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NEW DELHI -- At least 18 Naxals were killed and three members of government forces wounded Tuesday in a fierce gunfight in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said.
The gunfight between Naxals and joint contingents of the police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) and paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) broke out in Chhotebethiya area of Kanker district, about 264 km south of Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh. (India-Chhattisgarh-Naxals)
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SINGAPORE -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will take on the role of senior minister in the new cabinet, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong told local media Tuesday.
Lawrence Wong also noted that he expects existing cabinet members to remain in their current portfolios despite some marginal adjustments. (Singapore-Politics- Lee Hsien Loong)
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HONIARA -- As Solomon Islands prepares for Wednesday's joint election, the capital city of Honiara stands on the eve of the vote in a state of quiet anticipation.
The country's citizens prepare to cast their votes in a joint election, encompassing both national and provincial elections. (Solomon Islands-Elections)
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DHAKA -- A head-on collision between a bus and a pickup truck killed 13 people in central Bangladesh on Tuesday, a senior police official said.
The fatal road accident happened at around 7:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) in Bangladesh's central Faridpur district, some 101 km away from the capital Dhaka, Mohammad Morshed Alam, the district's police chief, told Xinhua. (Bangladesh-Accident)
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SEOUL -- South Korea on Tuesday protested at Japan's renewed territorial claims to the disputed islets lying halfway between the two countries, called Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima by Japan.
South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement that the government strongly protests against the Japanese government, which reiterated its unjust territorial claims to Dokdo through its diplomatic blue paper earlier in the day. (South Korea-Japan-Territorial Dispute) Enditem
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