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Indonesians have been voting in parliamentary elections, which are being fiercely contested by dozens of parties.

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North Korea’s parliament re-elects leader Kim Jong-il as head of the military, the nation’s most powerful position.

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A small cargo plane crashes in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, killing all four people on board, police say.

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Protesters in Thailand surround the home of an influential royal adviser, accusing him of engineering an army coup.

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China sentences two men to death for starting deadly fires during last year’s anti-government riots in Tibet.

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Thousands of North Koreans rally in Pyongyang to celebrate what the state media say was a successful satellite launch.

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A Chinese academic says he was beaten at the grave of Zhao Zhiyang, deposed during the Tiananmen protests.

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A Russian capsule carrying a US space tourist and two professional astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan, Russian officials say.

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Malaysia’s ruling Umno party, led by new Prime Minister Najib Razak, loses two out of three by-elections across the country.

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A pet dog washed overboard and believed drowned is found four months later - as a castaway on a remote island.

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