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China defends holding fugitive businessman's US childrenChina defends holding fugitive businessman's US children
Image copyrightFriends of Liu FamilyImage caption US citizens Victor and Cynthia Liu say they have been barred from leaving China since June

Chinese officials have defended their decision to bar three US citizens from leaving the country, saying they are suspected of "economic crimes".

Victor and Cynthia Liu,

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Syrian man stranded in Malaysia airport coming to CanadaSyrian man stranded in Malaysia airport coming to Canada

A Syrian man who spent some seven months living in an airport in Malaysia has been granted asylum in Canada.

Hassan al-Kontar's plight garnered global attention when he began posting regular videos from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Mr Kontar, 37, has spent the last two months in a Malaysian detention centre and his Canadian sponsors sought

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John Allen Chau: 'Incredibly dangerous' to retrieve body from North SentinelJohn Allen Chau: 'Incredibly dangerous' to retrieve body from North Sentinel
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Indian officials should abandon efforts to retrieve the body of an American missionary reportedly killed by an endangered tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, a rights group says.

Survival International says any attempt is "incredibly dangerous" for both the Sentinelese tribesmen and officials.

John Allen Chau was

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Jet Airways offloads India passenger over 'terrorist' jokeJet Airways offloads India passenger over 'terrorist' joke
Image copyrightReutersImage caption The passenger had taken the photo to send to a friend

A passenger on a domestic Indian flight was offloaded and detained after he photographed himself and used a caption that included the word "terrorist".

Yogvedant Poddar had allegedly covered half of his face with a

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Koreas tag-team for wrestling recognitionKoreas tag-team for wrestling recognition
Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption The sport dates back to the fourth century and has some similarities to sumo wrestling

Unesco has accepted a joint bid by North and South Korea and granted world cultural heritage status to Korean wrestling.

The two countries had initially filed separately, but then decided

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Image copyrightInstagram/UCHUx2Image caption Andi Autumn (left) and Etta Ng shared the news of their marriage on Instagram on Monday

Etta Ng, the estranged teenage daughter of movie star Jackie Chan, has announced that she has married her 31-year-old Canadian girlfriend.

The happy couple shared a picture of Ms

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