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| 15 min ago | Suicides cost Japan economy $32bn | | Suicides and depression cost Japan's economy $32bn last year, in a country which has one of the world's highest suicide rates, the government says. |
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| 3 hours ago | Rossi leads tributes to Tomizawa | | Seven-times MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi leads a host of tributes to rider Shoya Tomizawa, who died in Sunday's Moto2 race in San Marino. |
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| 3 hours ago | China backs Burma's election plan | | China urges international support for the Burmese general election planned for later this year, as Burma's leader begins a five-day visit to China. |
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| 9 hours ago | Jail for Malaysian snake smuggler | | Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the Lizard King, is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage. |
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| 9 hours ago | Key Asian interest rates on hold | | The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty. |
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| 9 hours ago | N Korea accepts flood aid offer | | North Korea has asked South Korea to send rice, cement and construction equipment after devastating floods, southern officials say. |
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| 9 hours ago | Burma leader begins China visit | | Burma's military leader, General Than Shwe, is starting a five-day visit to China to seek support for planned national elections later this year. |
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| Today | Jail for Malaysian snake smuggler | | Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the "Lizard King", is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage. |
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| Today | Chinese pilots lied about records | | China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience. |
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| Today | Christchurch hit by aftershocks | | Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend's powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage. |
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| 15 hours ago | Australia 'kingmakers' to decide | | Three independent Australian MPs are due to reveal who they will back as prime minister, ending two weeks of deadlock since inconclusive elections. |
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| Yesterday | NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes' | | Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says. |
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| Yesterday | N Korea to free South Korea crew | | North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago. |
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| Yesterday | Japan convicts whaling activists | | A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008. |
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| Yesterday | New Zealand assesses damage | | Officials in New Zealand have been evaluating the damage caused in the city of Christchurch by an earthquake and its many aftershocks. |
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| Yesterday | New Zealand assesses quake damage | | Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue. |
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| Sep 5, 2010 | New Zealand crash victims named | | Police in New Zealand name nine people, including four foreigners, who died when a light aircraft crashed after taking off from Fox Glacier on Saturday. |
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| Sep 5, 2010 | Chandhok impressed by Korea track | | Hispania Racing's Karun Chandhok gives the Korean Grand Prix venue the thumbs-up after being the first F1 driver to drive it. |
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| Sep 5, 2010 | Australia edge Boks in thriller | | Australia edge a classic Tri-Nations encounter in Bloemfontein, a last-ditch penalty from Kurtley Beale settling the outcome in favour of the visitors. |
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| Sep 4, 2010 | Aftershocks felt after NZ quake | | A series of aftershocks rattle Christchurch, New Zealand, where a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage. |
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