Asia-Pacfic

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Rescue workers in the Philippines are searching for dozens of people feared killed by a powerful earthquake that triggered landslides and toppled buildings on the heavily populated islands of Negros and Cebu.

Read more: Dozens feared dead in Philippines quake

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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake off the central Philippine island of Negros has killed at least six people, including two children, and dozens missing.

Read more: Deadly earthquake hits Philippine island

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Myanmar's election commission has given Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate, the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections.

Read more: Suu Kyi given go-ahead to run in by-election

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A day after rescuing nearly 250 survivors from a capsized ferry, crews searching for more than 110 other people have come up empty off Papua New Guinea's eastern coast.

Read more: Search continues for Papua New Guinea missing

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The remains of a top leader of the regional Jemaah Islamiyah group have not been found, the Philippine military said, a day after announcing that he had been killed in a US-backed airstrike.

Read more: Philippines unsure if top rebel leader dead

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A former Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of about 15,000 people will spend the rest of his life in jail, Cambodia's UN-backed court has ruled in a final appeal verdict.

Read more: Khmer Rouge chief jailer given life sentence

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The Chinese premier has told Angela Merkel, the visiting German chancellor, that his country has confidence in the euro and is considering greater involvement in resolving the eurozone debt crisis.

Read more: China weighs more involvement in EU bailout

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Philippine security forces have killed three of the country’s most wanted men after launching air raids on the suspected fighters' stronghold in the southern Jolo island, military officers say.

Read more: Philippines' most wanted men 'killed in raid'

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Rescuers have plucked more than 230 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.

Read more: Scores missing in Papua New Guinea sinking

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The UN's nuclear watchdog has given its seal of approval to Japan's reactor safety checks, but said power companies should step up plans for managing disasters in the wake of the Fukushima meltdowns.

Read more: IAEA approves Japan nuclear 'stress tests'