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BEIJING (AFP) - Eight students were killed and 26 others injured in a stampede down a narrow stairway at a middle school in central China, state media reported on Tuesday. Full Story »

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A Thai man was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for spying on fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during the tycoon's visit to Cambodia. Full Story »

SHARIFF AGUAK, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine bomber planes staged a show of force Tuesday over a southern province placed under martial law, as helicopters dropped leaflets urging a warlord's militia to surrender. Full Story »

JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia will deploy thousands of police to an anti-graft protest on Wednesday after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned that unnamed forces could hijack the rally to topple him, a spokesman said. Full Story »

NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - Two soldiers and one militant were killed in a clash in Thailand's restive south Tuesday as security forces were preparing for a visit by the Malaysian and Thai leaders, police said. Full Story »

VIENTIANE (AFP) - Indonesia crashed out of the Southeast Asian Games football tournament Thursday as Singapore won the first table tennis golds and Thailand took an early lead in the medals table. Full Story »

MANILA (AFP) - Philippine lawmakers were locked in a heated debate Thursday over President Gloria Arroyo's controversial martial law to quell an alleged rebellion by a powerful clan accused of a political massacre. Full Story »

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - Gunmen on Thursday seized 65 people in an area of the southern Philippines where communist rebels are known to operate, the army said. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - A US delegation led by a Nobel laureate arrived in North Korea Thursday for a rare trip focused on science cooperation, a US scientific society said. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - China on Thursday tried to downplay a rift that emerged among developing nations at climate talks in Copenhagen, after Tuvalu called on big emerging economies to take on emissions reduction targets. Full Story »