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[2015-11-12 07:50]

Three Turkish policemen were killed after Kurdish insurgents opened fire on a police car in the southeast near the border with Iraq, officials said, the latest in a string of clashes in the mainly Kurdish region.

Rising food costs await villagers

[2015-11-11 07:50]

India's villages face a sharp increase in food prices next year. A second year of drought is driving up the cost of ingredients such as sugar and milk, and poor transportation infrastructure is preventing falling global prices from reaching rural areas.

Chinese buyer pays no trifling sum for truffle

[2015-11-11 07:50]

The 16th World White Truffle of Alba Auction in Grinzane Cavour, northern Italy, over the weekend was a head-to-head contest between Italy and China.

Opposition set to take control of government

[2015-11-11 07:50]

Fresh results from Myanmar's election on Tuesday showed the opposition taking control of most regional assemblies as well as forming the next government, handing Aung San Suu Kyi sweeping powers and reshaping the political landscape.

Trafficking trial verdicts years away

[2015-11-11 07:50]

A Thai court's examination of 500 witnesses in a case against 88 suspected human traffickers will take as long as two years, a court official said on Tuesday.

UN envoy's remark angers Japanese govt

[2015-11-11 07:50]

The Japanese government is demanding that a UN envoy must retract remarks that 13 percent of schoolgirls in Japan are involved in forms of paid dating that can involve sex.

Migrants wounded in riots at detention facility

[2015-11-11 07:50]

Australian authorities have regained control of a controversial immigration detention center, officials said on Tuesday.

S. Korea, Japan to discuss 'comfort women'

[2015-11-11 07:50]

Japan and South Korea will hold talks on Wednesday centering on the "comfort women" issue that has been a major contributor to soured ties between the two nations.

Russian PM sees possible 'terror' link

[2015-11-11 07:50]

Moscow acknowledged for the first time on Monday that a terrorist attack could have caused last month's Russian plane crash in Egypt, as thousands more tourists were evacuated from the country.

UN: Violence could escalate to atrocities

[2015-11-11 07:50]

Violence in Burundi is in danger of escalating to mass atrocity crimes, the United Nations warned on Monday, but the tiny African state said it was "not in flames" and would work to allay fears of an impending genocide.

Nation loses young to 'adventure'

[2015-11-11 07:50]

Once bustling with sinewy young men like any other farming village in Mali, Kodjan is starting to look distinctly gray.

Heads of university leave over race tension

[2015-11-11 07:50]

The president of the University of Missouri system and the head of its flagship campus resigned on Monday after the football team and others on campus openly revolted over what they saw as indifference to racial tensions at the school.

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