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World's tallest structure with down-to-earth purpose

Attack mars Thai Buddhist holiday

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South Korea and US remain cautious over a North Korean envoy's offer to resume talks

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EXPLORING THE RED PLANET: An artist's impression of a settlement on Mars. The Mars One project has attracted more than 78,000 applicants worldwide, including 10,241 applications from China. Only the United States had more applicants with 17,324, according to Mars One's official website. Photo Provided to China Daily

DHAKA DELUGED IN DOWNPOUR: People and rickshaws ploughing through knee-deep water on Nazimuddin road in Old Dhaka to go to their destinations after yesterday's rainfall submerged the area. Photo by Amran Hossain/ The Daily Star

LI VISITS PAKISTAN: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) speaks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during a signing of agreements ceremony at the presidential palace in Islamabad on May 22, 2013. AFP

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A special envoy from South Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, delivers a handwritten letter from Kim to Chinese President Xi Jinping, but China Daily says the details have not been revealed. South Korea and US remain cautious over reports that a high-ranking North Korea envoy expressed willingness to talk with the US and other nations, The Korea Herald reports. The captain of a Taiwanese fishing boat, whose father was shot and killed in disputed waters, says he was not aware that the Philippine government had issued an apology, the Philippine Daily Inquirer writes. Japan's economic policy package known as Abenomics 'has been making progress steadily', The Yomiuri Shimbun quotes the minister for economic and fiscal policy. Malaysia has been named as one of the preferred destinations for Muslim travellers, The Star quotes a survey.

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