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Parents of children who got sick or died after consuming tainted milk products protesting outside a court in Hebei Province.
By EDWARD WONG
Yi Yongsheng and Jiao Hongfang are the first to receive compensation for the death of a child in China's melamine scandal. They accepted more than $29,200 from Sanlu Group.
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
For Japan, the crowning of Hiromu Nonaka as its top leader could have been as significant as America's election of its first black president. But it didn't happen.
By SETH MYDANS
In the past month, the Thai authorities have detained as many as 1,000 boat people from Bangladesh and Myanmar and sent them back out to sea in boats without engines, human rights groups and local researchers say. At least 300 people are reported to be missing at sea.
By MARK MCDONALD
The assets of two Burmese businessmen and their companies were frozen as Human Rights Watch assailed the regime's "already dismal human rights record."
By MARK MCDONALD
An increasing number of Communist Party officials, government prosecutors say, have pillaged state funds, to try their luck at casinos in Macao.
By SALMAN MASOOD
Announcing the arrests, Rehman Malik said Pakistan had formed a high-level committee to examine information on the attacks provided by India.
By JON GORVETT
Hundreds of poor farmers have sought better jobs in Thailand, only to end up as working at gunpoint on Thai fishing boats.
By EDWARD WONG
A legal advocate who was arrested after applying to hold a legal protest in Beijing during the Olympics in August has been sentenced to three years in prison.
By ABDULA WAHEED WAFA
The senior commander who was killed, General Fazel Ahmad Sayar, was head of the 207th Corps and one of four regional commanders in the Afghan army, responsible for the western zone of the country.
LETTER FROM INDIA
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
"Slumdog Millionaire" may be the first world-traveling film about India in a generation to discard the old, smudged lenses for seeing this country.
By CARLOS H. CONDE
The abductors of the three workers are believed to be members of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, officials said.
By ANDREW JACOBS
The number of Internet users in China has reached 298 million, nearly equal to the population of the United States, according to official figures.
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Calling it the "best job in the world," Australian tourism officials say they are seeking someone to spend six months relaxing on Hamilton Island while promoting the destination on a blog.
By DEXTER FILKINS
Despite threats and a brutal acid attack on several students and teachers two months ago, the Mirwais School for Girls is thriving.
LETTER FROM CHINA
By DUNE LAWRENCE / Bloomberg News
Activists groups and nongovernmental organizations have great potential to be useful to the Chinese government, but also make them accountable to the law.
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- North Korea maintains its tough stance
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- U.S. and China mark 30 years of diplomatic ties
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Pakistan in effort to encourage cooperation with India.
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More than 150 people, including at least 22 foreigners, were confirmed killed in the attacks across the city.
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