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Australia shock at asylum tragedy

In this handout photograph released by Pikiran Rakyat, an unidentified survivor carrying a child is escorted at a marine police station on the coast of Pangandaran town in Indonesia's West Java province on November 1

Australians are shocked after a boat filled with asylum seekers capsizes on its way from Indonesia, and at least eight people die.

  • 2 November 2011
  • From the section Asia

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Xenon detected at Fukushima plant

Radioactive xenon is detected at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, sparking fears that there could be a problem with one of the reactors.

  • 2 November 2011
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Chinese authorities send 6,000 schoolchildren home a day after two trucks exploded, damaging buildings and killing eight people, state media says.

  • 2 November 2011
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  • 2 November 2011
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  • 2 November 2011
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