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  South Korea scandal: Daughter of Choi Soon-sil arrested

  BBC | Updated at 11:25am on January 02, 2017

  The daughter of the woman at the centre of a presidential scandal in South Korea has been arrested in Denmark, say South Korean police...

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  17 still missing after Indonesia boat fire kills 23

  Associated Press | Updated at 10:55am on January 02, 2017

  A search resumed Monday for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia's capital that left at least 23 dead,...

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  North Korea 'close to testing long-range missiles'

  BBC | Updated at 02:55pm on January 01, 2017

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the country is close to testing long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads...

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  China court jails 16 for black market kidney trading

  BBC | Updated at 10:55am on January 01, 2017

  Sixteen people in China have been jailed for up to five years each for involvement in illegal kidney transplants, state media report...

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  Ferry blaze off Jakarta kills 23

  Reuters | Updated at 03:04pm on January 01, 2017

  Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of...

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  World celebrations ring in New Year

  BBC | Updated at 07:40am on January 01, 2017

  Celebrations are under way as people around the world ring in the New Year...

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  China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017

  Associated Press | Updated at 08:30am on December 31, 2016

  China says it plans to shut down its ivory trade by the end of 2017 in a move designed to curb the mass slaughter of...

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  Quake hits eastern Indonesia, no reports of damage

  Reuters | Updated at 09:35am on December 30, 2016

  An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck on Friday off the island of Sumbawa in eastern Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There...

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  Youths among dead as Philippine gunmen kill seven in 'drugs den'

  Reuters | Updated at 02:27pm on December 29, 2016

  Three minors were among seven people shot dead by suspected vigilantes in the Philippines at a house storing illegal narcotics, police...

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  Five killed in govt building attack in China's restive Xinjiang

  Reuters | Updated at 11:54am on December 29, 2016

  Attackers drove a vehicle into a government building in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang, setting off an explosive device and using...