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Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the U.S. Navy on May 21.

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U.S. Defense Secretary: Militarization of South China Sea Is Unacceptable

12:34am May 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The concern follows reports that China has placed mobile artillery on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands chain, where Beijing is in the midst of unilateral land reclamation and construction.

Southeast Asian Countries Agree To Step Up Efforts To Address Migrant Crisis

6:20pm May 29, 2015

by Michael Sullivan

Nearly 20 countries are meeting in Bangkok Friday to try and resolve the migrant crisis affecting them. Most are economic migrants from Bangladesh and Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

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As Publishing Industry Courts China, Authors Speak Out Against Censorship

8:58am May 29, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Chinese writers and publishers are being celebrated this week at BookExpo America — the industry's largest trade event in North America. Free speech advocates are supporting silenced Chinese writers.

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Bees Were Literally Gao Bingguo's Knees

8:07am May 29, 2015

Gao Binggua of China wanted to break the record for wearing the heaviest coat of bees: 240 pounds of bees. To attract the swarm, Bingguo had several queen bees placed on his body.

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Southeast Asia Nations To Meet To Discuss Migrant Crisis

1:13pm May 28, 2015

by Michael Sullivan

Representatives will meet in Bangkok on Friday to discuss the refugee crisis. The migrants are mainly members of Myanmar's Muslim minority Rohingya community and economic migrants from Bangladesh.

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Dugway Proving Ground military base, seen here in 2010, was the source of several anthrax shipments that are suspected of containing live samples of the disease.

Live Anthrax Was Mistakenly Sent To 9 States And A U.S. Military Base

12:36pm May 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Pentagon says an attempt to ship inactive anthrax samples resulted in live samples being sent to labs in nine U.S. states and to a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea.

An Indian farmer sits Tuesday in his dried-up land in Gauribidanur village, in southern India's Karnataka state. More than 750 people have died in a heat wave that has swept across the country.

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Heat Wave Claims More Than 750 Lives In India

4:23pm May 27, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Most of the deaths have occurred in southern Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. But high temperatures persist across much of the country of 1 billion people.

'Journey To Jihad' Tells Story Of Belgian Teenager Who Joined Islamic State

11:21am May 27, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Ben Taub, author of the New Yorker article, "Journey to Jihad," about a teen who converted to Islam, was radicalized, and later joined the self-declared Islamic State.

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Tripoli's Niemeyer Fairground Recalls Happier Times Before Civil War

6:31pm May 26, 2015

by Alice Fordham

In northern Lebanon, a complex of sweeping buildings designed by renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer reminds people of more peaceful times.

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Death Toll Rises To 750 As Heat Wave Sweeps Through India

6:31pm May 26, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

Over 750 people are dead in India — mostly in the South — as an intense heat wave grips the country.

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