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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial. Bhutto, the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) now run by his grandson and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, …

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By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police on Wednesday called in for questioning officials from a doctors’ association over accusations they had broken medical law, as authorities kept up pressure for trainee doctors to end a two-week walkout and return to hospitals. Joo Soo-ho, a spokesperson for the emergency committee of the Korean Medical …

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MANILA (Reuters) – Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, mother of the incumbent president and widow of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, is in better condition in hospital, her daughter, Senator Imee Marcos, said on Wednesday. The 94-year-old, renowned for amassing more than a thousand pairs of shoes and a vast collection of jewels during …

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By Melanie Burton and Renju Jose MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia and Southeast Asian nations ended a three day summit on Wednesday calling for restraint in the contested South China Sea and a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Australia hosted a summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Melbourne to mark the 50th …

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By Ed Davies and Hyonhee Shin (Reuters) – Thousands of trainee doctors in South Korea have walked off the job in the past two weeks to protest a government plan to admit more students into medical schools, as both sides in the dispute argue over what is needed to fix the healthcare system. Authorities say …

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MANILA (Reuters) – A recent collision of Philippine and Chinese vessels in the South China Sea is not the time or reason to invoke a Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday. But the continuing dangerous manoeuvres and actions against the Philippine coastguard is viewed with great …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu’s fisheries law after being inspected by local police who were on board the first U.S. Coast Guard boat to patrol the waters of the Pacific Islands nation, Vanuatu police and officials said. The infringements included failing to record the fish …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – All countries should refrain from unilateral actions in the South China Sea that endanger the disputed area’s peace, security and stability, Australia and ASEAN said in a joint statement at the conclusion of a three-day summit on Wednesday. (Reporting by Lewis Jackson; Editing by Alasdair Pal)