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China Daily | Updated: 2014-07-19 06:48

Thailand

Yingluck: I will fight charges

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she will fight charges related to her ousted government's rice subsidy program, vowing to return to Thailand after her trip overseas. Media said she will travel to France to celebrate the 65th birthday of her brother Thaksin Shinawatra.

Iraq

UN: Civilians deaths top 5,500

At least 5,576 Iraqi civilians have been killed this year in violence, the United Nations said on Friday in the most detailed account yet of the impact of months of unrest culminating in an assault by Sunni militants through the north of the country. At least 11,665 have been wounded since January, the UN said in a report.

Japan

Child poverty hits record high

Japan's child poverty rate has hit a record high, according to a government survey, prompting criticism that Tokyo isn't doing enough to fix the problem. The welfare ministry report showed the child poverty rate rose to 16.3 percent in 2012, the worst result since the survey started nearly three decades ago. The rate measures the percentage of children living in households with an annual net income below the poverty line - $12,000 per person.

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