Marine and Japanese mother, was elected governor of Japan’s Okinawa island on...
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Toll of dead from Indonesian quake jumps to 832 dead as rescuers struggle
PALU, Indonesia, Sept 30, 2018 - The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia soared on Sunday to 832 confirmed dead, with authorities...
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Japan PM Abe open to summit with North Korea’s Kim
New York, Sept 26, 2018 — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a longtime hardliner on North Korea, said yesterday he was willing to meet...
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Philippine senator critical of Duterte arrested
Manila, Sept 25, 2018 — A Philippine lawmaker fiercely critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war was arrested Tuesday on previously dismissed charges, a...
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First public appearance for Chinese Nobel dissident Liu Xiaobo widow
New York, Sept 27, 2018 — The widow of Nobel Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo yesterday made her first public appearance since leaving China more...
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U.S. approval of $330 million military sale to Taiwan draws China’s ire
Washington DC, September 26, 2018 - The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to Taiwan of spare parts for F-16 fighter planes and...
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Vietnam’s president dies after viral illness
Hanoi, September 21, 2018 - Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, a former chief of internal security who became one of the most high-profile leaders...
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Trump administration to send U.S. cellphones a test alert on Thursday
Washington DC, Sept 15, 2018 - The Trump administration will send a message to all U.S. cellphones on Thursday to test a previously unused...
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At summit, South Korea’s Moon seeks to play ‘chief negotiator’ between Kim, Trump
Seoul, September 14, 2018 - Next week’s inter-Korean summit will test whether South Korean President Moon Jae-in can pull off his role of mediator...
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Vietnam says John McCain helped ‘heal the wounds of war’
Vietnam says John McCain helped ‘heal the wounds of war’
Hanoi, August 27, 2018 - U.S. Senator John McCain was a “symbol of his generation” who helped “heal the wounds of war” by pushing...
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