Vietnam and Indonesia hit by floods and landslides
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At least 21 people have been killed in floods and a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Indonesia.
Australia's leadership debate outlines policies
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have both laid out their cases for why voters should elect them to run the country.
Nineteen killed, including Australian at German music festival
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At least 19 people, including one Australian, have been crushed to death in Germany at one of Europe's biggest outdoor music festivals, the Love Parade.
Six Chinese nationals charged in Philippines with mineral theft
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Six Chinese nationals have been charged in the Philippines for theft of minerals after they were arrested for illegally mining black sand along the country's northern coastline.
Four pregnant pandas in China to be released in wild
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Four pregnant pandas that were bred in captivity have been released into a forest in southwest China to prepare their cubs for life in the wild.
Australia's conservative opposition calls for cuts to migration
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Australia's Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott has defended the Liberal Party's plan to cut Australia's migration levels if it wins the upcoming federal election on August 21.
US and South Korea begin military exercise
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The United States and South Korea have begun a major military exercise off the Korean peninsula, in a move which has sparked warnings of nuclear retaliation from Pyongyang.
At least 18 crushed to death in a stampede in Germany
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German Police are investigating how mass panic in a tunnel at a music festival, killed 18 people and injured more than 100.
China warns of more rain in flood-hit areas
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Chinese weather authorities are warning of more rain in some of the areas worst hit by floods that have so far left at least 11-hundred people dead or missing.
Australia's conservative opposition to cut migration if it wins govern
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Australia's Deputy Opposition leader Julie Bishop has defended the Liberal Party's plan to cut Australia's migration levels if it wins the upcoming federal election on August 21.
Moderate quakes hit Tonga, Samoa and Taiwan
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A six magnitude quake has hit off the Pacific island nations of Tonga and Samoa but there was no tsunami alert.
The US and South Korea begin military drills in the Sea of Japan.
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The United States and South Korea have begun a major naval exercise in the Sea of Japan.
Thousands evacuated in China as wild weather continues
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More than 100-thousand people have been moved from their homes in China, as heavy rain continues to soak large areas of the country, swelling rivers and reservoirs.
At least 15 killed in a stampede at a music festival in Germany.
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At least 15 people have been killed in a stampede at a techno music festival in Germany.
five American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.
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U-S officials say five American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.
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