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XML Asia NewsPopulists Gain Seats in Election in Hong Kongpublished about 6 hours ago
Chinese national pride after the Olympics and growing distress over inflation combined to produce a leftward shift in Hong Kong legislative elections on Sunday.
Suicide Bombers Kill 2 at Afghan Police Stationpublished about 8 hours ago
Coming three months after a jailbreak staged by the Taliban helped some 900 prisoners escape, the bombings were another propaganda coup for the insurgents.
Hong Kong Democrats Retain Veto Bloc in Legislative Electionspublished about 9 hours ago
Pro-democracy parties have lost less ground than expected to pro-establishment parties backed by Beijing
Divergent Accounts of Afghan Strike Heighten Tensionspublished about 12 hours ago
Afghan villagers say 90 civilians were killed in an American airstrike on Aug. 22, while the U.S. military accuses them of spreading Taliban propaganda.
Mindanao in Worst Conflict Since 2003published about 18 hours ago
International Committee of the Red Cross says the intensity of the armed conflict forced more than 130,000 people to flee their homes
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Popular Asia News» Populists Gain Seats in Election in Hong Kong» Suicide Bombers Kill 2 at Afghan Police Station» Hong Kong Democrats Retain Veto Bloc in Legislative Elections» Divergent Accounts of Afghan Strike Heighten Tensions» Mindanao in Worst Conflict Since 2003» Twin Blasts Hit Police HQ in Kandahar» Pakistan Suicide Bombing Kills More Than 30» Suicide Bomber Kills 6» India Rushes Medical Help to Flood Victims in Country's East» China Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Nuclear Standoff |