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China overtakes Japan as 2nd economy |
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| Mar.11 |
Northern Japan |
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Massive quake, tsunami hit Japan Map of Sendai Japan A 8.9 earthquakeis causing a tsunami that swept debris miles inland. Dozens of nations, including the U.S., are under a tsunami warning
| The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in 100 years unleashed walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats, killing hundreds and forcing the evaucations of tens of thousands
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Huge blast at nuclear power plant |
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| Mar.12 |
Northern Japan |
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Exodus from Japan nuclear plant |
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Northern Japan |
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3,000 rescued; many more missing |
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| Mar.14 |
Northern Japan |
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Meltdown alert at Japan reactor
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Northern Japan |
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New blast at Japan nuclear plant |
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| Mar.15 |
Northern Japan |
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New fire fuels nuclear fears in Japan |
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| Mar.16 |
Northern Japan |
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Water dumped on Japan nuclear plant |
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| Mar.18 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan raises threat level at nuclear plant |
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| Mar.20 |
Northern Japan |
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Rescue in Japan as 2 pulled from rubble |
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Northern Japan |
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Food products limited from nuclear area |
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| Mar.22 |
Northern Japan |
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Power restored to reactor's control room |
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| Mar.25 |
Northern Japan |
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Reactor core might be leaking |
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| Mar.28 |
Northern Japan |
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Radioactive water found outside plant
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| Apr.4 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan dumps radioactive water in sea |
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| Apr.5 |
Northern Japan |
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Water radiation millions of times over limit| An attempt to plug a leak of highly radioactive water from a nuclear reactor has shown a significant difference, despite the material not setting. Tokyo Electric: an attempt to plug the leak had shown a 'significant difference,' despite the material n... | |
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Northern Japan |
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Radioactive water leak stopped |
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| Apr.7 |
Northern Japan |
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New quake triggers tsunami warning |
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| Apr.12 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan disaster now on Chernobyl level
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| Apr.21 |
Japan |
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Japan announces emergency budget |
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| Apr.23 |
Cambodia |
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Thai-Cambodia clash deaths rise |
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| Jun.17 |
Southern China |
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Deadly floods hit China |
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| Jun.25 |
Beijing |
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Leading China activist Hu Jia 'freed' |
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| Jul.3 |
Thailand |
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Thailand elects its first woman PM |
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| Jul.14 |
Indonesia |
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Indonesians flee volcano eruption |
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| Jul.23 |
Southern China |
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Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge
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| Jul.27 |
South Korea |
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Landslide leaves 32 dead, dozens injured
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| Jul.30 |
Northern Japan |
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Earthquake hits off Japan coast |
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| Aug.28 |
Japan |
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Yoshihiko Noda wins leadership race |
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| Sep.26 |
Philippines |
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Powerful typhoon hits Philippines |
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| Oct.20 |
Thailand |
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Thai flooding threatens capital Thais waded through flooded streets, their belongings and children perched on their shoulders
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| Oct.26 |
Hong Kong |
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Dreamliner completes first flight |
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| Nov.4 |
China |
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Dozens rescued from Chinese mine |
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| Dec.15 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan declares Fukushima stable |
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| Dec.17 |
Southern Philippines |
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Philippines storm kills hundreds A tropical storm has killed at least 430 people in the Philippines, with flash floods leaving many others missing. Tens of thousands of people...
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| Dec.18 |
North Korea |
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N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies  North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television in an emotional statement has announced
| The announcer, wearing black, said he had died of physical and mental over-work. He has been the dictator of the communist country since the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.
Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke in 2008 and was absent from public view for months.
His designated successor is believed to be his son, Kim Jong-woon
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| Dec.22 |
Southern Philippines |
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Floods: More than 1,000 remain missing |
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| Dec.25 |
North Korea |
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South Korean delegation enters North |
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| Dec.27 |
North Korea |
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Mourners fill Pyongyang streets for Kim |
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| Dec.28 |
North Korea |
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Kim Jong-il state funeral held in N. Korea
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| Dec.29 |
North Korea |
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N Korea hails Kim's son as leader
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| Feb.7 |
North Korea |
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N. and S. Korea to begin military talks |
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| Feb.13 |
Japan |
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China overtakes Japan as 2nd economy Japan is falling behind the blistering speed of China's manufacturing growth. Japan's was valued at US $5.47 trillion, while China - $5.88T
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| Mar.11 |
Northern Japan |
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Massive quake, tsunami hit Japan
Map of Sendai Japan A 8.9 earthquakeis causing a tsunami that swept debris miles inland. Dozens of nations, including the U.S., are under a tsunami warning
| The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in 100 years unleashed walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats, killing hundreds and forcing the evaucations of tens of thousands
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Northern Japan |
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Radioactive fears rise at Japan plants |
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Huge blast at nuclear power plant
A massive explosion has struck a Japanese nuclear power plant after devastating earthquake. Officials fear a meltdown at one of the reactors
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| Mar.12 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan scrambles to reach trapped victims |
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Exodus from Japan nuclear plant
An estimated 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear power station hat was hit by an explosion
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3,000 rescued; many more missing
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| Mar.13 |
Japan |
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PM: Japan crisis 'worst since WWII' |
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Northern Japan |
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Explosion at Japan nuclear plant |
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| Mar.14 |
Northern Japan |
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Meltdown alert at Japan reactor
Map of Fukushima Japan| Technicians are battling to stabilise a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, which has been rocked by a second blast in three days. | |
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Northern Japan |
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New blast at Japan nuclear plant
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Radiation fears after Japan blast |
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| Mar.15 |
Northern Japan |
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Staff withdrawn from Japan plant |
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Northern Japan |
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New fire fuels nuclear fears in Japan
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| Mar.16 |
Northern Japan |
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Water dumped on Japan nuclear plant
Helicopters dumped water on and near the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to halt the nuclear accident
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| Mar.18 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan raises threat level at nuclear plant
Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised the level for the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Friday from a 4 to 5
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Nuclear plant's power restoration closer |
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| Mar.19 |
Northern Japan |
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Power hopes rise at Japan plant |
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| Mar.20 |
Northern Japan |
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Rescue in Japan as 2 pulled from rubble
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Food products limited from nuclear area
Japan slapped restrictions on some food produced in two provinces around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
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| Mar.21 |
Northern Japan |
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Work resumes at Japanese reactor |
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| Mar.22 |
Northern Japan |
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Power restored to reactor's control room
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| Mar.25 |
Northern Japan |
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Reactor core might be leaking
Authorities raised the prospect of a likely breach in the all-important containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the stricken nuclear power...
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| Mar.26 |
Northern Japan |
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Sea radiation 1,250 times normal |
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| Mar.27 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan quake prompts tsunami alert |
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| Mar.28 |
Northern Japan |
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Radioactive water found outside plant
Map of Fukushima Japan| Water found in a tunnel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has alarmingly high radiation readings | |
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| Mar.29 |
Northern Japan |
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Workers scramble to prevent water leak |
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| Apr.4 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan dumps radioactive water in sea
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| Apr.5 |
Northern Japan |
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Water radiation millions of times over limit An attempt to plug a leak of highly radioactive water from a nuclear reactor has shown a significant difference, despite the material not setting
| Tokyo Electric: an attempt to plug the leak had shown a 'significant difference,' despite the material not setting as hoped.
The company had injected a silica-based polymer, 'liquid glass' to reduce the leak
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Radioactive water leak stopped
The leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has stopped
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| Apr.7 |
Northern Japan |
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New quake triggers tsunami warning
A powerful 7.4 earthquake struck Japan, triggering a tsunami warning for one prefecture and advisories in others
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| Apr.11 |
Japan |
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Japan raises nuclear crisis level |
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| Apr.12 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan disaster now on Chernobyl level| Japanese authorities 'provisionally' declared the country's nuclear accident a level-7 event on the international scale for nuclear disasters. The amount of radioactive iodine released by the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant was ... | |
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| Apr.17 |
Northern Japan |
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Reactors could take 9 months to stop |
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| Apr.21 |
Japan |
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Japan announces emergency budget
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| Apr.23 |
Cambodia |
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Thai-Cambodia clash deaths rise At least four soldiers die in renewed fighting on the Thai-Cambodia border, bringing the death toll to 10 in two days arund Ta Krabey temple
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| Apr.24 |
Beijing |
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China blocks Easter service |
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| Apr.27 |
China |
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New census shows China is ageing |
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| May.4 |
Northern Japan |
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Workers enter Fukushima reactor |
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| May.18 |
Japan |
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Japan economy back in recession |
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| May.21 |
Malaysia |
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Landslide hits orphanage |
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| Jun.2 |
Japan |
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Prime minister survives no-confidence vote |
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| Jun.17 |
Southern China |
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Deadly floods hit China
Another round of torrential rains has flooded a once drought-stricken region, killing 25 people and leaving 25 missing
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| Jun.25 |
Beijing |
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Leading China activist Hu Jia 'freed'
Hu Jia - one of China's most prominent dissidents - has been released from prison, his wife says
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| Jun.30 |
Beijing |
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China marks 90 years of communism |
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| Jul.3 |
Thailand |
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Thailand elects its first woman PM
PM Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded that Yingluck Shinawatra had won the nation's election. Pheu Thai party had garnered a majority
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| Jul.14 |
Indonesia |
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Indonesians flee volcano eruption
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| Jul.17 |
Japan |
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Japan celebrates World Cup win |
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| Jul.23 |
Southern China |
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Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge
Map of Zhejiang China| At least two cars of a high-speed bullet train fell off a bridge late Saturday after a derailment in eastern Zhejiang province. At least 32 people have die... | |
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| Jul.27 |
South Korea |
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Landslide leaves 32 dead, dozens injured
Map of Chuncheon South Korea| More than 750 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site after the collapse occurred at midnight | |
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| Jul.30 |
Northern Japan |
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Earthquake hits off Japan coast
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| Aug.8 |
South Korea |
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Asia hammered by stocks sell-off in the US |
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| Aug.25 |
Japan |
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Japan's Prime Minister Kan quits |
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| Aug.28 |
Japan |
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Yoshihiko Noda wins leadership race
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| Sep.4 |
Japan |
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Typhoon Talas kills 19 in Japan |
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| Sep.26 |
Philippines |
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Powerful typhoon hits Philippines
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| Oct.17 |
Sichuan |
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Tibetan nun dies setting herself ablaze |
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| Oct.20 |
Thailand |
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Thai flooding threatens capital 
Thais waded through flooded streets, their belongings and children perched on their shoulders
| Officials ordered floodgates opened to relieve pressure on dams and levees as enormous amounts of water flowed towards the sea in Thailand's worst flood in half a century.
Government workers fought to contain flooding inching towards the capital
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| Oct.26 |
Hong Kong |
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Dreamliner completes first flight
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Thailand |
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Floodwaters force closure of airport |
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| Oct.28 |
Thailand |
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Bangkok facing 'perfect storm' |
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| Nov.4 |
China |
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Dozens rescued from Chinese mine
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| Nov.6 |
Thailand |
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Death toll in Thailand floods passes 500 |
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| Nov.14 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan radiation 'unsafe for farming' |
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| Nov.20 |
Cambodia |
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Trial of Khmer Rouge trio begins |
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| Dec.7 |
Thailand |
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US man jailed in Thai royal case |
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| Dec.8 |
China |
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608 arrested in child-trafficking bust |
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| Dec.11 |
South Korea |
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Chinese fishermen 'stab Koreans' |
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| Dec.15 |
Northern Japan |
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Japan declares Fukushima stable
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| Dec.17 |
Southern Philippines |
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Philippines storm kills hundreds
Map of Mindanao Philippines A tropical storm has killed at least 430 people in the Philippines, with flash floods leaving many others missing. Tens of thousands of people have fled
| Many villagers on the coast of Mindanao were swept into the sea after Tropical Storm Washi brought heavy rain.
Victims asleep as the floods swept into their homes.
Tens of thousands have fled to higher ground
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| Dec.18 |
Southern Philippines |
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Death toll from storm tops 650 |
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North Korea |
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N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies 
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television in an emotional statement has announced
| The announcer, wearing black, said he had died of physical and mental over-work. He has been the dictator of the communist country since the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.
Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke in 2008 and was absent from public view for months.
His designated successor is believed to be his son, Kim Jong-woon
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| Dec.20 |
North Korea |
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North Korea leader lies in state |
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Tokyo |
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Japan raids Olympus headquarters |
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| Dec.22 |
Southern Philippines |
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Floods: More than 1,000 remain missing
The Philippines government says 1,079 people are still missing in the wake of the devastating Typhoon Washi
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North Korea |
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N. Korea welcomes South's delegations |
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| Dec.25 |
North Korea |
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South Korean delegation enters North
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| Dec.27 |
North Korea |
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Mourners fill Pyongyang streets for Kim
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| Dec.28 |
North Korea |
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Kim Jong-il state funeral held in N. Korea
Map of Pyongyang North Korea| North Korea has begun two days of funeral services for late leader Kim Jong-il with a huge procession in the capital, Pyongyang. Thousands of soldiers bowed their heads as a giant portrait of Kim was carried slowly through the streets.
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Thousands gather for Kim memorial |
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| Dec.29 |
North Korea |
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N Korea hails Kim's son as leader 
| North Korea has hailed late leader Kim Jong-il's son, Kim Jong-un, as 'supreme leader of the party, state and army' | |
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North Korea: 'Expect no change' |