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Cambodian genocide defendant ruled unfit for trial

November 17, 2011

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's U.N.-backed tribunal on Thursday ruled a former senior Khmer Rouge leader unfit to stand trial for genocide and other crimes because she has Al

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Military-dominated Myanmar to chair ASEAN in 2014

November 17, 2011
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    Obama heads to Bali for East Asian summit

    November 17, 2011
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    A look at the top issues at Southeast Asia meeting

    November 17, 2011

    BALI, Indonesia (AP) — President Barack Obama and leaders from the East Asian region gather in Bali beginning Thursday for a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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    Suu Kyi party likely to register for Myanmar polls

    November 17, 2011

    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party is likely to register a legal body so it can take part in elections, a party spokesman said Thursday, after Myanmar's m

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    Foreign adoptions by Americans plunge again

    November 16, 2011

    NEW YORK (AP) — The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 15 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1994 due largely to sharp cutbacks by China and Ethi

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