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Jun 20, 2016

Children's charity says their education is mostly overlooked in wake of disasters

From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Myanmar, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to class, yet education is often overlooked in humanitarian responses, a charity said.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 19, 2016

U.S. sails carriers near South China Sea in bid to reassure Asian allies

By Jesse Johnson

In a massive show of strength that analysts said was meant to reassure nervous allies in the Asia-Pacific region, the U.S. Navy deployed two aircraft carrier strike groups for an exercise in the Philippine Sea on Saturday.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Society

Jun 19, 2016

As Myanmar emerges from junta's shadow, war veterans are being left behind

By Timothy Mclaughlin

Disabled and collecting fees to use a public toilet in a busy Yangon market was not how Kyaw Kyaw Oo imagined the life of a soldier when he lied about his age to join the Myanmar army at 16.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 18, 2016

Head of model democratic village is arrested for graft in China; riot police are deployed

Authorities in southern China have detained the chief of a village that was once hailed as a model for grass-roots democracy, accusing him of accepting bribes, while deploying hundreds of riot police to stave off potential trouble.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 16, 2016

U.S. Navy sends fighter jets to Philippines for training, patrol support amid rising maritime tensions

By Jesse Johnson

A detachment of four U.S. E/A-18G Growler aircraft and about 120 personnel have arrived in the Philippines to help train that country's forces — and patrol its airspace and seas — amid Manila's territorial dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said in a statement...

ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health

Jun 16, 2016

Indian space agency challenges Musk, Bezos with 22-satellite launch

India's space agency will launch a record 22 satellites on a single rocket as it tries to ease a global backlog and demonstrate the ability to compete with commercial spaceflight companies run by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2016

North Korea may have as many as 21 nuclear bombs, think tank says

By Jesse Johnson

North Korea appears to have ramped up its nuclear weapons production over the past 18 months in defiance of strict United Nations sanctions and could possess as many as 21 atomic bombs, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2016

San Diego-based 3rd Fleet to boost East Asia presence amid rising tensions with China

The U.S. Navy's 3rd Fleet will send more ships to East Asia to operate outside its normal theater alongside the Japan-based 7th Fleet, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a move that comes at a time of heightened tensions with China.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2016

Chinese-ASEAN meeting on South China Sea ends in confusion

By David Roman and David Tweed

A meeting between Chinese and ASEAN ministers over the South China Sea has ended in confusion after Malaysia released and then retracted a joint statement that expressed "serious concerns" over developments in the disputed waterway.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2016

U.S. institute warns Pyongyang may be 'significantly' upping nuclear bomb output

North Korea may be significantly expanding its nuclear weapons production and could have added six or more weapons to its stockpile in the last 18 months, a U.S. research institute said on Tuesday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 14, 2016

Filipino nationalists say China thwarts flag stunt on Scarborough Shoal

Chinese coast guard vessels prevented a Philippine nationalist group from planting a Filipino flag on a rocky South China Sea outcrop, the group said Monday, the latest territorial standoff between the two countries.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 13, 2016

China condemns protection of corrupt officials in name of human rights

The top anti-graft body in China, which is pushing for the extradition of corruption suspects who have fled abroad, condemned "some people" who protect corrupt officials in the name of human rights but did not name the targets of its ire.

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