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BEIJING (Reuters) – China strongly opposes the United States saying Arunachal Pradesh is part of India, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, as tensions simmer over a contested border shared by both countries. “Delimitation of China-India boundary has never been completed,” said Lin Jian at a regular press briefing when addressing …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s top court on Thursday put on hold a new government-appointed unit created to fact-check online content about the government, a month before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term in general elections. The unit was created as part of changes made to the country’s IT rules in April last …

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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s ambassador to Australia said on Thursday he was willing to be questioned by the anti-corruption agency over allegations he tried to manipulate a probe into the death of a marine last year when he was defence minister. Lee Jong-sup, who was recently appointed to head the embassy …

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By Aditya Kalra, David Lawder and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – India reversed a laptop licensing policy after behind-the-scenes lobbying by U.S. officials, who however remain concerned about New Delhi’s compliance with WTO obligations and new rules it may issue, according to U.S. trade officials and government emails seen by Reuters. In August, India …

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By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s legislature on Thursday appointed Vice-President Vo Thi Anh Xuan as acting head of state, after President Vo Van Thuong became the latest top official to fall amid an intensified corruption crackdown by the ruling Communist Party. Thuong, 53, was removed from the powerful Politburo for unspecified violations of party …

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(This March 20 story has been corrected to show Sharif’s party, not the coalition, won fewer seats than Khan-backed candidates in paragraph 3) By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. diplomat urged Pakistan on Wednesday to investigate reported irregularities with last month’s general election and re-run the vote in affected constituencies if it found …

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By Kate Lamb and Fransiska Nangoy JAKARTA (Reuters) -The legal team of Indonesian losing presidential candidate Anies Baswedan called on the Constitutional Court on Thursday to order an election re-run that excludes President Joko Widodo’s son, alleging his last-minute inclusion for the vice president’s post unfairly swayed the vote. The call came just hours after …

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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s once-staid political scene has erupted into turmoil with the forced resignation of a second president in just over a year amid constant political intrigue. The political upheaval is making foreign investors nervous in a country where they have committed hundreds of billions of dollars, mostly in factories that export to America …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Tibet is luring investors from elsewhere in China with a promise to let their children take university entrance exams there in return for an investment of at least $400,000, an unusual move to exploit what is considered an easier scoring system. With a population that is 90% ethnic Tibetan, the region has …

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