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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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  Pakistan mosque bombs kill 13: officials

  17 May 2013 : Twin bomb attacks on Friday killed at least 13 people outside mosques in northwest Pakistan, where the party of cricket star Imran Khan is forming a coalition government, officials said.

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  Anderson bowls England back into first Test

  17 May 2013 : James Anderson took his 300th Test wicket and then ended a bold counter-attack by New Zealand's Ross Taylor as England fought back in the first Test at Lord's.

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  Myanmar leader frees dissidents ahead of US visit

  17 May 2013 : Myanmar released about 20 political prisoners on Friday, a top official said, hours before its reform-minded leader was due to leave on a landmark visit to the United States to meet President Barack Obama.

• Japan nationalists expel bigot

  17 May 2013 : TOKYO — An emerging nationalist Japanese political party whose co-leader stirred outrafe with remarks about wartime and modern sexual services has expelled a lawmaker for accusing ethnic Koreans of involvement in prostitution.

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  At Cannes, shock movie tests China's boundaries

  17 May 2013 : Disgusted by corrupt local leaders, an angry miner picks up a shotgun. A migrant worker returning home looks to armed robbery to escape a life of relentless bleakness. A pretty receptionist at a sauna is driven to the limit when a gangster tries to rape her. And a young man drifts nightmarishly from job to job to try to make ends meet.

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  Aide to Japanese PM returns from North Korea

  17 May 2013 : An aide to the Japanese premier returned home from a controversial trip to North Korea on Saturday, reportedly saying he had demanded Pyongyang's act swiftly on its kidnapping of Japanese nationals.

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  Chinese ships in disputed-islands waters: Japan

  17 May 2013 : Three Chinese government ships entered the waters of disputed islands on Friday, Japan's coastguard said, more than a year after the then-Tokyo governor set off the row by announcing plans to buy them.

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  Philippine 'massacre clan' enjoys election wins

  17 May 2013 : A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served.

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  Bangladesh garment hub reopens after unrest

  17 May 2013 : Hundreds of garment factories in a Bangladesh manufacturing hub reopened Friday, days after they were closed down due to unrest sparked by the country's worst industrial tragedy, employers said.

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  Ai Weiwei creates giant map of China from baby formula

  17 May 2013 : A map of China made from more than 1,800 cans of baby formula created by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei went on show in Hong Kong Friday, reflecting the controversy over mainland demand for milk powder.

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