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Amnesty condemns Indonesia police killings ahead of gamesAmnesty International says Indonesian police fatally shot dozens of petty criminals in a deliberate campaign of "unnecessary and excessive" force ahead of the Asian Games
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Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, center, and Naran Singh, right, lawyers for Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong speak during a press conference after court hearing at Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. Huong and Indonesia's Siti Aisyah, two Southeast Asian women on trial for the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader's half brother were told to begin their defense Thursday, extending the trial for several more months. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Ong)
Judge finds conspiracy to kill Kim with VX, women to testifyA Malaysian judge found evidence two women participated in a "well-planned conspiracy" to kill the North Korean leader's half brother and called on them to present their defense, extending their murder trial into next year
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FILE - In this May 14, 2004 file photo, outgoing Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee attends a meeting with members of his Bharatiya Janata Party at the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi, India. Former prime minister Vajpayee, who pursued both nuclear weapons and peace talks with Pakistan, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at age 93. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)
India's Vajpayee, who set off nuke race and peace, has diedFormer Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who set off a nuclear arms race with rival Pakistan but later reached across the border to begin a groundbreaking peace process, dies at 93
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A Boeing passenger plane from China, a Xiamen Air, sits on the grassy portion of the runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after it skidded off the runway while landing Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines. All the passengers and crew of Xiamen Air Flight 8667 were safe and were taken to an airport terminal, where they were given blankets and food before being taken to a hotel. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Chinese plane skids off Manila runway in downpour; all safeA plane from China has skidded off a runway at Manila's airport while landing in a downpour and its 157 passengers and eight crew members have been evacuated safely by emergency slides
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Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, left, is escorted by police as she arrives for a court hearing at Shah Alam High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. Malaysian court will rule on Thursday whether the two women, Doan and Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah, will be acquitted or call their defense, for the brazen assassination of North Korea leader's half brother, Kim Jong Nam. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)
The Latest: Indonesian to testify when murder trial resumesIndonesian defendant Siti Aisyah will be the first witness to testify when murder trial in the killing of Kim Jong Nam resumes in November
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Chinese vice governor, mayor fired over vaccine scandalChinese deputy governor, mayor fired over vaccine scandal that triggered public outcry
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In this Aug. 5, 2018, photo, a security guard chats with his mobile phone at a building that houses the headquarters of Sinarmas Group, one of Indonesia's largest palm oil company, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The main global group for certifying sustainable wood has suspended plans to give its influential endorsement to Indonesian paper giant Sinarmas after revelations it cut down tropical forests and used an opaque corporate structure to hide its activities. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Forests group halts plan to endorse Indonesian paper giantForests group halts plan to restore endorsement for Indonesian paper giant
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Pakistan's ruling party suspends lawmaker for assaultPakistan's ruling party of Imran Khan suspends newly elected lawmaker over video of him beating up a citizen
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Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in Wednesday's deadly suicide bombing that targeted a training class in a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha, in western Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. The Afghan authorities have revised the death toll from the previous day's horrific suicide bombing in a Shiite area of Kabul to 34 killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Afghan IS branch claims deadly attack on Shiites in KabulAs Kabul Shiites mourn their dead, hold funeral services, IS claims horrific suicide bombing that killed 34 students
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Myanmar panel probing Rohingya crisis pledges independenceMembers of a commission established by Myanmar's government to investigate human rights violations in western Rakhine state, where 700,000 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority fled brutal army operations, have pledged to be impartial
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Security personnel arrived at the site of a deadly suicide bombing that targeted a training class in a private building in the Shiite neighbourhood of Dasht-i Barcha, in western Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Both the resurgent Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan have targeted Shiites in the past, considering them to be heretics. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
The Latest: Amnesty: Kabul attack on Shiites is 'war crime'The Latest: Amnesty International says attack on Shiite students in Kabul is a 'war crime'
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Chinese deputy provincial governors, mayor fired over vaccine scandal that triggered public outcryChinese deputy provincial governors, mayor fired over vaccine scandal that triggered public outcry
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FILE - In this April 2, 2018, fie photo, a commuters walks past an advertisement discouraging the dissemination of fake news, at a train station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia's new government on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, repealed a widely criticized law prohibiting "fake news," in a move hailed as a landmark moment for human rights by a group of Southeast Asian lawmakers. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
New Malaysian government repeals law banning 'fake news'Malaysia's new government has repealed a widely criticized law prohibiting "fake news," in a move hailed as a landmark moment for human rights by a group of Southeast Asian lawmakers
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Former Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee, who pursued both nuclear weapons and peace talks with Pakistan, dies at age 93Former Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee, who pursued both nuclear weapons and peace talks with Pakistan, dies at age 93
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A man browses his smartphone in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. Asian shares are falling as investors fret over slowing economic growth, especially in China. Technology stocks and oil and metals prices skidded overnight on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
European stock markets pick up after losses in AsiaStock markets are higher in European trading after Turkey's currency crisis abated somewhat and a downbeat day in Asia
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AP Online National NewsDave Dave, whose father set him on fire in 1983, dies at 42FILE - In this Sept. 20, 1996 file photo, David Rothenberg clowns around with country singer Kelli Lidell, as he directs her music video in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Rothenberg, known as Dave Dave, who was badly scarred at the age of 6 when his father tried to burn him to death, has died. He was 42. Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg says Dave died on July 15, 2018, at a Las Vegas hospital. The cause of death is under investigation. Dave was a respected Las Vegas artist and a close friend of Michael Jackson. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield, File)
AP Online National NewsVital US reservoir OK for now, but shortages are loomingFILE - In this May 18, 2015, file photo, water intake pipes that were once underwater sit above the water line along Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev. U.S. government water managers said Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, that Lake Mead will be able to meet the demands of Mexico and Southwestern U.S. states for the next 13 months, but a looming shortage could trigger cutbacks in late 2019. Lake Mead is on the Colorado River, which serves 40 million people and 6,300 square miles of farmland in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming as well as Mexico. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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