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Pakistan PM-elect calls for Taliban talks

Opera queen's night of celebration

Bandung’s noodle act

Museums go places

Bali's top 5 authentic restaurants

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Portuguese firms to tap into Indonesia's business potentials

First-tier Chinese cities barely livable, report says

Proposed reforms in Bangladesh labour laws unduly benefit employers

Every second person drinking contaminated water: Survey

Pakistan PM-elect calls for Taliban talks

Says terrorism is one of the most serious problems plaguing Pakistan and offer for talks should be taken seriously

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KIM JONG-UN VISIT: This photo taken May 19, 2013, and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 20 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) visiting Pyongyang Myohyangsan Children's Camp, situated at the foot of Mt. Myohyang in North Phyongan Province. North Korea fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan at the weekend, drawing criticism from Seoul and UN chief Ban Ki-moon. AFP

LI IN INDIA: Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed by Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahmed on his arrival at Palam Airport in New Delhi on May 19, 2013. India is the first stop of Li's maiden foreign trip that is expected to discuss issues ranging from an unresolved border dispute to a festering trade-imbalance. AFP

HOTEL BLAST: Police examine the Asia Hotel in Narathiwat, southern Thailand after an explosion on Saturday morning that left six people injured. The Nation

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Pakistan’s prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif calls for peace talks with Pakistani Taliban militants at war with the government, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country’s powerful army, Dawn reports. South Korea slams Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s defence of political leaders’ visits to the country’s controversial war shrine, reiterating its demand that Japan correct its understanding of history, The Korea Herald writes. A report in The Yomiuri Shimbun states that the Japanese government will ask North Korea to return all missing Japanese citizens, not only those officially designated as abductees by the government. Border disputes and trade friction cannot prevent China and India from building strategic mutual trust and cooperation, Premier Li Keqiang says during his visit to India, China Daily says. The Philippines' House of Representatives is expected to push for changes to the constitution, says the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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Music on the wing of a dream

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Opera queen's night of celebration
See Too Hoi Siang marks her 37th year in Chinese opera with a show in which she plays five roles

Bandung’s noodle act
Explore Bandung with a noodle map

Museums go places
Singapore art and heritage exhibitions are increasingly being profiled overseas

How to hunt for beetles
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says there could be a possible solution to the food crisis by encouraging people to eat more insects.

Incoming high school senior Ratziel is enrolling this week at Urdaneta City National High School in Pangasinan, northern Philippines, and he will have to write down his full name. It consists of 40 first names—plus a surname. Incredible as it may seem, Ratziel, 15, was born Ratziel Timshel Ismail Zerubbabel Zabud Zimry Pike Blavatsky Philo Judaeus Polidorus Isurenus Morya Nylghara Rakoczy Kuthumi Krishnamurti Ashram Jerram Akasha Aum Ultimus Rufinorum Jancsi Janko Diamond Hu Ziv Zane Zeke Wakeman Wye Muo Teletai Chohkmah Nesethrah Mercavah Nigel Seven Morningstar A. San Juan CCCII.

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