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Security tight as Haitians vote in landmark elections

Assad's priority to defeat 'terrorism' before elections: Russian lawmaker

Singapore urges ASEAN to act on haze

China communist party paper says country should join U.S.-led trade pact

Pope criticises 'closed hearts' at bishops' gathering

First bodies removed from deadly French bus crash

Mexico begins clean up after monster hurricane

Europe split on migrant crisis on eve of Brussels talks

Russia says wants Syria elections, ready to help Free Syrian Army

Malaysia aims to boost Islamic finance with new initiatives in budget

Vietnam beauty fined $1,000 for competing abroad without permission

Actress Maureen O'Hara dies at 95

Life floats at Hanoi river slum

Man fatally stabbed by young woman after traffic collision in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City may make sidewalks narrower in bid to reduce traffic jams

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First-ever Indigenous World Games open in Brazil

S.African association backs Tokyo Sexwale for FIFA presidency

Caves in Ha Long Bay tainted by graffiti vandals

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