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Kim Jong Nam murder suspect asks her parents to pray for her
International 07/13/2017A suspect in the poisoning death of the North Korean leader's half brother wrote to her parents from jail, asking them to pray for her but saying "don't think about me too much."Siti Aisyah, an Indonesian mother who worked in Malaysia, appeared in co...
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Philippine lawmakers ask top court to nullify martial law
International 07/09/2017Philippine opposition lawmakers petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to review and nullify President Rodrigo Duterte's imposition of martial law in the southern third of the country.The petition filed by six House lawmakers led by Rep. Edcel Lagman...
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Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
International 01/23/2017A court in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for an ethnic Uzbek journalist in a case that has drawn international criticism. Azimzhan Askarov was convicted in 2010 for stirring up ethnic hatred, a charge related to ethnic unrest in the so...