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Maldives opposition seeks foreign help for transition
Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 12:51am on September 28, 2018
The Maldivian opposition appealed to the international community Thursday to help ensure a peaceful transition of power amid fears that strongman Abdulla Yameen may cling...
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Adultery no longer criminal offence: India top court
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:40pm on September 27, 2018
The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the adultery law as unconstitutional and arbitrary, reports Hindustantimes. A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court unanimously...
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Yameen resists freeing Maldives political prisoners: opposition
Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 12:50am on September 27, 2018
Outgoing Maldivian strongman Abdulla Yameen is delaying freeing high-profile political prisoners despite calls by his successor for their release, the opposition said Wednesday....
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India's top court upholds national identity project but curbs use
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:05am on September 27, 2018
India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of a massive biometric identity system, but flagged privacy concerns and curbed a government push to make...
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Hundreds protest in Delhi against deaths of sewer cleaners
Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 02:52am on September 26, 2018
The relatives of thousands of Indians who died cleaning sewers protested in the capital on Tuesday, aiming to stop the practice of workers entering underground...
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Maldives destroys British statues deemed offensive to Islam
Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 01:30am on September 26, 2018
Police armed with pickaxes and power tools have destroyed a modern artwork by a celebrated British sculptor in the Maldives, after the outgoing president in...
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South Asian Youth Summit starts in Colombo on Nov 28
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:38am on September 25, 2018
The second South Asian Youth Summit - 2018 would begin from November 28 in Sri Lankan capital Colombo....
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UN has no right to interfere: Myanmar army chief
Reuters . Yangon | Updated at 12:05am on September 25, 2018
Myanmar’s army chief on Monday warned against foreign interference as world leaders gather at the United Nations to find ways to hold the country’s powerful...
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Canada declares Myanmar treatment of Rohingya to be genocide
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:54am on September 23, 2018
Canada’s Parliament has unanimously adopted a motion declaring crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be genocide....
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Indian police arrest bishop accused of raping nun in Kerala
Reuters . Kochi, India | Updated at 11:19pm on September 21, 2018
Police in the south Indian state of Kerala on Friday arrested a Roman Catholic bishop accused of raping a nun, a day after the Vatican...