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  Japanese eye Thai train contracts

  23 May 2013 : Japanese investors are said to be keen on investing in Thailand's high-speed train project, one of the flagship schemes under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government.

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  Myanmar's 'goldrush' luring foreigners in droves

  23 May 2013 : From seasoned investors to recent graduates armed with little more than hastily-made business cards and dreams of striking it rich, foreigners are pouring into Myanmar to stake a claim as it opens up.

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  Japan's Ishida knocked-out in WBA title fight

  31 Mar 2013 : Japan's Nobuhiro Ishida was knocked out in the third round of his WBA middleweight title fight against Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan on Saturday.

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  Trial begins in India gang-rape of Swiss cyclist

  31 Mar 2013 : The trial of six men accused in the shocking gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss cyclist holidaying in India began on Saturday, police said.

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  Karzai meets Qatar emir during visit on Taliban office

  31 Mar 2013 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks Sunday with the emir of Qatar during a visit to discuss opening a Taliban office in the Gulf state, in preparation for a possible peace deal with the militants.

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  Animal Kingdom rules in Dubai World Cup

  31 Mar 2013 : Animal Kingdom galloped to a resounding victory in the $10 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday, in the process becoming the ninth American-trained winner in the 18-year history of the world's richest race.

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  Japan seeks Mongolia support in China island row

  30 Mar 2013 : Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought support from Mongolia on Saturday in Tokyo's territorial row with Beijing over disputed East China Sea islands, during a visit to the country.

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  Taiwan president's confidant detained on graft claims

  30 Mar 2013 : A Taiwanese politician known for her close ties with the president has been taken into custody on suspected corruption, a court said on Saturday, in the latest graft scandal to hit the island.

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  Myanmar unrest death toll reaches 43: state media

  30 Mar 2013 : The death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 43 with more than 1,300 homes and other buildings destroyed, state media reported on Saturday.

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  US hands over Afghan district after 'abuse' row

  30 Mar 2013 : The US military pulled out of a strategic district in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday as part of a deal with President Hamid Karzai, who alleged that soldiers had mistreated locals.

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  North Korea in a 'state of war'

  30 Mar 2013 : SEOUL - North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a border factory complex, the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.

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  One body found in Tibet slide

  30 Mar 2013 : BEIJING — Rescuers digging for victims of a massive landslide at a gold mining site in mountainous Tibet found one body on Saturday, a day after 83 workers were buried in the disaster. The fate of the other victims was unknown.

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