July 4, 2009
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Amnesty urges Malaysia to stop caning immigrants

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Rights watchdog Amnesty on Friday urged Malaysia to abolish caning, saying that tens of thousands of migrants had received the "inhuman and degrading" punishment in recent years.
Three terror suspects detained in KL
Students in trouble for storing MJ's hit songs
Philippine navy to deploy additional troops to south
Manila salvages deal to automate 2010 elections
Thai burglar falls asleep on the job
Ban presses Myanmar junta on Suu Kyi
Myanmar court delays Suu Kyi trial again
UN's chequered history of diplomacy over Myanmar
Thai foreign media club faces royal slur probe
Vietnam jails poachers for killing rare apes
Deal closed on African Authority
Gunman jailed for targeting HK politician
Chinese H1N1 patient electrocuted in shower: report
Contractors blamed for Shanghai building collapse
Australia pledges millions to Aborigines after abuse report
3 new dinosaur species found in Australian outback
Woman drops sex complaint against former NZ minister
US missiles hit Taleban commander's hideout
Teenager faces jail for making bomb that blew off hand
Fidelity test with boiling oil
US Vice President Biden starts Iraq trip
Iran says some local British embassy staff will be tried
Analysts say Iran unrest shows tension between ultras and reformers
Hamas cell members in West Bank plotted to kill Abbas
Air France plane did not break up in mid-air
Britain faces 100,000 swine flu cases a day
Germany heiress wins 'landmark' pre-nup case in UK
Japan's Amano wins race to head IAEA
Paris boutique hosts body-piercing shark protest
Middle-aged singletons at higher dementia risk
Archives on Pius XII will take years to sort: Vatican
Italy adopts controversial law against illegal immigration
Jackson set for LA memorial service
   
   
 
   
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