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Jakarta hosts major Christian festival
Attendance of 15,000 expected in world's largest Muslim country
Pope's comment on redemption for atheists sparks debate
Vatican issues clarification; commentators offer mixed reactions
New evidence that mobile phone radiation may be toxic
School experiment shows plants fail to thrive near signal
Bangladesh collapse probe reveals multiple violations
Part of factory was built on body of water filled with rubbishChina Catholics mark Prayer Day at Shanghai shrine
Around 2,000 gather for World Prayer Day for the Church in China
Malaysian government arrests political opponents
Four detained in wake of election
Comfort women refuse to meet Osaka mayor
Party refuses to retract 'sex slaves' comments
Vietnam cuts activists' sentences
Concerns remain over government crackdown on dissenters
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Pope's comment on redemption for atheists sparks debate
Vatican issues clarification; commentators offer mixed reactions
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China Catholics mark Prayer Day at Shanghai shrine
Around 2,000 gather for World Prayer Day for the Church in China
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Jakarta hosts major Christian festival
Attendance of 15,000 expected in world's largest Muslim country
- Pope says all who do good will be redeemed, including atheists
- The encounter in St Peter's Square: exorcism or not?
- Vatican signals possible papal visit to Philippines
asia/world
Greenpeace hails court ban on genetically modified eggplant
Campaigner says ruling will have impact on Philippines agriculture and production
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Comfort women refuse to meet Osaka mayor
Party refuses to retract 'sex slaves' comments
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Court halts trial of alleged Delhi rapist
Lawyer claims suspect's prison food was poisoned
- Bangladesh collapse probe reveals multiple violations
- Malaysian government arrests political opponents
- Amnesty slams Asian countries on human rights
- Vietnam cuts activists' sentences
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The struggles of Pakistan's first HIV sufferer
Nazir, Pakistan's first HIV patient, faces new challenges to this day
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The rise and spectacular fall of an Indian guru
A dream to build a vast spiritual commune ended in a blizzard of charges including attempted murder
- Relief turns to anguish as Cyclone Mahasen passes
- Balancing the cause of Matteo Ricci with Church-China relations
- Would this poster get young people into your church?
- It's the laptop of the future - and it's flexible
- For many Myanmar Muslims, it's time to flee
opinion
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A subcontinent of intolerance
Minority faiths are being throttled all over South Asia
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Philippine politics needs to break free of dynasties
Running in the family has an added meaning here
- Triumphalism is no way to remember civil war
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- The Dalai Lama must stop sitting on the fence
- How did Ireland go from staunchly to not particularly Catholic?
- Reforming the Vatican is like nailing jelly to a wall
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