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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Amid installing suspense in Malaysia, former leader Najib Razak is anticipated to offer a declaration to an anti-graft agency on Tuesday explaining what he knew about $10.6 million transferred into his checking account from a system of a state fund he established.
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China has begun large-scale mining operations in Tibet's Lhunze county, a report said.

Beijing:  China today defended its large-scale mining operations in a mineral-rich Tibetan county adjacent to the border with Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the area belongs to it and Beijing enjoys full sovereignty to conduct such
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Los Angeles, United States:  Authorities in Hawaii have warned of dangerous "laze" fumes as molten lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano reached the Pacific Ocean.

Two lava flows "reached the ocean along the southeast Puna coast overnight," on Hawaii's Big Island, the US Geological Survey, which monitors volcanoes and

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This would grant residency visas of up to 10 years to investors and specialists in various fields

Dubai:  The United Arab Emirates cabinet approved steps on Sunday that would allow for 100 per cent ownership of UAE-based businesses by foreign investors by year-end, the state news agency WAM said.

The decision is part of a

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Aziz Sheikh said Sabika's case should become an example to change the gun laws. (Reuters)

ISLAMABAD:  The father of a Pakistani girl killed in a Texas school shooting said on Monday he hoped that the death of his daughter, who wanted to serve her country as a civil servant or diplomat, would help spur gun control in the
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In 2012, Kuriki spent two days in a snow hole at 27,000 feet on Everest at below minus 20 Celsius

KATHMANDU:  A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said, the second person to die on the world's highest
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