Initial reports indicate no enemy activity around the crash Tuesday
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Freak Snowfall Hits Vietnam
First Cairo, now this?
South Korean Official: The North is Preparing for Another Nuclear Test
Move could be a bid to draw attention away from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s party purge
Vietnamese Court Sentences Shipping Executives to Death for Embezzlement
Hanoi makes examples of executives in bid to stem growing resentment of high-level corruption
Six People Arrested After Clash in China’s Xinjiang Region Kills 16
Chinese says those held are responsible for a “terrorist attack”
India’s Opposition BJP Calls Homosexuality Unnatural
Declaration seen as further setback for LGBT rights
More Than 20 Dead in Manila After Bus Plunges Off Highway
Vehicle falls from elevated road onto a van below
Karzai Refuses to Budge on Security Pact
Afghan President Hamid Karzai vented his frustration over continuing civilian casualties and home raids during NATO operations on Saturday, reiterating that he will not sign a key security agreement with the United States until …
Dennis Rodman Returns to N. Korea to Train Basketball Team
Has also organized exhibition game with former pro players
Kim Jong Un’s Brutal North Korea: Where No Uncle Is Safe
The reported execution of Kim Jong Un’s uncle, Jang Song Thaek, on grounds of treason, dispels any fleeting hopes that the young despot could be a reformer
Philippines Typhoon Death Toll Passes 6,000
About 1,800 still missing after Typhoon Haiyan
Execution Ignites Violent Protests in Bangladesh
Islamist leader hanged for war crimes
One Map Shows You Why Pollution in China is So Awful
Here’s how many coal-powered plants there are